Archive for August, 2007

JACK.FM

Tuesday, August 7, 2007 7:55 6 Comments

Is it just me, or does anyone else have some sort of internal radio? You know, so you can be sitting at work and find that some song is going through your head? Or if you consciously think about it, you can change the internal playlist to play some other song that you know well [...]

This was posted under category: Life, Music, The Pickards

The Thanataphobe’s Lament

Monday, August 6, 2007 20:57 18 Comments

I see the grey within and the grey without While from inside swells a silent shout I fear, I dread, I do confess That eternal boundless emptiness And here upon this long cold shore ‘Midst scattered people, I feel it more That all through life, through all the rain We feel the mournful aching pain [...]

This was posted under category: Fiction/Writing, Life, Thanatophobia, The Pickards

My Fake Currency Stash

Monday, August 6, 2007 7:52 6 Comments

I probably have over £10,000 in fake currency in my home, in a mixture of Monopoly money and the kids ‘bank of toyland’ stuff. What, you wouldn’t call that fake money? Neither would I, as it happens. I’d call it ‘toy money’. I’d only refer to it as ‘fake’ or ‘counterfeit’ if I believed that [...]

This was posted under category: Local Interest, Oddities, Scams & Spams

Wor Geordie’s Pitmatic

Sunday, August 5, 2007 9:23 21 Comments

Aside from the fact that this sounds like some Northern folk band’s debut entry to the charts, or possibly some lung disease suffered by former miners, it’s actually a dictionary of language used in mining communities in the North-East. As always, I’m somewhat ambivalent about news like this. Firstly, I like it because it is [...]

This was posted under category: Language, Local Interest

Public Sector Web Management Groups: Where To Start?

Saturday, August 4, 2007 11:19 4 Comments

Well, Public Sector Forums (PSF) are having a meeting following their real-world accessibility workshop next week to look at how exactly to kick-off their Public Sector Web Managers Group. As I won’t be there, but I’d still like to be involved to whatever degree I can, because not only do I work in the public [...]

This was posted under category: Public Sector, Standards, Technology

Tougest CAPTCHA Yet?

Friday, August 3, 2007 2:10 22 Comments

You may already be familiar with the concept of the CAPTCHA. If you’ve not have heard of it, you’ll probably still have used one. It’s where they show you a picture of some stretched letters, often on a distorted background and ask you to type them in, to prove you aren’t a computer. Every now [...]

This was posted under category: Oddities, Technology

Equality Part 5: Spasticus Autisticus

Thursday, August 2, 2007 4:44 3 Comments

I’m a believer in equality. I believe in equality of opportunity, although to be that’s a fancy way of saying I believe in fairness. Which is why I’ve produced a set of posts on the theme of equality, rambling through my beliefs and experiences as regards equalities and politics, sexism, sexuality, racism and disability. A [...]

This was posted under category: Articles, Disability, Equality

Equality Part 4: Johnny Foreigner

Thursday, August 2, 2007 3:57 4 Comments

I’m a believer in equality. I believe in equality of opportunity, although to be that’s a fancy way of saying I believe in fairness. Which is why I’ve produced a set of posts on the theme of equality, rambling through my beliefs and experiences as regards equalities and politics, sexism, sexuality, racism and disability. A [...]

This was posted under category: Articles, Equality, Faith & Forteana, Language, Life, Politics

Equality Part 3: Two Puffs Walk Into A Bar

Thursday, August 2, 2007 2:54 8 Comments

I’m a believer in equality. I believe in equality of opportunity, although to be that’s a fancy way of saying I believe in fairness. Which is why I’ve produced a set of posts on the theme of equality, rambling through my beliefs and experiences as regards equalities and politics, sexism, sexuality, racism and disability. A [...]

This was posted under category: Equality, Language, Politics

Equality Part 2: When Sexism Is Encouraged

Thursday, August 2, 2007 1:46 9 Comments

I’m a believer in equality. I believe in equality of opportunity, although to be that’s a fancy way of saying I believe in fairness. Which is why I’ve produced a set of posts on the theme of equality, rambling through my beliefs and experiences as regards equalities and politics, sexism, sexuality, racism and disability. A [...]

This was posted under category: Articles, Equality, Life, Politics