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  1. Nabaztag/tag power brick on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    My Newton MessagePad 2100 came with the same kind of set up, way back when.

  2. Cityofsound: Binge Watching contemporary TV

    “a beautifully produced ‘coffee table’ book featuring cutaways, scale plans, projections, sections,…

  3. I am sitting in a room - Vox

    You can download the track as an MP3 here but you may know that already. Last night we watched…

  4. Under the Bridge on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Lovely colours, well done!

  5. QotD: Top 5 Video Games - Vox

    I used to love Quazatron. I remember that whenever you upgraded to better weapons or shields or…

  6. Myspace.com Blogs - We are the People - Jillian MySpace Blog

    I find it unsettling when people from real life find my online self, so I hope you don’t mind me…

  7. Isabelkate: The Necklace and other tales

    I hope you don’t mind me commenting - I always find it a bit weird when real-world people find my…

  8. Nothing But Green Lights: An mp3/music blog of new British music. Exclusively. » Los Campesinos!

    Just wanted to say… don’t be afraid of featuring songs more than once in your Take Your Medicine…

  9. Dsc02436 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    I’m talking nonsense. Saw one again yesterday and it’s just that the Odeon doesn’t have any huge…

  10. Dsc02436 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Those are awful aren’t they. I saw one in a tube carriage that was set at a Leicester Square film…

  11. Moolies: My children are growing

    It was a lovely day! They’re both fab kids in many ways. Nora was interested and interesting, not…

  12. Cityofsound: Cover art emerges in iTunes. Possibly.

    I’ve been quite obsessive about getting album art in there before now, but I still have oodles of…

  13. Technovia: Firmware update for older iPods?

    You got my hopes up when you said “older iPods”… but my 2nd generation iPod doesn’t have a Games…

  14. Lazy Sunday in the park on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    You know that little feature they have in the Saturday Guardian’s Travel section, “Where would you…

  15. Max headroom - Vox

    Thanks for posting that - I’d completely forgotten about Paranoimia, and I used to play the 7” over…

  16. Stef1.jpg on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    I nearly thought it was Brian from last year’s Big Brother.

  17. Mercury music awards - Vox

    I’d never heard of Hot Chip before (I’m out of touch) but I heard them interviewed on Radio 1…

  18. Walton-on-the-Naze on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    What a coincidence - I bought a broom at that shop a week before you took the photo!

  19. Last night dinner party at Sal and Jeff’s on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Who’s the smart chap in the suit…?

  20. My London Life - Saturday, August 12, 2006

    “[I] find myself, for instance, if I’ve posted something about work (rehearsals, say) not referring…

  21. Rodcorp: Very little… almost nothing: Coupland’s JPod (or jPod)

    I can’t think of any way my acting has affected how I read to be honest. I haven’t been reading a…

  22. Rodcorp: Very little… almost nothing: Coupland’s JPod (or jPod)

    I’ve just finished the book so I came back to read what you thought of it — I was worried you loved…

  23. Moolies: Edinburgh

    That’s a lovely post, in many ways.

  24. Vox AJAX hell - Vox

    I only realised you couldn’t put HTML in posts a while after posting one with lots of links and…

  25. Paula & Ben in Paddington… on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    When I first glanced at this I thought Ben was wearing a comedy Hitler moustache!

  26. The Stage / Shenton’s View / A director speaks….

    Thanks so much for pointing to Miller’s weblog. I loved reading it ages ago and then I think he…

  27. Jon Aquino’s Mental Garden: No useful search results? Post a blog entry for future searchers to find and help you with in the future.

    I’ve also thought about creating blog entries featuring the names of friends/relatives who have…

  28. Rodcorp: The London Review of Books

    I did the same for Jack, must be a year ago now. I’m glad he’s passing it on!

  29. QotD: Hello, Cleveland! - Vox

    There was/is a band called Channel Light Vessel who had an album called ‘Automatic’. (Bill Nelson,…

  30. West Smithfield on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    They have very, very similar maps in Bristol. I came across one recently and it took me a while to…

  31. Cover me with kisses, baby - Vox

    The Richard Thompson-ness reminds me of June Tabor’s cover of ‘Beat the Retreat’, which I rather…

  32. Technovia: In the gift economy, who gets the biggest gifts?

    One difference between these sites and conventional companies is that it might not be clear how the…

  33. Cityofsound: Brunswick Centre, London

    I walked past the other day and it does look swish, although, yes, Skoob Books will be missed. But…

  34. 26072006(011) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Wow, yeah. It looks like you’ve got a table in the middle of the straight so all the passers-by can…

  35. Dan Griffiths - Music Photographer / Rock Photography - Low live at KOKO

    Blimey, quick work. I should be going to bed rather than seeing if anyone’s blogged about the gig…

  36. Soul sides: How Do You Soulside?

    I read via RSS too, and check the new posts maybe once a week. Download and listen to everything a…

  37. Engaged! on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

  38. Technovia: Nick Carr: Netscape’s junk drawer

    While I agree about the wisdom of crowds often being very, er, un-wise, I loved this quote: “I…

  39. Self portrait at the magic hour… on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    You look like you’re witnessing something bright and amazing. The second coming? Aliens landing?…

  40. Pheeeel. At Nature… on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    I don’t think I knew she was here, so thanks for that. We had lunch on the roof today!

