Archive for August, 2006

Surname Geography

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Here is a site mentioned in The Times today called Spatial-Literacy.com (see ‘Surname Profiler’ at the bottom of the right hand tab) that aims to explore the historical and current spatial patterning of surnames . As it had been mentioned in the paper, when I looked at it at lunch it bust halfway through my […]

Tea is better than water

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

I saw this on the BBC today, and thought it was worth a blog post all on its own. Basically it reports a study in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition that says it’s better to drink tea than water, because it has anti-oxidants in it – good against cancer and whatnot – as well […]

New look gaucho

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Look at the hazy, many-hued splendour that is my new header. This was designed by Johnathan Dodd, designer extraordinaire. If Black Sabbath were â€?monsters of rock’, then Mr Dodd is a â€?monster of design’. He can be contacted, if you want to commission some more of his superior work at johnathan@dodd.com, and I’m sure, at […]

Prep and crunk

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Here are the New England Gangstas. These lot are kickin’ it preppy style. Then for those more ’street’ amongst you - a crunk tribute to Radiohead, which you can download for free. Free stuff - woo hoo. Whatever crunk means? Erm, I think it’s aka Southern Rap - which of course is an outgrowth of […]