“Setting off fireworks after 11pm could lead to six months in jail or a £5,000 fine under new government plans” reports the BBC. This is a fantastic development, even if the sentences are a little lenient. Certain special days, such…
Churches, music, and Basingstoke
My brother has set up a new website- baxian.org.uk– so he can write about his interests: medieval churches, various types of classical music, and his “beloved home town”, Basingstoke. It already has a million times more content than this site…
The Argos numbering system
I was waiting for my number to come up in Argos the other day (they actually started playing Tired of Waiting on the shop radio) when I had the idea of making the numbering more interesting. Mine was order number…
East West Rail link
East West Rail is a project to reinstate a cross country East-West route north of London running from Oxford to East Anglia via, of course, Sandy. There used to be a line running directly from Oxford to Cambridge, which crossed…
Arlesey: a strange place
Yesterday I went to Arlesey. For those who don’t know where it is, Arlesey is a town in Bedfordshire between Biggleswade and Hitchin on the East Coast Main Line, whose passengers often misconstrue its name in passing. It is also…
Plain Sandy
The Sunday Telegraph has said that Sandy is plain as plain can be, an old Bedfordshire village that acquired a station then sponged up overspilling Londoners into its large council estates and yellow brick streets. The Mayor of Sandy vigorously…
Google Scholar
The arrival of Google Scholar should set librarians off into another round of insecure criticism. Of course it’s not as good as what libraries can offer, but at least Google are trying to forge a way ahead. Libraries will be…
Roman date plugin for Blosxom
Aurlog now uses Roman-style dates for dating, at least for the time being. The dates are Gregorian dates expressed in Roman notation. It would be impossible to express true Roman dates as the Romans used a 10 day week, used…
The costa coffee
I have a theory that there is no caffeine in coffee sold by Costa coffee and other Starbucks clones. The trick is in making the ordering process so stressful that you’re already buzzing by the time you’ve left the queue,…
Cow games update
I have updated the list of cow games. New entries include Cyborg Hefers from Outer Space and Supercow. Any new discoveries gratefully received.