Cricket eh? The final balls had hardly been bowled in the Friends Provident Trophy semi-finals than people were probably hitting the net to find out about tickets and details for the final. I was one of them, but boy was it hard work. So with any luck, this quick blog post will clear up what you need to know about the 2008 Kent vs Essex Friends Provident Trophy ... More...
Thanks to Aether Everywhere (and StumbleUpon) for this brilliant game. Generate your own random album (it's up to you to decide what the musical genre might be). 1 - Choose a name for your band from the random page which comes up here 2 - Choose an album title by selecting the final random quote on this page (you may prefer to select just the last four words of the ... More...
Yeah yeah, it'll probably turn out to be some sort of viral advertising, although somehow I doubt it was dreamed up by Tendring District Council. But whatever, it's well funny, innit? More...
Interesting couple of days in Edinburgh at Jim Boykin's SEOClass with contrasting presentations from the likes of Lyndon Antcliff, Ammon Johns from Fresh Egg, Brian Turner from Britecorp, Shaun Anderson from Hobo, the extremely entertaining Quadszilla from seoblackhat.com, and of course Jim himself. As ever with these events, the presenters seemed to be learning as much as the delegates, but even so, I'd like to thank Jim and the ... More...
Look, some of my best friends are gay, etc etc... So I tried out this little app called iTunes Statistician (found via the Tunequest blog) and it tells you what the most listened-to artists are in your iTunes library. Not that it would be difficult in my case, for 't'would be Half Man Half Biscuit, naturally. Except not. OK, look, it takes confidence in your heterosexuality to be able to publish ... More...
First Night Review: The last time I saw Bruce Springsteen, at the O2 last December, he played one of the best set lists for many, many years (Racing in the Street and Jungleland - aaargh) - and I like to think it was just because I was there. Could he beat that this time? Obviously not, but he had a very good go. More...
So, I finished reading the last Harry Potter book to Alex tonight. Two or three years' worth of bedtimes, and astonishing to think, I've read all seven books out loud. Stephen Fry, eat your heart out. Alex can't even remember that far back, when he was just four years old and in Reception class, so effectively he's never known a bedtime without Harry Potter being read to him. ... More...
After I submitted a statistical analysis of Town's season to Those Were The Days a week or two back, the good folks there have been badgering me for more, and I have to admit I couldn't resist. Anyway, if you want to read all five I've now done, here they are: Boring Boring Ipswich Did We Punch Above Our Weight This Season? Did We Blow it All Mid-Season? Tough Acts To Follow ... More...
What a great day for Ebbsfleet United, and yah-boo sucks (oh yes, my arguments are cultured) to over-opinionated, under-informed fools like Martin Samuel in The Times, who just took the easy option and stuck the boot into My Football Club without stopping to think that perhaps - just perhaps - these 29,000 souls who've invested real money into a real football team might be proper football supporters, not ... More...
Finding myself having to do some Excel work today, and looking for some more interesting stats to distract me, I pasted in the Championship tables since the new tiering began 16 seasons ago (1992), so I could have some fun with unusual ratios and the SORT function in general. More...
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