Peppa Pig World: hog heaven for children? | Life and style | The Guardian

Peppa Pig World: hog heaven for children? | Life and style | The Guardian

Games and fun for kids from UK museums, galleries, heritage and science centres

Games and fun for kids from UK museums, galleries, heritage and science centres

One for @bengoldacre: Bad science, worse journalism

An influential study on child sex trafficking was based on looking at photos in personal ads and guessing which women looked underage. http://www.citypages.com/2011-03-23/news/women-s-funding-network-sex-traffick...

The best bit is when one of the researchers says that the numbers are "not a precise count" but are still "specific numbers... hard numbers" -  "you can look at them both ways."

Also, a women's group support the exposing of this junk "science" and shoddy reporting, but rightly add: "it’s frustrating that it is necessary for white male researchers to do this criticism before it is deemed valid.”

http://feministing.com/2011/03/24/research-behind-craigslist-adult-services-s...

 

Via Metafilter.

The greatest photo of all time?

Elizabeth saw this poster and thought it was me. And said so repeatedly. In a busy restaurant.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Michael-Crawford-WIZARD-OZ-Theatre-Poster-/260755575479

True fact: Michael Crawford is 69.

One for the guitarists: ace documentary about the wah-wah pedal

Although you can also make some very interesting sounds with a bass through a wah-wah, as a lot of people at church are going to find out on Sunday.

Withnail and I vs Star Wars. Utterly brilliant

Withnail and I vs Star Wars. Utterly brilliant

Social media more popular than online entertainment

http://weblogs.hitwise.com/robin-goad/2011/03/social_media_more_popular_than....

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Very moving account of the aftermath of the earthquake by a friend of my friend Alan

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/opinion/15marie.html?_r=3&scp=1&sq...

 

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Asleep And Dreaming « 69 Love Songs, Illustrated.

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Because this is how it is, and I wish everyone this.

The Things We Did And Didn’t Do « 69 Love Songs, Illustrated.

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Because this is what its like, as I hope you never know

Interesting - well, interesting to me - data on UK online access and use

http://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchspecialisms/