Tracking & Tracing

I have noticed that whenever I reset my broadband router, my notional location (according to the hit counter on here) changes alarmingly.

On Friday, for example, I was in Glasgow, yesterday I was in Oswestry and today I'm in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

It seems that as interconnections of the Interweb proliferate, you are no longer where you think you are. All you can say with reasonable safety is which national boundary you're within. You can literally pop-up anywhere within that.

So much for surveillance. I'll have to rely on GPS and CCTV cameras.

Overheard While Listening to Miserilou

Hay: "I never understood Pulp Fiction - it was a blokey film."

Chairman: "Unlike Tarantino's earlier Reservoir Dogs, which was a bit girly?"

Another artified holiday snap:

The Gables

Continuing the theme of holiday architectural montages - a short stay last year in Hamsterjam:

The Doors

My unlimited edition print of Gozo's doors.

Deepest, Darkest Wales

We had a little trip out to Pembroke in Wales yesterday to collect a large garden ornament I bought on eBay. Called in at a small pub for lunch, where Hay had something called lamb cawl, which I'd never heard of before - it's basically a lamb broth. I found it a tad insipid, although Hay thought it delicious.

Chairman, addressing the girl at the bar: "I'd like to pay now. My wife really liked the lamb cawl - New Zealand lamb, was it?"

Later, we called in at Tenby on the way home.

Hay: "There's something about British beaches."

Chairman: "That'll be the rain and the wind."

Innapropriate Attire

Why is it that, off the football pitch, the only people you see in football gear are those least suited, aesthetically speaking, to the attire? It's not as if they're sporty - quite the reverse, in fact.

Emergency

I think someone must have broken a nail!

This 'n That

Twitter abuse - why are people on Twitter? More importantly, why are intelligent people like Mary Beard on Twitter? I thought Twitter was only for narcissists, idiots and those who wanted to vent their appalling ignorance.

The England cricket team is apparently keen to avoid a follow on. What on earth is a follow on?

Sky has made Microsoft rename its Skydrive web storage system, as it has caused confusion among the public. I think Xbox should be renamed, as I keep confusing it with Xerxes, the 5th Century BC ruler of Persia.

My Sporty Mum

Seems my mum was a rugby international, and I never knew.

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