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November 4, 2008 by graham
The stupid, it burns
This just in: TV shows that include sex may increase the risk of teenage pregnacies [link]. Teenage girls who watch a lot of TV shows with a high sexual content are twice as likely to become pregnant, according to a study. Boys watching similar programmes, like Friends and Sex and the City, were also more [...]Archive
May 11, 2008 by graham
More Murphy O’Connor
So, it turns out that the story that I blogged about the other day has even more to it than I thought. Rather than try and summarise the matter here – for I don’t fully understand it at the moment; it’s late, I’m tired and I’m busy watching the fantastic An Inconvenient Truth. Instead, I’ll [...]Archive
April 21, 2008 by graham
Shuttleworth: “Ubuntu ‘reaping Linux dividend’
There's a nice story on the BBC news site: The public perception of open source software is changing fast, said Mark Shuttleworth, who leads distribution of the Ubuntu operating system (OS). "There has been a sea change in the way people think of Linux, which is very healthy," he said. "We have seen a real [...]Archive
April 17, 2008 by graham
More photography gubbins
Oh, and whilst we're on the subject the photography stuff I posted about earlier, there's a petition on the Downing Street website that UK citizens and ex pats can sign: We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to clarify the laws surrounding photography in public places. Through history, we have documented the world around us, [...]Archive
November 30, 2007 by graham
To be filed under WTF, part the second
So, as a follow-up to yesterday's post, this just in from the BBC (link): Crowds of people have marched in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to call for UK teacher Gillian Gibbons to be shot. … According to some agencies, some of the protesters chanted: "Shame, shame on the UK", "No tolerance – execution" and "Kill [...]Archive
November 29, 2007 by graham
To be filed under WTF
From BBC news (link): A British teacher has been found guilty in Sudan of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, has been sentenced to 15 days in prison and will then be deported. Which is bad enough. I mean it's a [...]Archive
October 12, 2007 by graham
“Skip to the end, Cap’n”
From BBC News (Link): Hot Fuzz star Simon Pegg is poised to play Scotty in the new Star Trek movie. This could be interesting. Or it could simply Not Work. I'm not sure.Archive
October 2, 2007 by graham
Do unto others, etc.
From BBC News: Feuding nuns force convent demise: A convent in Italy is being shut down after a fight between its last three remaining nuns. So badly did relations deteriorate between the sisters of Santa Clara in Bari that the Mother Superior ended up in hospital with scratches to her face. The best bit is [...]Archive
October 1, 2007 by graham