Month: February 2005 (page 2)

Cows are excellent: see Aurochs.org.

Esp@cenet (presum@bly n@med @fter the sp@cious Ren@ult Esp@ce c@r) is the site of the European Patent Office. It is fully searchable and includes British and worldwide patents. Hours of fun can be found looking up flying saucers (e.g. Ashton Frank…

I have just read Saul David’s The Indian Mutiny followed by George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman in the Great Game, which make for a fantastic combination. I wouldn’t have understood a word of the latter without reading the former, which is…

It seems that more people are gearing up for a repeat of the fuel protests of 2000 and that Twat Howard is lending his principled support to the protests. They seem also to be putting the pressure on the government…

BBC personality test. I am apparently a Resolver which does seem quite accurate, though significantly wrong on a few points. Obviously, I wouldn’t say what they are… Estimation quiz (via Crooked Timber). 33%, which is not too good I suppose.…

I have added a long-overdue section about the Milton Keynes concrete cows to the Famous Cows page. One day I hope to go to see them.

This is news, apparently.

Peter Ustinov, chancellor of Durham University and entertainer, has died. One wonders who they will get to replace him.

The first ceremonies for new immigrants given UK citizenship took place today (as reported on the BBC). Fair enough, but what bothers me is that they had to sing. That’s too cruel! The fact that it was the National Anthem…