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Whirled Peas: Not quite Pixar, but nearly there

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Follow me on Twitter. Add me to a circle on Google. Tuesday, 16 April 2013. Not quite Pixar, but nearly there. After a harrowing Saturday that involved poor scheduling and dinner planning and thereby subjecting ourselves to having to suffer through A Good Day to Die Hard, it was with great relish that the wife and I looked forward to watching Wreck-It Ralph. On the following Sunday. We ended up thoroughly enjoying ourselves, starting from the delightful Paperman short. The trope of 'make someone want to ...

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Whirled Peas: Mmmbop

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Follow me on Twitter. Add me to a circle on Google. Monday, 15 April 2013. Sensory overload. Sounds are louder and more distinct. Lights are brighter. Things feel more tangible. Sweets taste sweeter. This is where I get off. And then climb back on and continue from where I left off. Personal challenge to continue this line of investigation even when the investigatory incentives have worn off. No no, IPL changes to be made. Park can come later. A to Z April Blogging Challenge. Mon Apr 15, 02:55:00 pm.

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Whirled Peas: Just to continue

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Follow me on Twitter. Add me to a circle on Google. Thursday, 11 April 2013. It never ends. Just comes and goes. But then all the stories come true and bounded rationality is violated. It would be almost interesting to put these up on tumblr but enough. How can I unify identity while still maintaining the decentralisation aspect of many identity providers? Don't want to, can't let go just yet. Tripolata. Lots of food, but tandoori chicken was missing. Would've gobbled that up by the bucketful.

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Whirled Peas: Hagrid never had these problems

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Follow me on Twitter. Add me to a circle on Google. Tuesday, 9 April 2013. Hagrid never had these problems. Why is is that I'm so absolutely indecisive when it comes to facial hair? The only serious attempt I've made has been to "wear" a goatee. For a few months. All other experiments with beards and moustaches have been cut short for various reasons. But after I discovered the wonders of a good razor, it was wiped out. I approve of facial hair.but my husband has a problem: Once he grows it, he cant ...

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Whirled Peas: July 2011

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Follow me on Twitter. Add me to a circle on Google. Tuesday, 19 July 2011. Gotta get down on Sunday. Take a train to tiny speck of a station. Trek through the Sussex country-side on roads without sidewalks. Step back into the late 18th/early 19th century of railways. Hop aboard a choo-choo train. Stare at guy in dirty overalls shovelling coal into the firebox of ancient steam locomotive. Inhale coal gas fumes in moving train. Gawk at adverts for companies, brands and products long since extinct. A fair a...

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Whirled Peas: On advertising - a Banksy rant

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Follow me on Twitter. Add me to a circle on Google. Wednesday, 17 April 2013. On advertising - a Banksy rant. Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head. A little violent for my delicate sensibilities, but the underlying sentiment is about correct. Mon Apr 14, 09:38:00 am. Here’s...

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Whirled Peas: October 2011

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Follow me on Twitter. Add me to a circle on Google. Monday, 31 October 2011. Not really life with a dumbphone. One of the worst things on the Internet is attempting to outgeek geeks. Only one thing is worse, and that is trying to out-hipster hipsters. For the uninitiated, I'll try to define "hipster" (in its Internet sense) a little more concisely than Wikipedia. The problem with the first linked post. He then moves on to a Huawei Comet (again with T-Mobile), and has an even worse experience, promptly pr...

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Whirled Peas: February 2012

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Follow me on Twitter. Add me to a circle on Google. Friday, 10 February 2012. When Daddy Was A Little Boy", or, why book publishers need to stop being stupid. Once upon a time, there was this publishing house called Raduga Publishers. A brief blurb on them. If you go on to that link, you can see some of the covers of the books they put out - they look quite delightful. Originally in Russian, and translated into English by Fainna Glagoleva. Here you have a 10-year-old's review. I managed to find a scanned...

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Whirled Peas: February 2013

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Follow me on Twitter. Add me to a circle on Google. Wednesday, 6 February 2013. Attempting some Respectful Insolence on the Tiranga Bangle nonsense. Might like to heap a steaming pile of insolence and generally name and shame a couple of prominent members of the Indian parliament, who have l aunched and promoted. A metallic band called the " Tiranga Bangle. The saddest part of all this is that the two MPs in question (Shashi Tharoor and Naveen Jindal) are considered quite young and 'intellectual' in comp...

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Whirled Peas: Kurt Vonnegut was right

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Follow me on Twitter. Add me to a circle on Google. Friday, 12 April 2013. Kurt Vonnegut was right. Tralfamadorians are real. I am one now. The doppelganger watches from a safe distance the miracles on the revived bodies. Early in the morning. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). On advertising - a Banksy rant. Not quite Pixar, but nearly there. Kurt Vonnegut was right. Hagrid never had these problems. Go learn something new! Editors of the textual kind. Deliberations on giving interviews.