http://www.freelyassociative.org Freelyassociative.org Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:14:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A tiny little earthquake hits the country, and Britain springs into action to claim the dubious distinction of being even wussier than California. The insurance industry is already covering its collective arse. The populous overreacts somewhat. Delicious cognitive dissonance upon seeing the word "epicentre" used to describe small-town Lincolnshire. Quotes like "Student David Bates, ... http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/wobble Superficial. A 2004 work by Michel de Broin. Hopefully well signposted as Art, lest ramblers think they've been caught by a Predator. http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/its-a-trap My god, it's full of starsbeers. http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/fridge Via Kung Fu Grippe: YouTube vids of Hüsker Dü playing at the Camden Ballroom (now Koko) Just... completely magnificent. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/new-day-rising WANT! "The flat occupies part of the shared top floor of an existing Victorian mansion block. Our proposal extended the flat into the unused loft space above, creating a new bedroom level and increasing the floor area of the flat by approximately one third. We created a 'secret' staircase, hidden from ... http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/staircase I have no excuse for this, other than multi-layer parallax scrolling being the first "oh wow, new and shiny" bit of computer game tech I remember as a young 'un. So, with that in mind, go to this site and start resizing your browser window. (And try to ignore the fact that ... http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/parallax BBC News - 11/01/2008 A pair of twins who were adopted by separate families as babies got married without knowing they were brother and sister, a peer told the House of Lords. A court annulled the British couple's union after they discovered their true relationship, Lord Alton said. The peer - who heard ... http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/hmm-you-look-familiar ... you start coding High-School-level physics routines incorrectly. Ah, if only Newton could see me now. I'd get such a slap. Update: aaaaaaaaaaand I have just managed to finally beat Raining Blood on hard mode in Guitar Hero 3. Yes, I do believe this evening's intellectual level has been gauged. http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/its-time-to-go-home-when The iPod, or any media player, really, could use a feature in its shuffle mode to allow you to tag a song as always being followed by a specific song of your choosing. Most adjacent songs on albums don't flow together so much that you'd notice or care, but when they ... http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/directed-shuffle Dear Internet, Please tell me, is this a spoof or not? I honestly can't tell any more. I think the web has finally broken my credulity gene. http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/internet-dissonance Hema's online catalogue frontpage is a marvellous Heath Robinson-y affair. (Well, it might be rubbish if all you want is to check a price of something quickly, but Hema is so ubiquitous in the Netherlands that I doubt it makes much difference to their profit margins.) http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/hema-robinson Are you feeling overly happy right now? Slightly too optimistic about the general state of the human race? Then you'll want to go and read "The 100 greatest quotes from fundamentalist Christian chat rooms" You'll laugh: "I am a bit troubled. I believe my son has a girlfriend, because she left a ... http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/fundamentalist-nutjobbery PR Newswire - 10/01/2008 An official report from People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), submitted nine months after a Virginia government agency's deadline, shows that the animal rights group put to death more than 97 percent of the dogs, cats, and other pets it took in for adoption in ... http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/animal-lovers Under normal circumstances, I never make New Years resolutions, but this time I'm going to make an exception: In 2008, if I happen to meet Jackie Ballard, I will punch her in the face. Possibly repeatedly. The Times Online - 23/12/2007 DEAF parents should be allowed to screen their embryos so ... http://www.freelyassociative.org/2008/resolutions Facebook 40 years on - from JohnCow.us http://www.freelyassociative.org/2007/pensionbook