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One line thoughts of the day.

There’s something Wrong On The Internet again, and that something seems to be an awful incoherent reactionary petition aimed at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. I won’t link to the thing; you can always Google if you enjoy being outraged at entitled prejudiced drivel. While the author of the petition, someone I’d not previously heard of, appears to be a sexist dick, I’m rather disappointed that one of my all time favourite SF authors appears to have signed the thing.

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Tim Hall | 13 Comments

Metallica covering Stargazer on a Ronnie James Dio tribute album is a Thing That Should Not Be.  It should be avenged by Blackmores Night recording a hey-nonny-nonny version of Master of Puppets.

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Tim Hall | 2 Comments

Woman becomes first person to be jailed for ‘trolling herself is today’s bizarre headline. The actual story isn’t quite as bizarre as the headline, but is more evidence that many persistent trolls aren’t rational people with unpleasant agendas, but troubled individuals with mental health problems or substance abuse issues.

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

I’ve blogged about the great “Is Rock Dyng” question before, but Dom Lawson weighs in and nails it as he always does.  Go and read it now. Dom knows his stuff, and he has the uncanny talent of always being right.

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

The Melvins’ Dale Crover shares hs top five tips for keeping the band together. Two of which are “Never have a hit”, and “Keep sacking the bass players”.

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

FUNCTEST stands for Functional Test. As opposed to FUNKTEST, where you raise a bug if the drummer doesn’t have a good enough sense of rhythm

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Tim Hall | 1 Comment

Testers and software engineers love to argue over whether a bug is a coding error or a missed requirement. But when it causes this much damage to people’s lives, then such hair-splitting doesn’t really matter.

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Is anybody really surprised by the news that a survey by Passenger Focus has named Birmingham’s New Street station worst for ‘overall satisfaction’?. It’s always had the feel of an airport departure lounge attached to an underground car park, and the current rebuilding does nothing to solve its fundamental problems.

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Tim Hall | 2 Comments

Every time I see an Upworthy-style link-bait headline beginning with “You won’t believe…”. I have to fight the urge to want to kick a “Viral Content Editor” in the bollocks. This probably makes me a Bad Person….

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Tim Hall | 6 Comments

There is more than enough great guitar-shredding hard rock in the world that isn’t made by racist, sexist assholes. Therefore there is absolutely no reason why anyone ever needs to listen to the music of Ted Nugent.

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Tim Hall | Comments Off