Monthly Archives: January 2009

Tweets on 2009-01-18

  • Taping some lines for a Librivox play – only three years after promising so to do. #
  • Wondering how long it will be before @common_squirrel meets Lord Redesdale http://tr.im/9awr #
  • @willhowells http://twitpic.com/13u3v – That looks slightly familiar. Before you know it, it will be as cluttered as this: http://tr.im … in reply to willhowells #
  • Arrived 30mins early for train. Plenty of time to get annoyed by robot messages re cctv, smoking and luggage. #
  • Entirely unnecessary messages since station was all but empty and none of us was smoking, bombing or terrorizing. #
  • Passing through Market Harborough. No plaque for Jonathan Calder yet. Disgraceful. #
  • Hmmm. If you’re going to read Sartre ostentatiously on a train, you really should be reading in the original French. #

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Tweets on 2009-01-17

  • @markpack only Lurpack can beat Anchor in our area. St Ivel can’t possibly win round here. in reply to markpack #
  • Oh dear. Cat unwell again. Off to the emergency vet. #
  • Vet suspects trauma of some kind – flight, fall or car – and suggests X-rays tomorrow if no signs of improvement. #
  • Fudge off to vet but this morning is active and can walk fine, so no x-ray indicated. Smudge, however, is hiding and not eating 😦 #

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Bupa FAIL

Dear BUPA

Whoever you’re paying to set up your google ads isn’t, erm, very good at it:

bupafailI’m guessing he’s called A Haydn Jones.

This screenshot came from the google ad on the Lib Dem Voice website on a post discussing health salaries.

Nancy Pelosi say what now?

In a new way of engaging the American people, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has released the following video of… her cats in her office.

And an unexpected change halfway through.

Tweets on 2009-01-12

  • In the print cave, listening to the More or Less podcast. Next week, they have a politics special. #
  • Heh! Medical statistician “prefers not to make statements like ‘right and wrong’.” #
  • Good curry? #
  • Ooh great – not only is there a new series of Qi, but there’s also QI XL. And both are available through cable catchup thingie. #
  • Oh no! Cyber Hymnal is no longer online! #
  • Phrases to avoid #94, “Brian Paddick got two outings on the Voice last week” #
  • @jamesgraham Why did you need your wallet in a park? Bit early for icecream? in reply to jamesgraham #

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Possibly the tackiest presentation of Keynes ever

Earlier today on LDV I uploaded an excellent, academic summary of the life and work of John Maynard Keynes:

The most influential and important economic thinker of the twentieth century, Keynes’s most important academic works were concerned not only with challenging accepted economic theory but also with finding solutions to real economic problems; his ideas came to underpin the post-war economic strategy of Western governments. He was an active Liberal and contributed to Lloyd George’s reshaping of Liberal Party policy in the 1920s; he also helped to found the Liberal Summer School

And to that learned and worthy contribution to the sum of human knowledge, I added this tacky fast buck machine that should hopefully earn the Lib Dems a bit of cash in Amazon referrals:

http://ws.amazon.co.uk/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=GB&ID=V20070822%2FGB%2Fnileshomepag%2F8010%2F214d817e-d3e2-4209-9357-871f2d5c33fb&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate Amazon.co.uk Widgets

But if you think that’s bad, you should have seen the earlier attempt that nearly got through…

http://ws.amazon.co.uk/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=GB&ID=V20070822%2FGB%2Fnileshomepag%2F8010%2F544c2a95-6aac-4b73-bf57-5bbe4c349b78&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate Amazon.co.uk Widgets