June 2012
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Jun 3rd
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List of drug names used in The Wire
Found on The Straight Dope messageboard, here is a list of names used to market and sell any particular cut of crack heroin on the streets of Baltimore, in The Wire. Green, red, blue, and black tops Tech 9 In the Hole Q tip Payback  Killer Bee Red Dilly Gold stars Family Affair Death Row WMD Bin Laden Rockefeller Double Cheese Spider bags  Bottle Rockets Reddies Rasheed Benno ...
Jun 3rd
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Jun 1st
All alone in the house with several beers calling my name from the fridge. I can definitely hear ‘em.
Jun 1st
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May 2012
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May 29th
ListenI’m not a fan of everything they do but this...
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Edinburgh Marathon Festival and Brain Research...
Edit: Updated with actual times. Today was the day that myself and 3 friends attempted the Edinburgh Marathon Team Relay, as part of their 2-day Festival of running. I say attempted, but the distances we each had to run were manageable and nothing we hadn’t run before. None of us are regular athletes but we’ve all had a go at 10ks, half marathons etc. In the build up to the event,...
May 27th
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May 26th
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Cookies and the Web, revisited
With reference to the post I wrote the other day, I see that the ICO have moved the goalposts. I’d suggested that, a year from now, we’d look back at this farce and wonder what the hell the ICO and the EU were playing at. Seems it might not be as long as that. 
May 26th
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Nibushi Shang Hong
Alternatively, if punk-pop is more your thing, then here are a couple of EPs my (even older) band Nibushi Shang Hong recorded in the late 90s. Nibushi Shang Hong - Everything You Need to Survive Nibushi Shang Hong - Desperate to Payout
May 25th
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Digerati
If anyone’s interested in the rest of the music by (one of) my old band(s) (see my last post), here’s the album we recorded a few years back. 2004-ish, I think. Digerati - In the Next Few Minutes Tracklisting: Minefield Pain in me All away Inmate More #3 Walking into this Polymath
May 25th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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Note to self
Refrain from blogging about work stuff. Clearly, no-one’s interested.
May 25th
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May 25th
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Cookies and the Web
Apologies for the nerdy post. Over the next couple of days, you might notice a change to some of your favourite websites - it’s already starting to happen at bbc.co.uk, and guardian.co.uk. Both organisations have implemented functionality that provides users information about the use of cookies on their sites.   In 2009, the EU amended their Directive on Privacy and Electronic...
May 24th
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Olympics brand exclusion zone →
May 24th
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May 24th
A map of beer gardens in Glasgow area →
May 24th
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May 24th
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ListenDisco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes - Hot Lava! If...
May 23rd