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My technique for coping with spam comments on WordPress.com
‘Wibble’ began in 2007; a lifetime ago in Internet terms (and of course also for those now aged 15 and under, duh). In all those years, I only rarely had any spam comments to deal with here on Wibble, and … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Computers and Internet, Phlyarology, Strategy, Tech tips
Tagged coping strategy, housekeeping, information overload, maintenance, Monty Python, spam, Spam Song, UCE
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The Galaxy Song, revisited
Three days shy of a decade ago, I published a post entitled ‘A little perspective for the new year‘, which featured ‘The Galaxy Song’ from Monty Python‘s The Meaning of Life. I considered waiting another three days before posting this … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, balance, Biodiversity, Core thought, People, Phlyarology
Tagged Brian Cox, Eric Idle, Galaxy Song, Monty Python, Wonders of Life
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How not to use technology to help with (machine) transcription
I’ve transcribed several videos here on Wibble. The most recent example was a short while ago: four-and-a-half minutes of Richard Dawkins talking about Douglas Adams. And almost immediately, Goldie blew my mind with a brilliant comment, asking whether I’d used … Continue reading
Posted in art, Communication, Education, Just for laughs, Ludditis, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged Monty Python, Ontiva, Sonix, The Lumberjack Song, transcription
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Teleporting newts
In my garden, there’s a pond. The pond currently has lots of tadpoles in it. Now, back in February I heard the frogs doing their ‘ribbit’ thing, so I knew that they were having fun, and I expected to see … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Just for laughs, Phlyarology
Tagged Anne Elk, Monty Python, newts
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Time to paint the town red?
Monty Python’s Life of Brian scene 9: Brian Learns to Conjugate. I love the way Brian narrowly avoids heading off to an earlier crucifixion than the plot calls for because he initially gives what turns out to be the right … Continue reading
If I ruled the world
Many thanks for their invaluable feedback in development of this bloggling to my dear friend Pat, Dwight Towers from Dwight Towers, Wendy from The Igloo, Martin from Mum’s Womb (Not a Box), Martin from Lack of Environment, Jenn of That’s … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Core thought, Drama, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged Daydreaming, Eaarth, Monty Python, PFJ, Porcine aviation, stocks, Wizard of Oz
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A little perspective for the new year
Just remember that you’re standing on a planet that’s evolvingand revolving at 900 miles an hour;That’s orbiting at 19 miles a second, so it’s reckoned,A sun that is the source of all our power.The sun, and you and me, and … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Just for laughs
Tagged Eric Idle, Galaxy Song, insignificant, John Du Prez, Meaning of Life, Monty Python
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What would Jesus do?
† I’m not.
Posted in Core thought, Just for laughs, Phlyarology
Tagged jobs, Life of Brian, LoB, Monty Python, Prophet, taken up
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A call for immediate discussion
With another Remembrance Sunday looming, my thoughts turn to those who have given their lives in many wars, for the freedoms those of us in the ‘civilised’ West enjoy: the freedom to vote for ‘any of the above’ in the … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?
Tagged cognition, Monty Python, phlyarology, politics, Remembrance Sunday, stupid
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