Unfinished sympathy.
Nov. 23rd, 2009 11:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
David Nutt spanks glib Sky News interviewer. Pwnage.
When Tories start even sidling up to "family values," the stockings, suspenders, binbag and tangerine are close behind.
NotN: Shroud of Turin proven genuine after Large Hadron Collider switched on; Chrome OS's ability to boil babies disputed by Microsoft; Microsoft in exclusive search-engine deal with Murdoch.
I have bought a camera, the Fujifilm F70EXR I've been lusting after volubly since it was announced. Dispatched today, arriving tomorrow via ShittyLink. 10× optical zoom. And ISO TWELVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED, man. Holy crap. I will be going wild with it at Vagabonds on Saturday.
Signs you might be a big poof: you keep adding "in the metaphorical sense" when you say you're feeling utterly buggered.
I have volunteered to help with the Open Rights Group board election. Being Australian is a plus point for working on a single-transferable-vote election. The precise method used will be Meek's, which is sorta complicated for more than two winners but is quite manageable for two — more complicated than an Australian House election, less complicated than an Australian Senate election. The fancy bit in Meek is that the winner's votes over quota get partially redistributed to help determine the second place. I need to write up the worked example.
(Join today. Five quid a month to kick Mandelson's bloody stupid idea to the kerb.)
Thank goodness the three-quid Co-Op Spanish red wine is eminently guzzlable, with only a soupçon of a petrol aftertaste.
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Date: 2009-11-24 12:37 pm (UTC)For purely research purposes. Or something. Yes.