May 2012
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Scottish minimum alcohol pricing passed by... →
Alcohol minimum pricing has passed in Scotland. Changing rules that affects almost everybody, to try to change the habits of the few. If it passed here, not one person I know would change their drinking habits, they would make savings in other areas - like on food - to accommodate the change. We need to tackle the real problem, of why people drink to excess, not just try to price them out of it.
March 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
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August 2011
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Remember these Spotify ads that ran early last...
July 2011
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(Imaginary) Fears Tesco would 'destroy' Pontcanna
I love this story, which was published on WalesOnline yesterday. People are now so afraid of Tesco that as soon as a shop closes down, they start protesting and imagining what it would do to the area - even when Tesco have denied that they are even looking to move into the area!
Talk about creating your own news… How about asking shopkeepers and the local councillors, while you’re at...
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“Cardiff council’s leaders performed a rapid U-turn last night by insisting...”
– Anything COULD be done, it’s the DOING that gets it done.
I COULD eat 100 pies, but until I do it, it’s not DONE, and so would be pointless to say.
Council leader insists Olympics is not delaying Cardiff’s new bus station
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“The most impassionate song
To a lonely soul
Is so easily outgrown
But...”
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If you can't beat them, buy them. Amazon to buy...
In typical massive corporation fashion, Amazon have today announced their intention to buy The Book Depository, a humble rooted book seller based out of Gloucester.
The Book Depository has a very faithful customer base, me included, because of their great customer service, free delivery, competitive pricing and their “independent bookshop” feel.
It’s a shame that this should...
June 2011
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Second disaster recovery #Fail, bye bye @RedGate
Some of you may have seen my tweets over the weekend about having fun, fun, fun spending many hours of my weekend doing prep work on a SAN to get it ready for a new database - up until 5am on Saturday morning, whoosh, I do enjoy it - kinda.
Anyway, so that all went to plan - almost, save for being a few hours out because a process took 19 hours instead of the estimated 10 hours, but nevermind.
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“You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn’t black and white, good and bad, and you try to do the right thing.
Well, fuck it, I don’t care what you think. I’m trying to do the right thing. I’m tired of Republican-Democrat politics. They can take the job and shove it.”
Roy McDonald, Conservative Republican who voted to legalize...
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The ballad of @CardiffCouncil
If you’re wondering why All the love that you long for eludes you And people are rude and cruel to you I’ll tell you why I’ll tell you why I’ll tell you why I’ll tell you why
You just haven’t earned it yet, baby You just haven’t earned it, son You just haven’t earned it yet, baby You must suffer and cry for a longer time You just haven’t...
May 2011
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Great, I can be in Bangor 9 minutes quicker...
So, at a time when we have no money to keep open day centres for the mentally incapable, amongst other things, it seems as though the WAG has enough to spend on taking 9 minutes off the journey from Cardiff and Holyhead.
The Welsh government will fund a new train service that will do a round-trip once a day until December, at a cost of £620,000.
Add to that the millions of pounds that are spent...
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Snuggies
misia-kuczys:
Nathan and I like Snuggies so much that we keep extras for guests. Also, note the evil-eyed dog in the background.
“Belligerent ghouls
Run Cardiff Council
Spineless swines
Cemented minds
Sir...”
– Slightly modified lyrics, originally of The Headmaster Ritual by The Smiths.
The score for Law & Order: The Musical is...
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“Abdi Ahmed, chairman of the Union of Taxi Drivers, said the proposal received...”
– Surprising, that a meeting of taxi drivers would vote in favour of taxi fares being increased. Colour me surprised.
Cardiff cab drivers bid to raise fares - yourCardiff
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April 2011
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http://thetimekill-dhxe.posterous.com/there-seems-t... →
There seems to be a contest in Cardiff Bay as to who can dig the deepest, widest & most inconvenient holes! At the moment, Morgan Sindall seem to be winning… and no one has a clue what they’re doing!
(via @TheTimeKill)
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I was thinking the other day how weird it is that all of the weird, fucked up, passive aggressive, mental, derogatory, happy, sad, just plain odd, monkey talk that used to only go on in my brain - and if I ever told anybody they would often say “You’re fucking weird and possibly losing it, man” - is now coming out on a whim every day for the whole world to see, on Twitter.
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Peter Thiel: We’re in a Bubble and It’s Not the... →
It’s not just true of America, it’s true in the UK too (and possibly further) - the general consensus amongst the masses is - if you go to university you will never be out of work. And this just isn’t true.
“If you go to university, you will always get the job ahead of the other guy (who didn’t)” which also isn’t true.
Mark Zuckerberg didn’t finish...
