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It really works. Conkers deter spiders. Scientists don’t know why. Perhaps they overlooked the obvious: Why would I want to discourage spiders, when they do good works like kill flies (sorry flies) and minor DIY (they’re very fast painters) along … Continue reading →

1. Goodbye BT Broadband, hello Plusnet. Who happen to be owned by BT. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBZ8ulc5NTg 2. Great writeup of my new favourite restaurant. 3. Results of a survey to rename Homeland Security, brought to you by the United States Department of … Continue reading →

Easily one of the worst articles I’ve ever seen in the Guardian, with an equally lamentable rebuttal to Greenwald by Carpentier. Fortunately some of the comments are worth reading.