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April 19, 2006

"Football, innit, wot syndrome" syndrome

I have very diverse social circles. But among some of my friends, there is this tendency to want to show disdain for something purely on the basis of popularity. The general MO is to see that something is popular, not make any effort to understand the thing in question, and at every opportunity criticise the thing, and all those who are interested in it. In particular, it is very popular to associate being a football fan with stupidity, racism, violence, or anything else bad, really.

Can someone explain to me why this is? JCM, I'm looking at you in particular, though you're far from alone. Just what the hell does football have to do with voting BNP?

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April 07, 2006

Hunt for the H5N1.

So the inevitable happened, the H5N1 strain of avian flu has been found in the UK. Quick, everybody panic!

Actually, I'm remarkably unworried by this. Attempts at developing a vaccine seem to be progressing, and the strain has still yet to make the leap to being human-human transmissible. Even when it does, the mutated strain may be relatively innocuous.

But none of this means video games companies shouldn't cash in. How long before we see a reinvented Duck Hunt for the H5N1 generation? Discuss.

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April 04, 2006

Update

It just occurred to me I've not posted since I talked about going abseiling — so this post is just to let people know that

  1. I survived it,
  2. I'm still collecting the sponsorship money, and retrospective sponsorship is welcome,
  3. and if I collect everything pledged so far, I'll have raised £323.34 for Cancer Research UK

And now, back to writing a new website for my brother's pub.

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