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> 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 …
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> 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…
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> 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…
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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…
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Today something happened that made me hate being a man. Before I begin my tirade, let me stipulate some things:- I am male I am often outside unaccompanied I am tall I am stocky I don’t have children I have an unusual hair style I have never committed rape I have never molested a child…
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I’m told by the media and by “those who know better” that we live in a surveillance society in the UK. There are eyes everywhere. Cameras hidden, cameras in plain view. Some owned by councils, others by private companies and individuals. But in all, there are eyes everywhere. My brother used to tell me he…
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It scares me how flappable some people get with technology. I have known fairly intellectual professionals get flustered because the mouse had been placed on the left hand side of a keyboard instead of the right. I’ve seen grown men cry because the simple use of a caps lock button could have saved them hours…
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It makes the world go round. Or so they say. Personally I was under the impression it was the gravitational pull of the celestial spheres but then I’m not a physicist. The news in the UK today is a buzz with talk about the BBC, “commercial sensitivity” and the salaries they pay to the presenters…
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Some how…I don’t exactly know how, but some how…I have managed to become one of those people that are frequently late for things. Those types of people really annoy me and so I am really annoyed with myself. I’m also annoyed with how, in my old age, time now seems to be working faster than…
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It took me an hour to drive the 5 mile journey home from Barnsley last night. Mostly because of the snow but also because of the dense traffic and increasing number of road closures due to the construction of the new Cudworth Bypass (which only just bypasses Cudworth and serves little purpose other than to…
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