Yorkshire Bitter

Just got home from work to find an email from one of my New Orleans friends waiting for me.
It says: “We’ve got a Cat 5 hurricane bearing down on us. I’ll be back online as and when I can. It’s the worst case scenario for the city. Mitch and Z will evacuate. I will be […]

Thousands of people are evacuating New Orleans today, including a number of friends of mine who live over there, as the 175mph (yes, 175mph!) Hurricane Katrina is heading that way.
Now that’s some big storm - especially when New Orleans is surrounded by water and much of it is below sea level, like a giant cereal […]

A friend posted this image from his mobile on a messageboard. Apparently it shows half a dozen police cars blocking off the tollbridge that is the main link between Selby and the little adjoining village Barlby, where I currently live. Although you can’t really tell from the low resolution of this pic, he said that […]

The godfather of electronic music, Dr Robert Moog, died yesterday of brain cancer at the age of 71.
This is sad news indeed, as he paved the way for much of the music that I love today, such as techno, electro, breaks and drum ‘n’ bass. It’s fair to say that his Mini-Moog is as […]

Following DaBarlbyMassive’s appeal for pictures of local chavs, here’s the perfect gift for the charming little tykes.
Argos item 2512/5724
Now if only they could work out how to use one…

I’ve just paid 91.9p per litre for my petrol, as prices reach a new all-time high.
But hang on a minute, I seem to remember a lot of people chanting “No war for oil” just a couple of years ago.
So can anyone tell me where to find this cheap oil that invading Iraq was meant to […]

Fatboy Slim @ Glastonbury 2005
I’m testing my Flickr photo-sharing account. This is a shot of Fatboy Slim’s set at Glastonbury 2005.

You might be aware that some religious nutters in America’s Bible Belt have a bit of a problem with evolution. Kansas School Board forces its schools to teach the theory of ‘Intelligent Design’ (that God created the universe and all life) alongside evolution in science lessons FFS.
Well, this guy Bobby has written an Open Letter […]