Notices by Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au), page 6

Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Sep-2018 07:31:53 EDT Matthew Davidson

You know how you can persuade yourself and others that you're not drinking a bottle of vodka a day by starting with an inch of vodka in the bottle and ending with an inch of vodka in the second bottle (Look: still some left!)? Much easier to just keep a near-empty bottle in front of the bottle(s) you're drinking from. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0M2f8jqag F**k me. Where's it going to end?
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1. The Fast Show - I'm not pissed -1- Breakfast time
  
  By comedyklips from YouTube
Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Sunday, 16-Sep-2018 07:21:50 EDT Matthew Davidson

#RIP Dudley Sutton. Mr Carter in the Beiderbecke Affair, among other, more celebrated but less delightful roles. http://microblog.mjd.id.au/url/18466 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JUOh_nR6vk
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1. Actor Dudley Sutton, who played Tinker Dill in Lovejoy, dies aged 85
  
  from The Independent
  
  Actor was best known as Tinker Dill in BBC comedy-drama series
2. The Beiderbecke Affair Falling Out & Directions
  
  By Nicole Gentleman from YouTube
Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Friday, 14-Sep-2018 05:40:52 EDT Matthew Davidson

"Finding nostalgia in the pixelated video games of decades past" https://theconversation.com/finding-nostalgia-in-the-pixelated-video-games-of-decades-past-98518 #MAME
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1. Finding nostalgia in the pixelated video games of decades past
  
  from The Conversation
  
  As retro video games become more popular, research suggests players could be looking for nostalgia – and the psychological benefits it brings.
Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Friday, 14-Sep-2018 04:40:16 EDT Matthew Davidson

'The great advantage of privatising the railways was that rail companies would have to be competitive, and […] throughout this time, getting out of Brighton station has been harder than securing a passage out of Casablanca in the film. You CAN get out, but you have to find a man in a fez behind a stall, who says “I can get you to Crawley my friend but you must give me keys to your house.”' #q Mark Steel http://microblog.mjd.id.au/url/18369
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1. 'Nothing annoys Richard Branson more than other people's lateness – and as someone who relies on trains in the UK, I agree'
  
  from The Independent
  
  Even these people who love crazy adventures, who row across the Pacific in a hollowed out zebra, or run across Syria carrying a combination boiler, aren’t so foolish as to attempt the rail journey from London to Brighton at a weekend
Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Friday, 14-Sep-2018 04:08:07 EDT Matthew Davidson

Damnit. Zephyr Teachout lost NY Attorney General to a Clinton Democrat. This is important because a sitting president can only pardon people who have federal - not state - convictions, and the dwindling pool of tight-lipped co-conspirators live and work a stone's throw from #Trump Tower.

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Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Thursday, 13-Sep-2018 04:41:42 EDT Matthew Davidson
- Ruben
"Curious learning not only makes unpleasant things less unpleasant, but also make pleasant things more pleasant." #q Bertrand Russell

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Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Thursday, 13-Sep-2018 04:41:00 EDT Matthew Davidson
- Ruben
@tregeagle Personally, I use it to weather all the indignities inflicted upon me by people with no inner life whatsoever, and who are to be more pitied than scolded. Then I go home to sit in my floating pudding basin, drink too much, and listen to silly podcasts. Other definitions of dignity are available.

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Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Sep-2018 05:37:55 EDT Matthew Davidson

#q Stephen Fry on hosting #QI: "I liked the fact that so many young kids - and indeed old people - would write to me and say how excited they were to see a program where it was alright to know things. It was actually okay to know things." https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bh454p
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1. Stephen Fry and Michael Rosen talk language, Word of Mouth - BBC Radio 4
  
  from BBC
  
  Stephen Fry talks to presenter Michael Rosen about their mutual obsession with language.
Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Sep-2018 04:42:34 EDT Matthew Davidson
in reply to
- Matthew Davidson
The theme song could be Frank Ifield's "I Remember You".

