A Fat Lot of Good

Charlotte Gore has linked to a post on News Geeks which critically looks at the facts of the Government's Change4Life campaign, and concludes that they really don't stack up. It's worth reading.

By the way, the home page of Change4Life is patronising as fuck. I won't be going back there.

A Fat Lot of Good

Charlotte Gore has linked to a post on News Geeks which critically looks at the facts of the Government's Change4Life campaign, and concludes that they really don't stack up. It's worth reading.

By the way, the home page of Change4Life is patronising as fuck. I won't be going back there.

Every Swear Word on Every Episode of the Sopranos, Ever, in Chronological Order.

Boing Boing posted a video by Victor Solomon of every swear word in every episode of the Sopranos, spliced together

The effect is fascinating - although, I would guess, not safe to play in a workplace...

the sopranos, uncensored. from victor solomon on Vimeo.

Every Swear Word on Every Episode of the Sopranos, Ever, in Chronological Order.

Boing Boing posted a video by Victor Solomon of every swear word in every episode of the Sopranos, spliced together

The effect is fascinating - although, I would guess, not safe to play in a workplace...

the sopranos, uncensored. from victor solomon on Vimeo.

Government compiles travel records database

I missed this last week, but it has cropped up a couple of times in other blogs, including Boing Boing and Arbroath.

The Government is compiling a database of all our international travel records, which it will keep for ten years. This is another step in the development of our surveillance society - and it scares me.

Here are reports from the Times and the Independent.

Government compiles travel records database

I missed this last week, but it has cropped up a couple of times in other blogs, including Boing Boing and Arbroath.

The Government is compiling a database of all our international travel records, which it will keep for ten years. This is another step in the development of our surveillance society - and it scares me.

Here are reports from the Times and the Independent.

Drumming is good for you.

Clearly, there is no way that I could let Topper Headon talking to the BBC about the health benefits of playing the drums unmentioned.

By the way, the tune to which he is drumming during the interview - you can hear the voices but the drum track has been silenced - is Tommy Gun. See, I can recognise tunes even when they are silent. (It has quite a specific rhythm - easy to identify!)

(Thanks to andrewducker for spotting this.)

Drumming is good for you.

Clearly, there is no way that I could let Topper Headon talking to the BBC about the health benefits of playing the drums unmentioned.

By the way, the tune to which he is drumming during the interview - you can hear the voices but the drum track has been silenced - is Tommy Gun. See, I can recognise tunes even when they are silent. (It has quite a specific rhythm - easy to identify!)

(Thanks to andrewducker for spotting this.)