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Biglig

  • bio:General geek.
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  • Commented on Tony Benn's War on Terror diaries -- an inspirational look at the life of a princpled fighter
    By the way, I should point out to American readers that in the UK "Secretary of State" is not quite the same as in the US, for us it's a rank of government minister, meaning that you are in charge...
  • Commented on Stormtroopers v. London cops
    Heh, exercise for the American viewers of Boing Boing: can you spot which one of the cops isn't actually a police officer?...
  • Commented on Ronald Searle's original dark, weird and hilarious St Trinian's comics
    Spooky - just this morning, for no reason I can identify, a scene from "The Great St Trinians Train Robbery" popped into my head. (Fourth one in the series, the one that dissapointingly only has five comic geniuses - Howerd,...
  • Commented on Horological Machine No. 2: pure watchporn
    Concentric Retrograde minutes means that the minutes are written on a dial that rotates (backwards) past a pointer. Look at this close-up: http://bp1.blogger.com/_HZxjZs9ytRU/RzFZZUMpLOI/AAAAAAAADN4/noNkK1tukMM/s1600-h/hour_rg.jpg The minutes are the outside of the right hand dial. Instantaneous jump hour means that unlike a...
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