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PRs vs Bloggers in a nutshell
PRs: “You’re a cunt for writing bad shit about my client”
Bloggers: “You’re a cunt for putting a dollar sign on everything”
(May not have been exactly how the debate went)
Cardiff bloggers meet to discuss the relationship between PRs and bloggers
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Newry bomb alert: device left 'substantial' →
“On Friday morning, cones blocking the underpass were removed and hundreds of motorists drove past the van.”
So they left a van with a bomb in it guarded purely by cones? I think that’s more of a “blatant disregard for safety”, don’t you?
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Cardiff burger conquest: The list so far
About 10 months ago I started a quest to find the best burger in Cardiff. It began pretty heavy, I was eating 2 or 3 a week, but since has subsided as I try to get around just about everywhere.
Now, I think I’m ready to start writing it up, but I want to check that I have done everywhere that is worth doing, so here is the list so far:
Boof Ruby Tuesday TGI Friday’s The Promised Land...
March 2011
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Suggestion: Cardiff Council should "crowdsource",...
The city and county of Cardiff has 324,800 residents (2008, estimated by NSfW) - initiatives like the “Central Business District” that was announced yesterday will affect the lives of quite a large proportion of those people.
People in and around Cardiff have big ideas, there is some real creativity and intelligence out there, some are brilliant but haven’t had the chance to...
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Rail electrification is going to happen - and I’m pleased, this is a positive thing. 20 minutes doesn’t sound like a very long time, and it isn’t - but it is, for commuters like me it accumulates, that’s 40 minutes a day, 3 hours 33 minutes a week, 13 hours a month or 6.6 days per year if you’re travelling every day.
So what am I going to moan about this time, you...
February 2011
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I’m not a staunch “No for Wales” supporter - I’ve not “joined the campaign” or anything (mostly because I hate politics and politicians and believe that they’re all conniving bastards, even when they seem to have the same view as I do), it’s just that in the 10 years that Wales has had devolution I’m still not convinced - and so far during this...
Finding a balance between policing for the public safety and harassment on the grounds of religion, race or colour is clearly something Police have to deal with every day; especially at airports - but where is the middle ground between stories like this:
Muslim student unhappy after Police check at airport
and this:
7/7 inquests: MI5 ‘could have identified ringleader’
On one hand...
“Insomnia” origin: early 17th century: from Latin, from insomnis...”
– See, not “I don’t sleep at night but sleep all day”.
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“Catholic church leaders labelled the workshop “dangerous and frightening”
– A lot of people, myself included, would label their religion “dangerous and frightening” - so let us get on with what we want to do, and you can do whatever you want. Bye.
Suicide workshops cancelled at last minute after ‘pressure’ - WalesOnline
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“It’s one big family where everyone is welcome, regardless of age, race or sexual...”
– This is what one person said of The Kings Cross in Cardiff which is due to be rebranded as a gastropub - if this is true, then how is this going to be a loss to the gay community? If the same people go there is it not the same place?
Does it have to be labelled “gay bar” in order to...
Earthquake in Christchurch, NZ
musiclovemusic:
Then:
Now:
What the hell is going on?
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WatchI signed up for an account with @putdotio yesterday after listening to the hype for the last few months, and boy, does it solve a lot of problems for me - but I cannot continue to use it - you’ll find out why by watching the video - also, here is a synopsis.
Currently I stream around the house from my one computer from a cache of media I have stored over 4x1TB hard-drives - this means I my...
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I am angry, I am ill and I’m as ugly as sin I don’t know what keeps me alive and kicking I know the meaning of life, it doesn’t help me a bit I know beauty and I know a good thing when I speak it
This is a song from under the floorboards here is a song from where the wall is cracked My force of habit, I am an insect And I must confess I’m very proud of that
I have known...
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Local blog @YourCardiff has managed to dig up Cardiff’s biggest morons and wheel them out for an article on the new wind turbine that has gone up in Wentloog.
We have awesome quotations from the general public who apparently think it’s a bad thing because it’s ugly, and that it doesn’t benefit them - despite the fact that it will provide a company with the resources to...
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What Lotus-Renault should do now
I have never written about Formula One on a blog before, despite having followed the sport avidly for 15 years.
I have decided to now because yesterday one of the greatest stars, a future world champion, was badly injured in a rally accident and looks to be out for almost certainly the entire season - which has not even started yet.
Lotus-Renault, as they are now called, looked to have a good...
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Why I think "Viva Hate" is the best debut album...
It’s because I can imagine buying the album - fresh, crisp and new - unheard - putting it on for the first time and the music starting, “Alsatian Cousin”; a new beginning, a phenomenally strong track which was Morrissey truly announcing “WORLD, I AM HERE”.
If only I were 10 years younger, I would have been able to experience this for myself instead of having to...
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