Uncategorized – Page 6 – Yet Another Blog

Brrrr

First time I’ve had to scrape ice off my car this evening. Hello winter.

FaxYourMP reached its 100,000th fax yesterday. For those who don’t know about it, FaxYourMP does exactly what it says on the tin. You enter your postcode to find your local MP, then you can type a message to send as a fax. The entire project is run as a non-profit by a small team of volunteers (two of whom I met yesterday). This milestone is a great achievement.

Microsoft Search

Can’t say I’m overly impressed by the tech preview of MSN’s new search engine. A search for Microsoft lists its Windows Update page as the top result. Other results are not much more promising. Still, it’s a technology preview and I ought to give them feedback as they request. (via babysimon)

Which side of the road do they drive on?

Which side of the road do they drive on? "… an attempt to list which side of the road people drive on around the world, and to find some reasons why."

Quite fascinating actually. Unsuprisingly much is defined by the Brits and the French, but the page goes into much more detail, and picks out some very interesting bits and pieces. I also didn’t realise that in many countries there is a lane discipline for pedestrians – apparantly we British are quite good at seemingly random walking movements, using eye contact and gestures to keep us from bashing into each other. In many other countries however, there is an implicit (and sometimes explicit) convention for walking to the left or right.

Link via Presurfer

Tea Lady

There’s nowt more annoying than finding a midget bathing in your cup of tea.

Argh

I don’t have any interest in the US elections: Bush, Kerry and whatnot. I’m sure the US president is a really important guy, but every single place I go is talking about it. Every blog has been telling me to vote Kerry or vote Bush, some were telling me to just vote full stop, and now the results are in everybody is either cheering or cursing. I need some relief from this in cyberspace, and I’m sure you do too, so I’m proud to announce this blog is proudly 100% election free.

(…Except this post)

(…Bollocks)