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Sunday, September 12, 2004 - "Skim, my pretties, skim!"

> Science/Tech

Finally, someone might get to say "my computer found the first extra-terrestrials!". [Details]
Astronomers are queuing up to be the first to "prove" some of the most elusive results predicted by Einstein's General Relativity. [Details]
The world's tiniest atomic clock - coming soon to your mobile phone and anything else portable and electronic. [Details]
In the future, maybe many robots will stink of sewage and excrement. [Details]
Men can't breathe in space. [Details]
Great strides being made in miniature robotics, and yet another dodgy pun from MC. Oh, and hence the post title. [Details]
> Geek

Terrorists download MP3s too, you know. [Details]
Boids! Pretty, artificially flocking bird/fish-type things. [Destroy]
In fact, have some more random pretty things while I'm at it. [Destroy]
> Stuff

Mark Steyn says what the rest of the media is afraid to and, as always, is completely right. [Details]
Ever wondered what happens when you put a whole cucumber down a waste disposal, or cook an egg with a blowtorch? Find out here. [Details]
IRC images: exactly what it says on the tin. Scans thousands of IRC channels and shows pictures that people are linking to, live. Probably not work safe, as you can imagine... [Display]
The unofficial website of Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen's brilliant post-Ali G character. Includes episode guides/pictures and some interviews with people who have been "caught out" by Borat. [Details]
I finished work last Friday, meaning I've been able to sleep in late and do nothing for large portions of the week. Excellent!
This week I have mostly been listening to Soulwax's new album "Any Minute Now". Yes, again. Also happened upon an Oasis documentary on TV that I ended up watching for an hour, which reminded me how brilliant they are. Oh, and the Hives. Sorry, I like their new album, whatever anyone else thinks. It's catchy, and not in a bad way.

Replies: 3 Comments

Dodgy?

Posted by MC on Sunday, 12 September at 08:20 PM GMT.

If you're asking if that's really dodgy... yes. Yes it is.
If you're asking me what dodgy means because you're American and don't understand English words... :P You can be forgiven, though - a decent definition of "dodgy" defies Google and most of the web, too. UrbanDictionary saves the day, though, with some decent examples of usage (mostly the ones involving swear words, as in "some fucking dodgy shit"). http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dodgy
Interestingly, the first wikipedia entry to match the search string "dodgy" is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_military_service_controversy.

Posted by Stormcaller on Monday, 13 September at 01:17 AM GMT.

nah, I understand dodgy as well as any American can expect to :)
I was just protesting the characterization :)

Posted by MC on Monday, 13 September at 11:13 AM GMT.