Recent Blog Posts
Dreamhost Promo Code
post a comment | posted Jun 5
Originally posted at The Long Journey
Dreamhost is a popular web hosting company that has some really nice features and generous bandwidth and disk space. I use dreamhost for hosting the majority of my websites.
Dreamhost has sent me five promo codes to hand out:
426348986526
37599137...
Dolphin Stranded on Cleveleys Beach, Blackpool
post a comment | posted Apr 11
Originally posted at The Long Journey
I heard a rumour yesterday that a dolphin had washed up on Cleveleys beach - I was doubtful, but here are the pictures to prove it:
http://flickr.com/photos/16972145@N04
Pictures courtesy of Joe Kennedy.
After trying to get the dolphin back into de...
Direct Link to Radio 1 "Listen Live" Online Stream
post a comment | posted Mar 28
Originally posted at The Long Journey
For those of you that listen to Radio 1 over the internet, this might come in handy:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/wm_asx/aod/radio1.asx
It is the direct link to the online stream, so you can paste this into an application like Winamp, VLC or whateve...
Not-So-Recent Blog Posts
Canon MP210 Arrives
post a comment | posted Mar 19
Originally posted at The Long Journey
Just a quick note that the Canon MP210, which I showed previously how you can get for
Canon MP210 (printer, scanner and copier) for
post a comment | posted Mar 17
Originally posted at The Long Journey
Canon are doing a Cashback Thing until 13th April on the Canon MP210 Printer, Scanner and Copier.
If you buy this printer, you can claim
Teapigs Promotion Code
post a comment | posted Mar 17
Originally posted at The Long Journey
I recently some bought some excellent Yerba Mate tea and Green Tea from Teapigs.co.uk and they sent me a 10% voucher code - just enter SPRING at checkout.
Yerba Mate is a quite extraordinary tea and it reallys gives you a pick me up when you need i...
Ryan Air Dirty Trick #729
post a comment | posted Mar 12
Originally posted at The Long Journey
If you book tickets in bulk (say 10 or more), you will pay more per ticket than if you buy them individually (in our case
Heaven & Hell from a European Perspective
post a comment | posted Mar 5
Originally posted at The Long Journey
From a poster seen in an Italian office:
In Heaven...
the mechanics are German
the chefs are French
the police are British
the lovers are Italian
and everything is organized by the Swiss.
In Hell...
the mechanics are French
the police are German...
Donate to John
post a comment | posted Mar 4
Originally posted at The Long Journey
After talking about it for a while, John Stirzaker has gone out and launched his website Donate To John.
The idea is simple - donate money to John via Paypal and when he has had enough of free money the site will be passed on to another John (My mi...
Missing Pidgeon
post a comment | posted Feb 29
Originally posted at The Long Journey
Genius. I could just imagine this sign outside the back of Marks and Spencers in Blackpool, where all the pidgeons congregate hoping for scraps of Hampsons pies and pastries.