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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Danish Days

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Little or no blogging for the next few days folks. I am reposing in Denmark on a “Leadership Secrets of Hamlet” conference. Later in the week I plan to reform the Danish opposition parties, but only after I have set up a dual monarchy to rule the Kingdoms of Kosovo and Christiania.
Oh damn it, I [...]

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Saturday, April 26, 2008

An appetite for sex : Nature News
Calorie intake before conception may mean the difference between boys and girls. More calories means boys…
(tags: nature research science sex medicine gender)

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e’Lollipop - Return of the Classic

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

e’Lollipop [IMDB], one of South Africa’s most famous and successful films,  has been re-released on DVD in advance of a sequel, e’Lollipop 2: Tsepo’s Story .
From the film website:

“First released in 1976, this extraordinary motion picture story of two South African children and their dog, Sugarball, touched the hearts of audiences around the world.
Despite the [...]

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

What Warren thinks… - Apr. 14, 2008
Concentrate on your career not pie in the sky trading schemes or similar bunk
(tags: economy lifehacks money wisdom business Finance Economics management)

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Country Code Map

Friday, April 18, 2008

Via Kevin Kelly’s ct2

It is available as a 24 x 26 poster ($30).

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Thursday, April 17, 2008

BBC NEWS | Health | Vitamins ‘may shorten your life’
Research has suggested certain vitamin supplements do not extend life and could even lead to a premature death.
(tags: health medicine research science vitamins food)

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The Regency

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Just wanted to post about a wonderful Indian restaurant in London called The Regency Club. It is in the middle of nowhere (Edgware, where the Edgware road ends up).
The food is delicious and inexpensive. The service is superb. It is as authentic as it gets despite looks like a Brewery pub, but don’t let [...]

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Harvesting kidneys from abducted civilians in Organ Farms

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The headline sounds like one of those pitchs movie makers have to give to studio executives where they summarise their proposed film in one line.
This one sounds like an episode from one of those cheesy sci-fi shows in the 70s featuring with an unbelievable plot that even the keenest fans deride.
The real horror here is [...]

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Friday, April 11, 2008

BBC NEWS | Europe | Berlusconi: Left has uglier women
Italian opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi has claimed that right-wing female politicians are better looking than their left-wing counterparts.
(tags: Politics sexism sex)

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Flâneur

Thursday, April 10, 2008

 Moon River alerted me to something by The Nonist on Flâneurs:

This is a map by de Lauwe of all the movements made during one year by a student living in the 16th Arrondissement of Paris. Her itinerary forms a small triangle with no significant deviations, the three apexes of which are the School of [...]

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