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Month: September 2007
Sumerian goodness
Some great links about Sumerian atMetaFilter.
YesButNoButYes: Who Did You Think I Was?
A professional photo retouching service has some before and after photos (click ‘portfolio’) of various celebs, some of which have gone through some fairly major retouching. via YesButNoButYes.
LOLTIME
The old sobersides at Time magazine try to explain lolcats, I can has cheezburger, in ur base killing ur d00ds, etc.
Obscene Interiors
A collection of online male personal ad photos (hem, hem), with the advertisers blanked out. Why? So you can critique the décor, of course. Via MeFi.
We trust you, Gordon
The odd thing about the Conservative policy announcement today – where they pledged to match Labour’s public service spending over the next three years – is that the plans aren’t published yet and won’t be for a month or so. Talk about signing a blank cheque: if I were in the Treasury, I’d be tempted to put in a couple of joke commitments, just to annoy the Opposition. A gold statue of Kier Hardie, perhaps, or a really expensive metrication campaign. Right, Cameron, match that!
Take my tip
Useful PDF guide to the polite amount to tip in various countries is here. (Via a discussion at Word of Mouth).
The Bell Hotel, New Alresford
A dinner stop on the way back from Basingstoke at the Bell Hotel in the pretty town of New Alresford in Hampshire. Very friendly service on a quiet Sunday evening and OK food. Steak was nicely presented with good accompaniments, but was a very English medium. Tom had kid-sized cod and chips which looked properly prepared. Desserts: a bland chocolate pudding for me but a much better apple crumble and ice cream for the little one.