Bog Standard

Bog Standard, adj. Completely, utterly, absolutely ordinary in every way.

Usage: English slang

July 30

New Music

Having returned from an excellent weekend at WOMAD. :)

  • Dulsori (Korea)
  • Toots and the Maytals (Jamaica)
  • Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga (Congo/Kenya)
  • Seth Lakeman (UK) - Third favourite
  • Asian Dub Foundation (UK) - My favourite
  • Beat Bristol (UK)
  • Isaac Hayes (USA)
  • Steel Pulse (UK)
  • The Dhol Foundation (UK) - Second favourite
  • Mr Scruff (UK)
July 22
  • House: Oh, and he was hit by a bullet.
  • Cameron: He was shot?
  • House: No, somebody threw it at him.
July 15
Civilization is coming to the DS This is perhaps the coolest news I’ve heard in absolutely ages.
July 10
Hydrogen Atom Scale Model
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Run Little Big Adventure 2 on Windows XP with DOSbox. For those who grew up in the 90’s and experienced perhaps the greatest game ever.
July 8
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July 6

Best movie of '06

Last week I would have said The Departed, but now I cannot decide between:

  • The Departed
  • Children of Men
  • Pan’s Labyrinth
  • Babel
And I stll need to see The Last King of Scotland and Little Miss Sunshine… 
July 5

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O2 'to get iPhone contract in UK'
July 4

Worth remembering

I have seen millionaires go bankrupt multiple times and folks build a multimillion dollar a year business with less than a thousand dollars. It’s all about living within your means. NEVER EVER spend more money than you have. Avoid buying anything that depreciates (car, fashion, computer) unless it will make you more money than you spend. Easy. Impressing people (including yourself) with your free spending attitude is the surest way to go broke and worse. Besides, that is the most fleeting type of glory. If you do have a lot of money, for crissakes, don’t let your kids live like it. That’s the surest way to create an arrogant, drug abusing sociopath. Let your kids realize the pleasure of creating something that’s of value to others and they will never be poor. Some kids are lucky, and can rise above a pampered upbringing to become worthwhile human beings, but I have to say, in my experience, it is rare. Woe to the poor bastard that ends up with that little succubus. That’s the second surest way to go broke.
— cdlavalle