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Sat 28 Jan

Largest Snowflake - Google Doodle
Wonderfully bizarre!

Thu 26 Jan

BBC News - Mail Online overtakes NY Times as top online newspaper External link

The Mail Online has overtaken the New York Times website as the most visited newspaper site on the web, according to figures from tracking firm comScore. Data suggests the UK’s Daily Mail had 45.35 million unique visitors during December, inching the site ahead of the New York Times with 44.8 million.

Oh. Dear. :(

Tue 24 Jan

The very best quotes from David Coulthard | F1 External link
Mon 23 Jan

"I Know You By Heart" - Inspiration behind the song External link

Question: How did you come to write “I Know You By Heart”? The song is so emotionally intense — was it written with a special, personal loss in mind? Diane Scanlon: I wrote “I Know You By Heart” at a time of great loss in my life. My father was dying and we were in a long process of pulling him off life support, so I spent a lot of quiet time in my father’s hospital room by his side with my mother. It was also a time in my life where my own relationship with my partner was in trouble and I felt as though I was losing a lot. I was writing not only from the place of losing a lover but also watching my mom lose a relationship through death. These two events made me realize the importance of finding love in one’s life and, even more importantly, being conscious of time spent with the people you love.

It’s a beautiful song & I was intrigued. It really does strike a chord when you’ve lost someone to a terminal illness.

Sun 22 Jan

This whole thing still rankles me, but this is pretty funny. Smedley’s “magnanimous” comment afterwards is still pretty much my favourite radio transmission of all time.

Sat 21 Jan
Reblogged from Peter.:

wordboner: Reblog originals, not stolen copies.

wordboner:

Reblog originals, not stolen copies.

Fri 20 Jan

Modern motor sport is far from being legitimised road carnage | Herald Sun External link

Here was someone writing about a sport that’s been a part of my life since I was 12 years old; from growing up in a family of motor sport fans and writing about it while I was still at school to working with media and sponsors within the sport to being the manager and partner of a leading driver, Mark Webber. The sport has dealt me some of the cruellest blows but equally some incredible highs, so if anyone was to be a judge of your column, I certainly felt I had a pretty unique insight. I don’t think it was intentional but your naivety allowed you to make sweeping generalisations about people and a sport that is hugely diverse. With the help of Tim Dahlberg’s article (which, if read in its entirety, was clearly referring to Indycar and NASCAR oval racing) you decreed that fans attend race meetings to “watch racers risk their lives, slap high fives for a good wreck”.

Great article from Mark Webber’s always awesome missus.

Thu 19 Jan

Me? I’m really up-to-date… ;P It’s not particularly funny, but frankly I’m never one to pass up a joke involving Tom Selleck.