bitful

Someone at the BBC news website loves me. Or rather, their picture editor seems to share my views on the man who has recently taken over the presidency of the European Union and turned it into a poor taste comedy show.

There could be no other reason why every single article about him is illustrated with [...]

…and here's one we made earlier.

How can you not love Dr Bitful? When he found out I am a sucker for pseudo-science trivia experiments for kids on the telly, he demonstrated his very own couple of messy ones, involving cornflower, ordinary flower and some explanation about polymer chains and gluten that went way over my [...]

Update on the big move to Movable Type: everything works fine, it seems to be suspiciously easier than I expected, and I only have a problem with importing existing comments (the problem being that I have no idea how to import them).

That is when going out with a database administrator* comes in handy. I'll just [...]

Push the button
Don't push the button
Move from Blogger
Change the client

If all you want is push-button publishing, Blogger is just perfect. All the basic functions are taken care of, so that you can concentrate on your writing.

If, on the other hand, you like to get your hands dirty, and are a control freak, and want to [...]

I hate to have to say this, but I told you so. I would like to offer my apologies to Germany on behalf of the country I gladly left behind.

I admire the MEPs who held up those signs "Europe does not need a godfather" and "All are equal before the law" (yeah, right).

Unfortunately, there's hundreds [...]

"We must be aware of the superiority of our civilisation, a system that has guaranteed well-being, respect for human rights and - in contrast to Islamic countries - respect for religious and political rights."
"The West will continue to conquer peoples, even if it means a confrontation with another civilisation, Islam, firmly entrenched where it was [...]

Whenever I spend more than two minutes in front of the bathroom mirror and go "it's been a long time since I've had a spot", rest assured that within a couple of days I get the biggest, ugliest, foulest white-headed pus-infested swollen protuberance. With a couple of ingrown hairs in it for added fun.

Whenever I [...]

I am hopeless at remembering figures. I am probably borderline number dyslexic, and the larger the figures, the smaller my chance to keep them in mind are.

This is why all throughout the month of June I have been fascinated by Capital Numbers, Diamond Geezer's a one-a-day collection of facts and links about the figures that [...]