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27 words posted by Simon on 7 April 2008

Umbrella Watch: Dismayed at having to replace my umbrella in APRIL, I bought a cheap plastic construction. How long will it last? Stay tuned «

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52 words posted by Simon on 5 April 2008

The sidebar on sjhoward.co.uk now loads after the content. A satisfying, neat removal of an illogical legacy of the 2005 version of the site «

I’m pleasantly surprised to report that Safari for Windows is better than I expected. Firefox 3 Beta 5 is a bit of a disappointment. «

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19 words posted by Simon on 3 April 2008

Gravatars have arrived on sjhoward.co.uk – not in the most elegant way, but they’re present nonetheless. «

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22 words posted by Simon on 2 April 2008

I’m somewhat surprised to find myself saying that I rather like the Royal Mint’s new design for British coinage. «

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23 words posted by Simon on 1 April 2008

The Speaker’s position is increasingly untenable. He should consider whether his actions are bringing the House into disrepute, then resign. «

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91 words posted by Simon on 30 March 2008

There is little online that ‘we at sjhoward.co.uk’ find more irksome than individuals imitating multiplicity with a self-referential ‘we’. «

People can sometimes make life hellish, yet a hellish life can sometimes make people… I fear the former is more frequently true. «

Perhaps Charlotte Green’s joyful laughter should replace the dire ‘Thought for the Day’ on Radio 4 – It would certainly brighten my morning. «

How many people evangelise that ‘Code is Poetry’ without realising that the converse is at least equally true, if not moreso? «

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23 words posted by Simon on 21 March 2008

The usual suspects’ criticisms of David Cameron for minor cycling errors are mean-spirited, hypocritical, and – frankly – rather puerile. «

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29 words posted by Simon on 19 March 2008

One day – shortly before hell freezes over – the Daily Mail will say that travelling on a Bank Holiday will be easy, not ‘gridlock misery’. «

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88 words posted by Simon on 18 March 2008

The technology behind the diary seems to be playing up at the moment… I wonder if this will ever appear? «

I’m very much of the Heat-reading generation, yet nothing could bore me more than the Mills/McCartney divorce. Get off my screen! «

The continuing economic turmoil in the US reaffirms my belief, in spite of polls, that Clinton is a safer bet than Obama in the elections. «

… Though I should make clear that I’m not sure Clinton would make the better President. «

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45 words posted by Simon on 17 March 2008

Heathrow’s main problems are caused by a lack of spare air traffic capacity. Terminal 5 will merely make inevitable delays more comfortable. «

Charging for roadwork overruns will simply make utility companies apply for longer road closures as standard, exacerbating traffic problems. «

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