Fuddland

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07:43 — Lawn of the Dead

For anyone who has seen Shaun of the Dead, this, apparently, is the place where a scene involving someone chasing a pigeon was filmed, in Crouch End, North London. The shop where the character worked is directly behind me,... [more]

18:13 — Dusting for plinths

There's been a flurry of activity around the building in which I [sometimes] work lately--cleaning, polishing, putting up monitors displaying impressive-looking but generally meaningless simulations, getting everything all nice and finished-off before the official opening in a couple of... [more]

19:46 — Paying by cheque or by postal order

In case you were unsure, the rhythm and emphases to use when saying the URL of Google's new Froogle UK site are exactly the same as the second line from the fourth stanza of W.H. Auden's classic poem "Night Mail":... [more]