World’s tallest man saves dolphin
The world’s tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards. World’s tallest man saves dolphin
Marksman called in to kill Kingston’s pigeons
The article in the Surrey Coment is quite entertaining, but the comments are where it’s really at. I was once saved from certain death when a pair of woods grasped me by the shoulders and flew me from the path of an oncoming car. Now these feathered heroes follow me everywhere and they often speak …
Telegraph Fantasy Football password
The Telegraph Fantasy Football password for Wednesday 6th December is FEELING.
XML vs CSV : The Choice is Obvious
I’ve been in enough meetings where a vendor or technical architect has insisted that their product can interoperate with any other system because their data transfer uses XML, and this excellent piece on The Daily WTF shows exactly what a pointless claim that often is. The Daily WTF – [CodeSOD] XML vs CSV : The …
Bite kills Malaysia ‘Snake King’
A snake charmer who made a name for himself as Malaysia’s Snake King has died after being bitten by a king cobra. The world of snake charming’s loss may be language’s gain as I understand that Malaysia now has its own version of the phrase ‘an accident waiting to happen’. BBC NEWS | World | …
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The Telegraph Fantasy Football password for Wednesday 29th November is TODAY. Telegraph Fantasy Football login
UK firms come to embrace internet
The report, co-produced by Google, said UK firms invested a total of £10.6bn yearly on net-based systems. It is predicted this will top £13bn in 2009. That all sounds very positive for the future of the internet industry. BBC NEWS | Business | UK firms come to embrace internet
A List Apart: Web 3.0
The site of Jeffrey Zeldman on the cover of “Designing with Web Standards” often annoys me, possibly because it’s often a title being wielded by the evangelical types who think that it makes business sense to tell the customer that they have the wrong browser. But this article about Web 2.0 hype has brought me …
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The Telegraph Fantasy Football password for Wednesday 22nd November is Butterfly.
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Blaine in giant gyroscope stunt
Illusionist David Blaine has begun his next stunt, spinning inside a gyroscope above the streets of New York. Okay, that’s annoying enough, but how about this: After the stunt, Blaine will lead 100 underprivileged children chosen by The Salvation Army charity on a shopping spree. There’s something wrong with the man. Blaine in giant gyroscope …