  41. Pheeeel. At Nature… on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    You can’t see it in the photo, but I’m wearing a frilly pink tutu under the desk. It’s regulation.…

  42. Corporation of London Sign inside The Barbican Centre on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Last year they decided to call the organisation the “City of London” rather than the “Corporation…

  43. Last Game at Highbury on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    I love the crowd - very nice!

  44. Open thread: Favorite spam blocker service? | 43 Folders

    I used Knowspam and then SpamArrest for a while. They really worked. Checking my email was a joy…

  45. P1000454 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Woohoo! Well done! Congratulations! :)

  46. Beau and the little girl on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    I’m jealous!

  47. BBC R&D Mega-TiVo - O’Reilly Radar

    It’s very kind of you to describe me as “fantastic”, but I’m a little confused about the rest of…

  48. 08052006 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Race you!

  49. The Stage / Shenton’s View / Nightmare Theatrical Distractions….

    While this debate has been mostly “I’m right” or “you’re wrong”, like most things this isn’t a…

  50. My new flat in Amsterdam on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Yes, looks gorgeous! Although I can’t help thinking the rugs and armchair should be at right angles…

  51. Is this genius or bollocks. I can’t decide. on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    When I first saw it I thought it was bizarre looniness. But I have to admit that it has given me…

  52. Humping triceratopses, shop window, High Holborn, London.jpg on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    I walked past those last night and thought they were Flickr-worthy (but knew my phone camera would…

  53. Tate to Vitra on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Ah, I was there earlier in the afternoon, but I may have been walking past the outside again about…

  54. Tate to Vitra on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    I was going to see if we were in the building at the same time on Monday, but it says this photo…

  55. Stone Cold Pimpin’: Speaking Truthiness to Power

    I’ve had this conversation with other friends, and I seem to be in the minority, but still… I don’t…

  56. Plasticbag.org: On wanting to stop wanting ‘World of Warcraft’…

    So when you recently said “people who do a lot of punditry on their sites cannot possibly be…

  57. Cowslip on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Nope: Cowslip

  58. Cripplegate Institute on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    I can see your office from my window in Ben Jonson House. Hello!

  59. Barbican Estate on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Most of the estate was completed and open by the late 60s or early 70s. The Arts Centre part wasn’t…

  60. Stone Cold Pimpin’: Doctor Who - Tooth and Claw

    I tuned in slightly late so I missed the prologue you described… I didn’t feel like I’d missed out…

  61. Digital Urban: London Google Earth 1666

    I’ve tried this map overlay, but it doesn’t seem to display anything in Google Earth. It zooms me…

  62. Random Etc. - Monopoly Google Map?

    When I was at UpMyStreet I thought about doing some kind of real-world Monopoly map. Mainly…

  63. Cityofsound: Why Lost is genuinely new media

    Interesting stuff Dan… I’d be interested on your thoughts as to how possible it would be to create…

  64. Mildly Diverting: How to Become an Early Riser

    I think the same person has already written what you’re after! (Although that doesn’t mean it’ll…

  65. Biddulph on a segway on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Oh look at you all with your so-called “fun”!

  66. Unsweet: Are you kidding me with this?

    I know what you mean… I saw loads of wonderful films last year, but ‘Crash’ wasn’t one of them.…

  67. Flypostering is Wrong on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    When I saw one of these I did hope it was at least some arty Nathan types making a definite…

  68. Yoz Grahame’s Cheerleader: MovableType advice needed

    I hope there’s a better solution, but failing that… MT 3.2 does let you list all Comments on your…

  69. Barbican tree on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Lovely - without the buildings it would just be a picture of a tree. As it is the buildings make…

  70. He arrives! on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    You don’t look very happy Jude! (Congrats!)

  71. Bowblog: Sort of Proustian, really

    Does it still smell the same? On the thankfully rare occasions that I get a whiff of root beer I’m…

  72. Buzz beaten by a girl on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    Buzz, Buzz, Buzz. I’m disappointed and saddened by this sorry display.

  73. Felix and crazy Dad on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    The little fella looks like he’s embarrassed by dad already! :)

  74. Cityofsound: Map of Europe in which real distances seem shorter thanks to the high-speed train

    I think that makes sense… I wasn’t really sure why there were three maps - I would only expect two:…

  75. Cityofsound: Map of Europe in which real distances seem shorter thanks to the high-speed train

    Could you briefly describe the difference between each map? I don’t quite understand what the…