Posted on October 31, 2009 by Andrew Hickey
As those of you who don’t pay attention to these things won’t know, the Home Secretary, Alan “I used to have a chance of being the next Labour leader, you know” Johnson, recently sacked David Nutt, the government’s scientific advisor on drugs policy, because he was saying things like “Ecstasy isn’t the most dangerous thing [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2009 by Andrew Hickey
Just a few quick links today…
Ubuntu has released its latest version today, Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala”. Ubuntu isn’t my GNU/Linux distribution of choice, but it is far and away the best for people who’ve had little previous experience with GNU/Linux, so if you’ve been thinking of shelling out a few hundred quid for WIndows 7, [...]
Filed under: comics, computing, linkblogging, music, politics, science | Tagged: comics, gnu/linux, music, science, twain and einstein, ubuntu 9.10, xtc | 18 Comments »
Posted on October 27, 2009 by Andrew Hickey
After that temporary hiatus, caused by my stereo breaking, and the CD drive in my computer breaking, and my external CD drive breaking, and my replacement stereo and replacement external CD drive breaking, which lesser men would have taken as a sign not to bother continuing with my inexplicably-mildly-popular series of reviews, I’m continuing with [...]
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Posted on October 25, 2009 by Andrew Hickey
Sorry I’ve been a bit crap at updating recently. Between computer problems at home, pressure at work, and the general blandness of most of the comics recently, I’ve not really had any momentum for posting. Hopefully that’ll be back again soon and I’ll be back to the level of productivity from last month within a [...]
Filed under: music | Tagged: big star, candypants, linus of hollywood, love, music, playlists, spotify, stew, the association, the Beach Boys, the millennium, the mockers, the national pep, the zombies, xtc | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 25, 2009 by Andrew Hickey
Computer problems have caused a huge delay for me in getting any new posts done. I’d just like to say that no-one should ever buy anything from Clas Ohlson, at least if they want something functional… ESPECIALLY don’t buy their record players (the ones on half-price sale with built in CD player and USB MP3 [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2009 by Andrew Hickey
Richard Herring is probably my favourite comedian of the moment. He has his flaws – a glibly Dawkinsite attitude to religion (which is at least excusable in a comedian, who has to take an extreme position to be funny) and an occasional tendency to monkey whimsy, but while his erstwhile double-act partner Stewart Lee [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2009 by Andrew Hickey
Nearly a month ago, now, pillock asked me to write a post about Darkseid. This has been more difficult than I at first thought it would.
Duncan, in the comments there, mentioned my earlier piece, Darkseid Is (and we could also add my post from last month on the Fourth World characters) but that [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2009 by Andrew Hickey
I’m actually in the middle of writing my Kirby & Darkseid piece, but a few things which I thought deserved linking:
Jennie writes more about where all the female bloggers are… good discussion in the comments, too.
Millennium writes about the Dalek War box set.
How to get a Windows refund if you’re buying a new (not second-hand) [...]
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Posted on October 18, 2009 by Andrew Hickey
I was going to leave announcing this a little longer, but the Mindless Ones have announced their new format and I didn’t want to look like I’m copying them – or indeed Alan Moore, who is also doing something similar to this…
For about a month now I’ve been planning a new colour glossy POD magazine, [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2009 by Andrew Hickey
For a while now, I’ve been complaining vociferously on Twitter about the lack of a vocalist for the National Pep, my band (such as it is) – my friend and songwriting partner Tilt Araiza has agreed to continue writing songs with me, but for some reason seems to think “I don’t want to, and anyway [...]
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