Merry Christmas

It now having hit midnight in the One True Timezone, I'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas.

May those off you who do celebrate it spend a lovely day with your chosen family, and those of you who don't spend it insulated from all the buggers who won't shut up about it.

Improving Christmas: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

#1 Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw him,
you would even say it glows.

#2 All of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
join in any reindeer games.

#3 Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say:
"Rudolph with your nose so bright,
won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

#4 Then all the reindeer loved him
as they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
you'll go down in history!

#5 (to tune of #3) But Rudolph didn't understand
He couldn't quite see how
If they weren't his friends yesterday
They suddenly liked him now

#6 (to tune of #1) Rudolph he made some new friends
And they played some brand new games
and all those shallow bullies
Learnt to not call people names
Learnt to not call people names!

(Additional verses by Lizzie. Who makes a good point. Huzzah for Christmas!)

Interesting Links for 25-12-2014

• Obama apparently can't tell the difference between girls toys and boys toys.
  (tags: gender toys obama )
• Baltimore Fox Affiliate Edits Protest Footage To Sound Like 'Kill A Cop'
  (tags: police FoxNews protests fraud )
• Skyrim Santa delivers presents to every NPC in the game
  (tags: Christmas game )
• Northern Ireland agreement addresses several key issues
  (tags: northernireland politics )
• Where do the Greens stand at the end of 2014?
  (tags: GreenParty UK )
• First scientific report shows police body-worn-cameras can prevent unacceptable use-of-force
  (tags: police violence cameras transparentsociety )
• Yet Another Website Kills Comments, Despite Study Showing You Can Have Civil Comments If You Give A Damn
  (tags: comments discussion web )
• Have some actually clever jokes (anyone explain #14 to me?)
  (tags: jokes clever funny science )
• Location services: How GPS delivery is changing shopping
  (tags: gps location shopping )
• Why movies look weird at 48fps, and games are better at 60fps, and the uncanny valley
  (tags: video tv movies technology )
• Noel Cruz custom repaints factory dolls into life like works of art
  (tags: art toys celebrity )
• The Interview to be streamed online through YouTube, Xbox Video, Google Play (I wonder how much of a Streisand Effect there will be...)
  (tags: StreisandEffect movies NorthKorea )
• If other media were treated like comics
  (tags: comics )
• The world continues to get more equal
  (tags: inequality )
• An accurate visualisation of the seating arrangements inside a plan
  (tags: airplanes visualisation funny )
• Choosing where to donate to charity is tough. Here's a simple guide to help.
  (tags: charity )

I'm going to have to buy myself a Christmas present

Having just sat on my laptop screen and shattered it.

I feel like such an idiot.

I suspect that replacing the screen would be more than £150, and I'd be spending £350 on a new laptop, so it's new laptop time.

(Also, there goes most of my internet access until the 27th.)