http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/posts/2008/02/page/1/ en Vox Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:04:30 +0100 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/retro-flash-goodness.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tubbydammer) http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/retro-flash-goodness.html?_c=feed-rss http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/retro-flash-goodness.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:04:30 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398e0ce5f0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398e0ce5f0004-50si" alt="New BBC web site" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The BBC web site went all web 2.0, today. The best bit about the web site is the analogue clock in the top right corner of the screen. It looks just like the clocks they broadcast back in the 70s and 80s when I was a kid. Alan Pope pointed out t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/retro-flash-goodness.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398e0ceff0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> flash nostalgia bbc web 2.0 clocks web site dave jeffery http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/garlic-and-cheese-omelette.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tubbydammer) http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/garlic-and-cheese-omelette.html?_c=feed-rss http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/garlic-and-cheese-omelette.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:07:59 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252758708e1d00f48cde47190003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252758708e1d00f48cde47190003-50si" alt="Garlic Omelette" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I had the idea of adding gently simmered garlic to an omelette earlier today.I thought the softened tones of slowly cooked garlic would work really well with the eggs and cheese. I can report that it was great. Probably not suitable for breakfast... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/garlic-and-cheese-omelette.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252758708e1d00f48cfcf5480001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> eggs cheese food garlic omelette http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/a-george-washington-for-europe.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tubbydammer) http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/a-george-washington-for-europe.html?_c=feed-rss http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/a-george-washington-for-europe.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:15:39 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252758708e1d00f48cdd52ac0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252758708e1d00f48cdd52ac0003-50si" alt="George-Washington" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Europe must look for and invent its own George Washington, says Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who led the team that wrote the treaty of Lisbon. Giscard d'Estaing, who is best remembered for being renamed Discard Gitanes by Willy Rushton, is going to ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/a-george-washington-for-europe.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398dee1510004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> europe george washinton us president valery giscard d'estaing discard gitanes http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/i-really-ought-to-send-this-one-to-the-news-quiz.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tubbydammer) http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/i-really-ought-to-send-this-one-to-the-news-quiz.html?_c=feed-rss http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/i-really-ought-to-send-this-one-to-the-news-quiz.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:57:29 +0100 I'm not sure what's happened to Expatica over the last year. They used to use spell checkers and even re-read what they wrote before hotting the "publish" button. But over the last few seasons they seem to have changed their methodology. I'm not s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/i-really-ought-to-send-this-one-to-the-news-quiz.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398dc34890005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> headlines news double entendre expatica http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tubbydammer) http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:52:12 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398dbf8200003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398dbf8200003-50si" alt="Vegetable Caviar" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> As I waited to pay for my groceries this evening, I noticed that the young girl in front of me was just buying six bars of dark, organic chocolate. You go girl! Chocolate is made from beans and so 100g of chocolate presumably counts as one of your... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/five-a-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398dbe2a90002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> food vegetables http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/awooga-awooga.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tubbydammer) http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/awooga-awooga.html?_c=feed-rss http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/awooga-awooga.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:47:48 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252758708e1d00f30f5b29710001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252758708e1d00f30f5b29710001-50si" alt="LNG Belgium Gas Explosion (2004)" /></a> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398dbd9030002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398dbd9030002-50si" alt="Mojito" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Our whole building was evacuated earlier today. Initially we were told that there had been a gas leak and so we hung around in the cold for an hour, waiting for the fire engines and gas engineers to arrive. Nothing. We went and got some juice an... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/awooga-awooga.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398dbd9260002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> drinks brussels evacuation http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/belgian-preparing-for-war.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tubbydammer) http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/belgian-preparing-for-war.html?_c=feed-rss http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/belgian-preparing-for-war.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:59:22 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252758708e1d00f30f5944d30001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252758708e1d00f30f5944d30001-50si" alt="Kitchener" /></a> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398da04510004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398da04510004-50si" alt="Uncle-sam" /></a> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252758708e1d00f30f5945bd0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252758708e1d00f30f5945bd0001-50si" alt="I Want You for Belgium" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Lord Kitchener famously called millions of young men into the trenches to die saving "plucky little Belgium" from the Kaiser. It was a tremendously successful poster and led so many men to their deaths that when the Americans joined the wholesale ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/belgian-preparing-for-war.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398da0e5e0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> belgium satire war posters brussels http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/the-evil-in-me-finds-this-amusing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tubbydammer) http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/the-evil-in-me-finds-this-amusing.html?_c=feed-rss http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/the-evil-in-me-finds-this-amusing.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:20:39 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398d938290004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398d938290004-50si" alt="Thatcher" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> As always, b3ta has the best photoshop competition entries. This picture of maggie is just too brilliant :-) <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/the-evil-in-me-finds-this-amusing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398d929d60002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> photoshop maggie miners b3ta iron lady miners strike maggie thatcher http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/odd-posters-charming-and-disturbing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tubbydammer) http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/odd-posters-charming-and-disturbing.html?_c=feed-rss http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/odd-posters-charming-and-disturbing.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:46:21 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252758708e1d00f30f57e54e0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252758708e1d00f30f57e54e0001-50si" alt="Les Animaux Amoureux" /></a> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398d8adb80003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252758708e1d00e398d8adb80003-50si" alt="Disturbing Poster" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This afternoon I popped out to get Filiz some truffles, as we're meeting for dinner in Madrid, tomorrow. While I was out I saw two posters that caught my eye. The first one initially struck me a romantic comedy for family pets, or something like t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tubbydammer.vox.com/library/post/odd-posters-charming-and-disturbing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252758708e1d00f30f57e6590001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> posters brussels