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To all the people arriving at this site searching for "Calum Best", I would like to save you some time, and let you know I'm not him. Or rather he's not me. I am of course the best Calum. If you're really annoyed, you can send me a message letting me kn...

Why do so many people resent paying £121 per year for the BBC? I think it provides amazing value for money - the fact it doesn't have to pander to commercial interests leaves it able to pursue the slightly more alternative programming that makes it diff...

Je viens de Londres. - I am from London Merci de me depanner - Thanks for your help Ou est la gare? - Where is the station? Qu'est-ce qu'il se passe? - What is happening? Ou sont les pompiers? - Where are the firemen? Avez-vous un extincteur? - Do ...

I've collected some humorous alternatives to the original teach a man to fish proverb: Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime. Add new ones as comments if you know any. Teach a...

I would like to put a misconception to rest. We're commonly told that we should all move to IPv6 because we're short of IPv4 addresses, and we'll run out soon. Fiddlesticks. If you have a *nix machine, run the following command: lynx -dump https://...

You are in Florida, Miami to be specific. There is chaos all around you caused by a hurricane with severe flooding. This is a flood of biblical proportions. You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and you're caught in the middle of this...

Well, it's the 5th of September, and what do you know? Suddenly the length of time it takes to drive from home to work has almost doubled. The difference? It's the start of the school year. The only conclusion it can be is that lots of students have c...

Avast! Belay there amidships! Get up the mizzen-mast afore I keelhaul ye, ye scurvy sea-dog! Shiver my timbers! This be a fantastic idea! The International Talk like a Pirate Day (UK) be almost upon us! Make sure ye follow this excellent tradit'n, Cap'n...

I was just browsing someone elses site, and came across this: I recall, when I was at school, a conversation between a teacher and a pupil which went something like this: Teacher: Why did you do [whatever the trivial misdemeanor was]? Pupil: Beca...

I bought an MP3 player last weekend. I wanted 2 things from it : OGG support, and Linux support. There were a few that supported both, but, heeding "The Paradox of Choice", I chose the first one that fulfilled all my requirements, and got the iRiver IF...