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Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Sep-2018 04:41:23 EDT Matthew Davidson

How on earth is "Super-recogniser Squad" not a #TV show? http://microblog.mjd.id.au/url/18318
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1. ‘Super-recognisers’ employed by UK police to hunt criminals may not be identifying people correctly, study suggests
  
  from The Independent
  
  Scientists call for more rigorous hiring procedures as 40 per cent of those tested did not show consistency in facial recognition
Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Sep-2018 04:05:02 EDT Matthew Davidson

24℃ on my #walk to #work this afternoon. Spring is everywhere except in my step. #weather

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Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Sep-2018 05:18:46 EDT Matthew Davidson

Thanks to the Rutherford and Fry #podcast, I finally know what this #Madness song is about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg3DHEL4Ces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premium_Bond#ERNIE https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bgrw3y
In conversation Tuesday, 11-Sep-2018 05:18:46 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au permalink
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1. Madness - E.R.N.I.E
  
  By NuttyGirlGeorgie from YouTube
2. The Random Request, Series 11, The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry - BBC Radio 4
  
  from BBC
  
  Is anything really random?
Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Sep-2018 03:34:58 EDT Matthew Davidson

#WTF? Why deny Chelsea #Manning a visa? She can hardly blow the whistle on #AU. We commit our most unconscionable crimes quite brazenly in the open. http://microblog.mjd.id.au/url/18278
In conversation Tuesday, 11-Sep-2018 03:34:58 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au permalink
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1. Chelsea Manning to continue Australian tour via videolink after visa decision delay
  
  from the Guardian
  
  Whistleblower will now speak from New Zealand, which has granted her a visa
Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Monday, 10-Sep-2018 23:40:15 EDT Matthew Davidson

Aargh! Kitty, no! It's a bug. Don't eat bugs! #cats

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Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Monday, 10-Sep-2018 05:32:05 EDT Matthew Davidson

Dear sub-editor, I read the headline "John Lewis Christmas advert: Elton John reportedly paid £5m to star in 2018 edition" to mean "_has_ reportedly paid" rather than "_was_ reportedly paid". The omission of three letters made the article seem much more scandalous than it turned out to be, and leaves you open to accusations of clickbaiting. I for one was certainly disappointed. Please amend. http://microblog.mjd.id.au/url/18244
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1. Elton John reportedly paid £5 million to do 2018 John Lewis Christmas advert
  
  from The Independent
  
  The report claims that the singer's track 'Your Song' will soundtrack the advert
Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Sunday, 09-Sep-2018 08:01:23 EDT Matthew Davidson

Ha. Found a near-subliminal cameo by Eric Idle in the promo video for George Harrison's Crackerbox Palace single. More prominent is Neil Innes of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (and honorary Python in the last series after Cleese left), and many Python props/costumes, such as the Pantomime Princess Margaret. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ac34Khe-fc http://microblog.mjd.id.au/attachment/18207

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Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Saturday, 08-Sep-2018 07:39:31 EDT Matthew Davidson

"Don't turn your talking points on me, history will set me free…" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4uRy5HA434 #REM
In conversation Saturday, 08-Sep-2018 07:39:31 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°50'22"S 151°10'58"E permalink
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1. R.E.M. - "Living Well Is The Best Revenge" from Live At The Olympia Theatre, Dublin
  
  By remhq from YouTube
Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Friday, 07-Sep-2018 04:22:23 EDT Matthew Davidson

Extraordinary thing: At #work this afternoon a gentleman customer of advanced years (false teeth, melanomas where his hair used to be, etc.) sought my attention by firmly slapping my backside as I was bending to reach a low shelf. I felt ever so slightly sexually harassed. #FirstSexProblems

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Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Thursday, 06-Sep-2018 07:42:19 EDT Matthew Davidson

#Irony: Pagination at the Web Design Museum website doesn't work unless you allow third-party #JavaScript from ajax.googleapis.com, earning themselves the status of a museum piece [mimes looking at a watch] any minute now. https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/
In conversation Thursday, 06-Sep-2018 07:42:19 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°49'35"S 151°12'6"E permalink
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1. Web Design Museum
  
  Web Design Museum exhibits over 900 unique designs from the years 1995 to 2005. Discover forgotten trends in web design.
Matthew Davidson (mjd@microblog.mjd.id.au)'s status on Thursday, 06-Sep-2018 07:12:45 EDT Matthew Davidson

The incredible redemptive life story of Gregory Smith, one of only a handful of lecturers at my university who I've met in person rather than only online. http://www.abc.net.au/austory/out-of-the-woods/10174310 Not mentioned in the piece is the fact that he's made it into the academic precariat at #SCU, with work and income security still kept out of reach, and that face to face teaching is a rare part of the fraction of a week he's typically employed. #edu
In conversation Thursday, 06-Sep-2018 07:12:45 EDT from microblog.mjd.id.au at 33°49'35"S 151°12'6"E permalink
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1. Out of the Woods
  
  from Australian Story
  
  From a homeless alcoholic living in the wild to academic success, this is the inspiring comeback story of forest-dweller Gregory Smith.

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