Archive for the 'Edinburgh' Category

Lies!

Saturday, April 16th, 2005

So says the Lib Dem newsletter which has just been delivered for the first time in the year-and-a-half I’ve lived here, less than a month before the election.

(Also, they’re doing that infuriating thing of trying to get votes not by saying why they deserve them, but by saying “The Conservatives and SNP will never win [...]

All we hear is…

Monday, April 4th, 2005

More science festival rambling. This time about ‘What If…’, a BBC Radio Scotland recording of a couple of speculative discussion panels. The panels, on finding a cure for aging, and on time travel, are going to be aired at 11.30am on the 6th and 13th of April (This and next Wednesday.) Should also be [...]

Subversive classified ads

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Another example of Craigslist becoming a forum for social commentary. ‘FOR SALE/BARTER: My body in Persistent Vegetative State…’ is just genius.
On a related note, I keep forgetting that Craigslist has an Edinburgh section. The last time I checked it, about a year ago, there were something like 5 posts on it, all months old. It’s [...]