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Flickr and Getty

Posted at 10:34pm on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 by

The news is coming out about a tie up between Getty and Flickr.  Three and a half years ago Monoman suggested this might happen.  What took ‘em so long?

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Dead Head at the dead drop

Posted at 2:07pm on Friday, July 4th, 2008 by

Britain’s top spy is seriously ill.  No foul play, so little news really, except for the gem at the end…

“[he] is known for running a website for fans of the band The Grateful Dead”

Pardon?  I’m sure there are rules about mixing LSD and the Official Secrets Act.  Aren’t there?  Surely?

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Sad news indeed

Posted at 1:19pm on Monday, April 21st, 2008 by

Latest series of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue canceled as Humph is taken into hospital. I didn’t realise he’d been doing it since 1972 (the year of my birth)!

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BBC does Ananova

Posted at 8:30am on Friday, June 1st, 2007 by

Also in the news…

And look, it includes the story about the Sudanese goat. No dumbing down here then.

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It’s more rat than you think

Posted at 1:57pm on Friday, May 4th, 2007 by

Apparently it wasn’t just the humans that deforested Easter Island.

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As if being the world’s tallest man wasn’t enough

Posted at 7:12am on Friday, December 15th, 2006 by

He also saves dolphins with his bare hands…

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David Hasselhoff Says ‘Knight Rider’ Car Was Gay

Posted at 5:19pm on Saturday, October 7th, 2006 by

What a spectacular headline

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The logic is inescapable. Kind of.

Posted at 8:47am on Wednesday, October 4th, 2006 by

Teenagers smoke to ease labour

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It’s unkind

Posted at 11:17am on Monday, September 4th, 2006 by

But… I found this rather funny…

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This is really good news…

Posted at 7:36am on Tuesday, August 29th, 2006 by

…but also rather frightening. Tea healthier than water (that’s the good bit), but a) I drink about 7 or 8 cups a day and b) tea makes up nearly 90% of my (non-alcoholic) liquid consumption, which appears to be a little more than the average. Is it still good for me?

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