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My name is Paul and this tumblelog is a collection of snippets from my life and from the Web which I want to share. It is an experiment in abbreviated blogging.

Here you will find links and media I find interesting or entertaining and the odd thought about stuff.

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Archive

May
3rd

Sat

We just saw Iron Man and what a fun movie that is. My brother saw it last night and he said it is comparable to Batman Begins (my litmus test for a great superhero movie) and he is right. I didn’t really follow Iron Man in the comics but this movie version makes me wish I did.

Apr
21st

Mon

Neotel NeoConnect put to the test Looks very promising!

Apr
20th

Sun

Hassle Free on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Apr
18th

Fri

I’d have to have boobs grafted onto my back just so I can stand upright

— My adorable wife on reading about a woman whose boobs shrank from a size 38H to a mere 36F after having a baby … Eish!

Apr
15th

Tue

Old comic book depicts US suicide bomber as hero - Boing Boing This puts an interesting slant on suicide bombers …

Apr
13th

Sun

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

I love guy’s music. This one is called “Skullcrusher Mountain” and is by Jonathan Coulton. It is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 license so feel free to pass this around (as long as you acknowledge Jonathan and don’t re-sell this song).

Its called a sense of humour. I highly recommend you invest in one.

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This should be on a t-shirt!

Twitter / Tertia

Apr
12th

Sat

Tactical Internet Pants on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

To get the necessary background on the Internet pants thing you need to listen to MacBreak Weekly here.

Merlin Mann is one of the funniest people I have come across!

merlin:

Steampunk DIY

As you may know, I’m an ardent fan of “steampunk.” Here’s a DIY project I recently completed.

Apr
9th

Wed

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