Following the rampant success of my Big Brother RSS feed (now defunct and Channel 4 now provide their own feed (not to mention the separate feeds from Digital Spy and The Sun)) and CILIP Lisjobnet RSS feed, I bring you…
CILIP on Second Life
After all my criticisms of CILIP not embracing new information technology, in particular RSS feeds, they went and opened an office in Second Life. Ian Snowley (IanSnowley Allen), CILIP president, explains how he gave the inaugural address at the office…
Da Vinci Code condensed film
Those of you who enjoyed my Drown Ban, Not Chav deicide, or The Mongo code or Ward Bonn’s Digital Citadel may also like to read Scaryduck’s Condensed Films: The Da Vinci Code. Excerpt: A. Tatou: Listen very carefully I will…
Pictures of Sandy
I have started putting some pictures I have of Sandy onto flickr. They are all tagged sandy and bedfordshire and all appear in the Bedfordshire group. I might look into setting up a Sandy group at some point. The Sandy…
WorldCat puns list correction
Following my post about my list of author-title puns on
WorldCat puns list
I discovered via Outgoing (via Planet Cataloging) that you can now create lists on WorldCat. This sounded a good place to maintain the list of author-title puns compiled by a recently retired colleague. I have now therefore created my Author…
Strange news
One of the following current news stories is actually true: Pope Benedict XVI has been offered the job of head of marketing for Durex Jade Goody has been offered the job of professor of geography at Cambridge University Tony Blair…
Sandy on Facebook
Dismayed by the poor geographical coverage of the UK on Facebook, I requested Sandy as a new geographical region. After several weeks of silence, I am presuming that they are not going to approve that one. This week I asked…
Condensed films
In lieu of any original content: Last week, Scaryduck did a series of condensed films: we take popular movies, boil them down, and deliver them here in easy-to-understand chunks. These were ace and I recommend reading them. My favourite was…
Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction
The shortlist for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction has been announced. They are: Your broadband will be reconnected within 15 working days. and You’ll get an email address that you can access from anywhere online. My money is on…