Monthly Archives: May 2010

Tokyo couple married by robot in rooftop wedding

BBC News – Tokyo couple married by robot in rooftop wedding.  Brilliant.

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Brown resigns

After a few days of political wrangling, Prime Minister Brown has resigned, and is off to see the Queen to suggest that Mr Cameron forms the next government.  So looks like the country is tory again. (With possible lib dem coalition as yet undecided.)

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This is everybody’s fault but mine

Today I shall rant about responsibility, or the refusal to accept it.  Today, for example, Maclaren (the buggy maker) agreed to pay compensation to [the parents of] children injured by its buggies’ closing mechanisms.  Hmm. Ok, I can just about get by with that, though I don’t really agree with it, it represents the continuing slide [...]

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Is dawdling on a pelican crossing illegal?

A man in Dorset is particularly peeved that trucks are using the A35 through his village, and has took it upon himself to stage a unique protest – by repeatedly using a pelican crossing.  Leading to the question Is dawdling on a pelican crossing illegal?.  Opinion suggests that it would be a harsh court that would [...]

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