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Digest for March 10th

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Mark Linkous

Such sad news that Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse took his life this weekend.

I first heard him on stage at Howe Gelb’s Upside Down Home 2000 at the Barbican, and that was enough to get me to buy It’s A Wonderful Life. I got to see Sparklehorse as a band in 2006 when they played the Fez Club in Reading just after Dreamt For Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain came out.

There’s a lovely tribute to him at the Guardian.

It’s a Sad & Beautiful World, alright – made more beautiful by his music, and more sad by his passing.

6336 want me to drink lager

After seeing an ad for 6336 on Dave just now (between episodes of QI XL), I decided to ask the following question:

“Which of the beers in my kitchen should I drink next – be precise, or I’m not paying you.”

(a feeble attempt to check that they’re not psychic.)

(it would appear that they’re not!)

The answer (exactly what they sent):

“You should the Carling next. It’s the most popularr beer in the UK, so you’ll be in good company. You pay 6336 automatically when you send your text. Texts to 6336 cost B£1. Would you like an even easier way to ask you questions? Download the FREE 6336 app from here: http://6336.com/”

So, 1) they can’t be bothered to construct an actual sentence in English as a reply, and 2) they assume that I have Carling in the house.

Even if I were to have that sort of pish in my kitchen I’d describe it as being in the fridge (since lager needs to be chilled enough that you can’t taste it any more) rather than being in the kitchen. The choices actually were Ringwood Fortyniner, Innis & Gunn Rum Cask Finish Oak Aged Beer, Fullers Discovery, or Sharps Special, or some not-yet-ready homebrew Fixby Gold (there must be a blog post there!) which isn’t clear yet, but is certainly drinkable.

Everything else has been drunk, which is a) concerning, and b) a prompt to order more beer from the CAMRA Beer Club.

So, the moral of the story: 63336 aren’t psychic, and they think Carling counts as an acceptable beer.

Digest for March 6th

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Digest for March 5th

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F-15 F-104 over Neuschwanstein

An amazing photo, from Wikimedia:

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A formation of four fighters participating in the NATO exercise "Reforger '82" fly over the cloud shrouded Neuschwanstein Castle on the German/Austrian border in September 1982. The flight of three U.S. Air Force McDonnel Douglas F-15C Eagles from the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (USA), is lead by a German Luftwaffe Lockheed F-104G Starfighter.

Digest for February 26th

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Digest for February 24th

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Digest for February 22nd

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Pirating vs Legal Watching of a DVD

Just saw this on Missing Remote – had to repost it here.

Pirating vs Legal Watching

Pirating vs Legal Watching

Kind of sums it all up, doesn’t it?