Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category
Thursday, April 27th, 2006
Spent last Sunday in Hyde Park with the Open Rights Group. We have a tradition, started by Cory Doctorow, of gathering once a month to have brunch, talk shop, and then go and rant at people about copyright, patents, and whatever else strikes our fancy.
Afterwards, a couple of people where ...
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
So, Hollywood is floating ideas about ways to protect their stream of crap important cultural contributions:
DVD Watermark for Next Gen Protection
What they're proposing is mixing an inaudible-to-humans audio watermark into movie soundtracks. Now, when someone sneaks into a movie theater with a video camera to steal their precious, the camera ...
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2005
So,
It turns out that you can actually get chemical burns from certain hot peppers. :)
I came home from the chili fiesta with three scotch bonnet peppers. One of them went into a salsa. Next time, I'll have to remember to use some sort of gloves.
But hey, no pain, no gain, ...
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Sunday, August 7th, 2005
We just got back from the West Dean Chilli Fiesta. It is a magical event where idiots, myself included, come from all over the UK to eat the hottest chillies they can find.
There are stands where people sell chilies , salsa, chile plants, and various hot sauces with "death" in ...
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2005
We went to Italy last week and now we're back. All in all, it was a fun trip. Lots of nice food and drink. Amazingly cheap (price, not quality) wine.
That being said, I'd avoid Alitalia Airlines if I were you... I won't go into the gory detail, but suffice ...
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