happy hour

He became press officer and compere for The Housemartins (appearing in the Music Video for “Happy Hour” in 1986) Who did? can you spot him.

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PayPal digital cert signer unknown as of today

something i noticed today. The certificate for “www.paypal.com” is signed by the unknown Certificate Authority “VeriSign Trust Network”. It is not possible to verify that this is a valid certificate this is happening on this blog page for a paypal https located button image call. happening in FF2 & Opera9.01 but IE7 is cool about…

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vodafone hit by viral spam

a viral txt message is doing the rounds on the vodafone network in Ireland, the viral message asks recipients to txt 10 friends (on vodafone network) the news that vodafone 2 vodafone txts are free for life. when you have sent the tenth message you are promised €5 extra credit, then the message signs off…

DVD & CD Drawers

why design DVD drawers that close on push when 1. the remote has an open/close button 2. the front panel has the same 3. the mechanics are not designed to take a push close for a sustained use! i also would love to find the person in Dell that designed a DVD drawer in a…

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MY FRIEND SASHA: A VERY RUSSIAN MURDER

Andrei Nekrasov, 2007 BBC Two: Monday 22 January 2007 11.20pm-12.20am For three years before his death from poisoning, former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko had been making a documentary with his friend Andrei Nekrasov about authoritarianism in post-communist Russia. Here is that film, the unexpected ending of which made world headlines at the end of 2006.…