In a fit of communitarian sharing, I not only Flickred my own childish autograph book, I also created a Pool to sustain it (not that it has, but give it time). And I confessed that I had mostly forgotten who on earth The Honeycombs were. To my rescue rides Neddie, from whose email I quote (wit...

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Malaysians have been told to “pray for rain”, according to the BBC. That’ll get rid of the smog caused by illegal fires in nearby Indonesia. and much more sensible than actually dealing with the issue, which might be considered unfraternal, not to say interfering.

Then again, Paul Ford has thi...

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Bastards. Seriously, what exactly is the pleasure in destroying a flower bed?

The pleasure of getting destroyed, however, is something else again, as Luigi has witnessed. I wish I could find an ‘ethnographic’ post he sent me on the subject. God, but Google is amazing. Here it is.

Riddle me this:

Q: Why is this blog like Rome in August?
A: Because there's no traffic in either.

It is absolutely eerie to wander round the neighbourhood. Most everything is shuttered. There is parking galore. In fact the big boulevard along the river looks like a post-apocalyptic Mad Max s...

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Goaded, prompted, inspired by Dunstan Orchard's recent photoset on Flickr (blogged earlier this morning) I decided to set to and scan a few pages from my own autograph book. They are here. But I'm still wondering whether a Flickr group is a good idea. Too nerdy?¹

By the way, Neddie, if you'...

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