Whoever is behind XKCD is a genius.
Today‘s gem is pure geek, but linux zealots will appreciate it (click to enlarge):
TshirtHell like to push the boundaries with their tshirts. They’re not the rudest and crudest tshirts available, but some of them can be pretty “interesting”.
Their latest addition for kids is simple, yet brilliant (click to enlarge)
They’re also running an $8 sale at the moment (sizes and styles are limited to what they have in stock)
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If you’ve spent any length of time in Spain you cannot escape the Moorish influence. While the more obvious traces can be found in Andalucia, with Granada’s Alhambra, the influences on both culture and language run a lot deeper.
Jason Webster’s book Andalus attempts to explore the legacy of the Moorish conquest of Spain and its legacy hundreds of years later when the relations between East and West are strained once again.
It makes for an interesting read, as the author explores not just Andalucia, but many of the other Spanish regions in search of answers to questions about Spain’s past, present and possible future.
I’m not sure if I submitted the site or if they just added it themselves, but I’m not complaining either way!
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Penguin are giving away books – the only catch being you have to write a review of the book you get within 6 weeks of receiving it.
More info on their special holiday reading site
Since my blu ray player is a US import I have to be very very careful about which discs I buy.
I either choose US region or multi-region discs, since there is no easy way to make a blu ray player recognise all discs (yet!)
Unfortunately Amazon haven’t updated their website to take into account the Blu Ray regions.
Any film released on blu ray will end up with a DVD region listed beside it, which is, of course, incorrect. The silly thing is that Amazon’s site has all the information on regions for blu rays – it’s just the item display that is showing the wrong data.
It’s a shame, but at least Amazon actually show the disc region, whereas a lot of the other sites don’t even do that much!
Dublin airport seems to be going from bad to worse.
First off they had serious issues with their radar which led to flight cancellations and general chaos.
Now they’re having power outages!
Cork airport suffers from fog quite often, while Shannon doesn’t have as many international destinations as the other two, so where does that leave us?
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I don’t like watching single episodes of TV shows, which is one of the reasons why a Sky+ box makes sense for me. The other problem I have is that I forget which evening or time a programme is showing!
During the week the Stargate Atlantis Season 4 boxset arrived from Amazon, so I spent most of yesterday watching it. Funnily enough Season 5 has started airing in the US already, so I was able to watch the first two episodes of Season 5 shortly after watching the grande finale of Season 4.
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