Sometimes you have to laugh

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All from the b3ta image challenge on AV.

Some video footage of my trip to the airport

Warning, I have no idea if these were spectacularly well-trained stunt-horses, but some of the horse stunts look pretty dangerous.

Interesting Links for 16-4-2011

• So, what's the best sci-fi film never made?
  (tags: scifi movies)
• Cute Roulette, the last website you will ever need.
  (tags: cute video funny animals)
• Gay men thrown out of pub for kissing - so hundreds more stage a kiss-in in protest.
  (tags: lgbt uk)
• Judges go from 65% likely to grant parole when well fed, to 0% when hungry.
  (tags: law psychology food)
• ebooks up by 200% in the last year, adult physical books down 34%, children's physical books down 16%
  (tags: ebook books)
• Asia hass just run out of IPv4 Addresses
  (tags: ipv6 internet asia)
• Spotify cuts back on free music (I happily pay for it, but I know not everyone will do so)
  (tags: music free spotify)
• Kissing lesbians offered free bottle of wine
  (tags: lgbt funny)
• A convincing argument in favour of voting SNP at the upcoming Scottish elections
  (tags: scotland voting elections)
• Apparently sectarianism is so ingrained that football clubs don't actually know what it is anymore...
  (tags: football sectarianism bigotry scotland)
• On "good immigration" and David Cameron's recent speech
  (tags: immigration uk conservatives)
• Top 10 Dying Industries. DOOOOOOOM!
  (tags: trends business economics industry)
• Hugh Grant talks to someone who used to bug celebrities - and records their candid conversation...
  (tags: journalism news privacy hughgrant RupertMurdoch hacking uk crime)
• A Life in the Day: Tom Baker. Who is clearly both crazy and awesome.
  (tags: funny doctorwho TomBaker)

Reliving ye olden days

So, The Sisters Of Mercy are playing Glasgow in July.

Anyone fancy going?

Takes me back to the 20th century

No, really, that's the actual advert for the in-car WiFi for the new Audi.

Of course, not everyone has the same history on the internet that I do, but tea still nearly came out of my nose when I saw the ad in a magazine on the flight home...

Storm

I rather fancied seeing Tim Minchin when he played Edinburgh, but not quite enough to pay the amounts they were asking (he did have an orchestra with him, but still...)