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Webcredible vs Better connected
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03/07/2008
…also known as Better Connected Critique Volume XXVI in a series of … um … I don’t think Roman numerals go that high.
Webcredible have been reviewing the ‘leading’ UK local council websites for usability — or at least those 20 sites which have been identified...
Webcredible vs Better connected
The Asparagus Men Of Mars
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02/07/2008
No, seriously…
Martian soil appears to contain sufficient nutrients to support life - or, at least, asparagus - Nasa scientists believe.BBC News
…it is surely only a matter of time before they start setting up some allotments… “I’m just popping down to the allotments, dear.....
The Asparagus Men Of Mars
Swinging The Swing Bridge
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02/07/2008
The Swing Bridge over the Tyne is one of several bridges that connect Newcastle to Gateshead. Most of the bridges are high, static bridges, such as the High Level Bridge (recently re-opened after repairs) and the well known landmark the Tyne Bridge.
But two of the Bridges — the Swing Bridge and...
Swinging The Swing Bridge
Joey Barton
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01/07/2008
…doncha just think that he’s the sort of person who, if called up for jury service, would be found guilty?
But seriously, he’s dragged my club into enough mud now. The roll-call of ‘Barton incidents’ is frightening. First up is the one he’s just pleaded guilty to —...
Joey Barton
The Scorpion King
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01/07/2008
Imagine an eight-foot venemous scorpion, towering over you and ready to strike!
Living in the UK, you’d be surprised to find one of these crawling across your bedroom floor, wouldn’t you?
So would I, to be honest. There’s only one sort of scorpion found in the UK (Euscorpius flavicaudis)...
The Scorpion King
E-Men City
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30/06/2008
I went to see a band at The Jolly Miller the other night. The band were E-Men City, and I needed to go and see them — their drummer used to be a colleague of mine, and I’d been saying for a long while that I’d go and see them as soon as they were [...]
E-Men City
Eleventh Doctor?
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29/06/2008
If they have managed to pull that one off without people finding out about it, I am impressed.
But I’ll have to wait for next week to see…
(Anyone with ‘insider’ knowledge is welcome to contact me. Go on, pretend you really know - I’ll publish the wackiest ideas after next...
Eleventh Doctor?
Ask Al
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29/06/2008
What could it possibly mean when a pub advertises its wares with the slogan “Ask Al”?
Could it be that Al is one of the regulars, who has an encylopedic knowledge second-to-none and serves as the Oracle of the Station Hotel?
Is it that Geordie legend Alan Shearer is doing a talk-in, and...
Ask Al
Stavros returns to Doctor Who
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28/06/2008
…or so the infamous man in the pub told me.
Now I remember Davros, creator of the Daleks, as seen in Genesis of the Daleks and suchlike, and I remember Stavros, Harry Enfield’s Arsenal-supporting Greek Kebab shop owner, but I hadn’t realised he had previously been in Doctor Who.
I...
Stavros returns to Doctor Who
Better Connected: Sigh - Here we go again…
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28/06/2008
After attending the PSF Event ‘The Future of Local Authority Websites and How They Are Measured’ I had some degree of confidence that SOCITM were listening to what the audience had to say, and that the Better Connected report in subsequent years would improve.
This was in now small measure...
Better Connected: Sigh - Here we go again…