What’s gone on?

  • >Geocaching 2010

    >Geocaching 2010

    So this weekend saw the start of the Geocaching season for me. Ok, technically it was a few weeks ago when I went mooching round Wooley Edge and bagged two caches while trying out new software. Zoe and I decided to start out with some easy ones to get us back into the swing of

    Read more

  • Are you safe?

    Are you safe?

    > The news that a school is banning ties and the news that stepping stones might be bad for your health has really got my blood pressure up of late. I blame the litigious society we now live in. I hold my hand up now and confess that in the mid 1990’s I helped to

    Read more

  • >Political Pints

    >Political Pints

    > Margaret Thatcher had her gardening. John Major had his soap box. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown; cups of tea with grass root voters. What would swing me? Well a pint with me in my local would probably help….. I’ve blogged before on how little contact my local political representatives have made to the people

    Read more

  • I grew up in Liverpool, UK. Now Liverpool, as you might already know, has a large Irish community and where there are large Irish communities you also find large Irish families. So it comes as no surprise that in Liverpool, a good deal of the populace claim some sort of Irish decent. However, Liverpool is

    Read more

  • White and nerdy

    Dear student, Trying to sound like you iz a gangsta from da ghetto an ting an shit when you iz in yo’ mid twenties, white an middle class an shit an ting; just makes yo sound like a knob head an shit skin blud yo. Respec’ n shit, Yo’ homie Gnomepantz

    Read more

  • TV For sale

    TV For sale

    Last night I thought I’d watch some TV. So I picked up the TV guide and thumbed through it with the express intention of finding something to watch. My head exploded with despair. After I picked up the pieces of skull and brain I had splattered all over the living room I analysed the scheduled

    Read more

  • Middlemist’s Red

    > My radio alarm clock woke me this morning to an interesting article about one of the worlds rarest plants. The Middlemist’s Red is currently in bloom at Chiswick House hot house and is one of only two in the world. Curious, I took a look at the plant on the website. BBC Guardian  

    Read more

  • Chav School

    Chav School

    > Every year, in Britain, thousands of young people struggle to find things to do. The more fortunate can often be found wandering the streets aimlessly like mindless zombies looking for a tiny piece of recognition or attention from anyone who cares to give it whereas the less fortunate, hanging around off licences threatening adults

    Read more

  • Stegzy’s Customer Service School

    > Hello! Thank you for coming to Stegzy Gnomepants’ Customer Service School. Today I am going to show you the key skills required to succeed in this line of work* 1. Always give your friends first class service –   If your friends are happy they will tell their friends about the good service they

    Read more

  • WTF?

    WTF?

    Taking a break from the trials and tribulations of academic research I thought I’d spend a few minutes trying out something ucrazyutaraptor was having fun with the other week. But first of all. I did a bit of research. If you are unfamiliar with the phenomenon of Chatroulette….watch this…. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9669721&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 chat roulette from Casey Neistat

    Read more