Blog Category Archives: Links and online oddities

Grand trip 2004

My parents have set off on a road trip across the USA. They (and my two younger sisters) have been resident in the USA for many years and now my folks have no children at home they are taking the chance to see a bit more of that huge country. I’m following their progress on [...]

They Work for You

Our Members of Parliament are supposed to be representing us, however most of us are too busy to be able to keep track of what is being said on our behalf by our local MP. They Work for You gives you an easy method to search on exactly what issues you local MP is speaking [...]

Tell An American To Vote (.com)

I was intrigued by a banner on a web site and clicked it, to find Tell An American To Vote. Most of the 7.1 million Americans living overseas do not vote. Now is your chance to tell them to! Just fill in your personal message below and we’ll send your American friends all the information [...]

Should I be offended?

Bruce rants, people who give their kids place-names as first names, like ‘Chester’, ‘Paris’, ‘Bethany‘ or – especially irritating – ‘India’ or ‘Asia’. They should be forced to change their own name to ‘Thorngumbald’, ‘Pratts Bottom’, or ‘Swinket Mease Rigg’ I shall henceforth be known as Ms. Swinket Mease Rigg, thankyouverymuch … do you think [...]

Geeks

Simon asks, “What makes a geek?”, the answer so far appears to involve lego. In other news, some people have way to much time on their hands (requires Quicktime and sound – via Bruce Lawson).