March 28, 2006

Haiku spam

Filed under: Blogworld — and written by Bertie @ 3:12 pm

Interesting what comment spam is doing now. Got one today that went

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Hmm, beautiful in its own way.

March 24, 2006

And thanks

Filed under: Interweb — and written by Bertie @ 7:46 pm

to that feckwit bogger for getting sued. I’ve now got someone threatening libel action against ilkleyrocks. It’s amazing the effect the meejah has innit?

March 21, 2006

Dangerous youth cults

Filed under: Meejah, Music — and written by Bertie @ 6:47 am

In another visit of the d’uhhr monkey to T’Grauniad, the ever-desperate to be published Dave Simpson writes that ex-Goths are likely to be lawyers, meejah types and other professionals. And therefore that parents shouldn’t be frightened of this particualr youth craze.

Apart from the fact that parents today were probably punks or summat worse (bobby-soxers?). its alwasy been the case the gothdom has been relentlessly middle-class. The fact that middle-class kids get to be professionals is hardly news.

And Simpson gets in another quote from main man of Leeds indie music, Choque Hosein. I count that to be the third mention of his name in Simpson’s articles this year. While a lovely guy, his label isn’t that important. Anyone who brought Black Wire to us deserves an occasional kicking.

March 11, 2006

I believe in free speech, but…

Filed under: Meejah, xianity — and written by Bertie @ 11:58 am

Never quite sure about Prospect magazine. I always think it’s a front for something. But a couple of articles caught my eye. Kenan Malik’s excellent opinion piece on why free societies shouldn’t become less free as they become more diverse is in the March issue (subscription required online)–and nails the Guardianista hypocrisy.

And as a web exclusive, there’s a very good debate between Daniel Dennett and Richard Swinburne on issues around science and religion. Given the usual level of atheist comment on xianity owes more to playground abuse than it does to an understanding of xian thought (see the dumbest clever man in the west, Richard Dawkins), it’s nice to see a proper and civilized debate.