This is one of the oddest things I’ve ever seen on the internet. A company variously calling itself Alphascript Publishing and Betascript Publishing is taking articles from Wikipedia and publishing them as books. It would appear that the act of doing that is legal, but from the outside, many of the books give the appearance [...]
1: Ipswich 5 Bolton Wanderers 3 (2000)
Simply the most exciting football match I have ever had the privilege to watch. Funnily enough, both teams were nervous and the quality of football was rather poor, although we conveniently forget that.
Here’s what I wrote at the time:
What a night. WHAT A NIGHT. Where to start? Ten yellows, [...]
5: David Beckham curls in a free kick, a nation goes mental (2001)
The time, the place …how can any team leave World Cup qualification to the 93rd minute and then do this? Like all of the top five here, a sporting moment when I can remember exactly where I was and who I was with [...]
10: Europe win the Ryder Cup in Oakland Hills (2004)
There was just something about his one. Watched it in a packed bar full of Dads who’d got away from their families for a joyous evening.
9: Usain Bolt saunters past the world 100m record (2008)
It was the fastest anyone had ever run, and he was celebrating [...]
15: Michael Phelps wins eight gold medals in Beijing (2008)
When a sport you’re not usually that interested in totally grabs you for a few hours or days, it can only be because something extraordinary is happening. And good grief, this guy was worth getting up early in the morning to watch at the Beijing Olympics.
14: [...]
I should point out, of course, that these are my twenty most memorable moments in sport from 2000-2009. They won’t be yours. But my goodness, there are some moments here that make those long winter nights in between worth persevering with.
20: David Beckham scores against Argentina from the penalty spot (2002)
A nation holds its breath. [...]
The extremely talented Wayne at Adeptise has done a nice splash page for us to promote The Discount Sorcerer, our new online shopping venture. The problem with sites like these is that they go in and out of favour with Google, so for times when ours is out of favour, we hope this splash page [...]
Curious news that The Times is about to launch a science magazine called Eureka. But hang on… there’s already a long-established, well-respected technology magazine called Eureka, published by Findlay Media. Whilst the subject matter may not be exactly the same, there sure as heck are many potential advertisers in common, so it could easily be [...]
The Cambridge Folk Festival kicked off on Thursday with a terrific performance by Mumford & Sons. Blimey, if the rest of the weekend is this good it’ll be amazing. “Post Folk” at times, according to @fenlandgent
The story so far: Having just got myself one of those gadgets which shoehorns video signals into a USB port, I’m now going through hundreds of dusty old VHS tapes gradually expiring in the attic. So far, the oldest full-length, otherwise unobtainable Town recording I’ve found is a Sky Sports “Super Sunday” from September 1993, [...]
