Month: September 2009

Dilbert would be proud. via Gordon.

Want to know what a thousand quid in 1894 might be worth today in real terms? This site will answer you (slightly odd) quest for knowledge.

Amusing. Possibly NSFW. via b3ta.

Handy ready reckoner for calculating net pay. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but it looks good enough.

Gavin Hewitt finally steps into Mark Mardell's shoes and takes on the BBC Europe editor's blog. Mardell's blog was excellent and insightful – he also "gets" blogging and understands that the strength comes from interaction with readers/commenters. Hewitt is a journalist of some repute although I'm not sure that he has the same easy jovial manner as his predecessor, something that I think served him well.

No, I didn't spend half my teenage years playing this game. Not at all.

3D version of your classic lunar lander game, complete with lovely retro vector graphics. Bug hard.

Purveyors of fine cider, particularly fine Breton cider.

Moorish style inn in central Cordoba.

Hammam in central Cordoba.

Those Kanyes! Always a pain when having a poo!

New People Under The Stairs album out on October 13th. Strictly only for those who like their hiphop to be old skool.

A huge influence on so many people, myself included. Subconciously, I think I've modelled my cooking style on his (particular the wine-whilst-cooking idea, especially when entertaining). I feel the need for a dinner party to mark his passing.

For anyone that thinks that plant breeding and development is not important, then consider the work of this man.

Anyone who doesn't think that there will soon be wars fought over water (rather than oil) needs to read this.