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75 Years Young

Mark — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:50:00 +0000

Yesterday was Mark’s mom’s 75th birthday, and we celebrated in style with a fabulous family luncheon. Julie & Ed, Ashleigh & Liam travelled down from Oxford, and Rose cooked up a gastronomacious delight. It was a fun day. Happy Birthday, mother.

Sign up for Rose’s news

Mark — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Rose’s work with Link Romania is developing, and she is enjoying all the new challenges. One thing she is working on is to improve their mailing lists and making sure that their email newsletters comply with best practice and both English and EU legislation designed to protect people from unsolicited mail.

If you would like to hear ocassional news from Rose’s work, please consider signing up to the Link Romania list. Traffic is very low, she promises! It would also help her get things right before she adds the current database of email addresses they have in the office. You can always opt-out easily, in the future. Thanks.

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How they do eye tests in China

Mark — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:15:00 +0000

This is an actual Chinese Eye Test

It can be read in English by people with good eyesight. so give it a go. If you are having problems, then looking directly at the image, pull the corners of your eyes, like when you are pretending to be Chinese, and then read it.

Fed up with the choruses?

Mark — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:03:00 +0000

Main Page – Theopedia

Using a wiki, this THEOPEDIA looks like something worth a second look by people interested in Biblical truth. The curent featured article on the Emerging Church is particularly helpful to anyone who has become disenchanted with the traditional or evangelical church, and longs for something more real to help them engage in knowing, loving, worshipping God.

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Next time you are caught in traffic…

Mark — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:48:00 +0000

Product T-Shirts Information

Traffic Jam artwork I saw today on a tee-short design. If it was in the UK, I think I would buy myself one immediately. Highly creative – top marks to its designer.

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Make your own toys

Mark — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:13:00 +0000

THE TOYMAKER

An odd, little world of paper toys, holiday cards, valentines, sun boxs, baskets and bags, origami and ephemera… all for you to make.

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Liven up your Gmail

Mark — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:10:00 +0000

25 Incredible Skins, Resources & Tools for the Gmail Power User

Gmail is one of those rare things unanimously loved by everyday web users and tech-heads alike. The possibilities are endless. It can be anything from a simple email client to your central nervous system on the web. How far you take it is up to you. Each day seems to …

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Spiderman 101

Mark — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:42:00 +0000

Don’t try this at home! I suppose their are a few good reasons why a man would cling, starkers, to the outside wall of a building.

It reminds me of my current worst ad on TV – that outstandingly nauseating one for Tiscali broadband, in which a husband rushes into the bedroom and is so happy to have discovered Tiscali’s new low-priced broadband that he doesn’t even notice that his wife is up to mischief with the neighbour. He then proves the target customer profile for Tiscali by calling his best mate next door to tell him about this wonderful deal and the phone rings in the wardrobe, and out pops a very happy neighbour because getting such a cheap deal is obviously so much better than being caught in the very act of adultery.

I think that all those who were involved in the developing, making and commissioning of that ad should be forced to use Tiscali for a year. It’s a harsh punishment I know, but they have it coming.

The Zimbabwe Mafia

Mark — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:14:00 +0000

Ever wondered who is driving all those fancy cars and lives in the biggest houses in Zimbabwe? This edition of Zimbabwe News Update (get it here: http://odeo.com/show/17692953/view) has a fascinating view of it all. Where Mandebvhu sources his stuff, I shall not ask, but if you are interested in Zimbabwe, give this a listen.

CSI begins to unimpress

Mark — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:24:00 +0000

The current (presume latest) series of CSI:Original is showing up Tuesdays on Channel 5 here in merry England. Not sure what season this is, it has been a while, and the CSI franchise has been a juggernaught, but last night’s episode made me wonder for how much longer.

Billed as a halloween show, and modelled after those riduculously gratuitous slasher movies, it just seems to me that the writers are trying so hard to come up with new stories, new levels of genuine authentic science fiction they can pass off as real forensic work. Before long even their adoring audience, I predict, will have a group light-bulb moment and realise that the world of CSI is far removed from real crime scene investigation. Even in America. Even in Las Vegas. Sorry Gus.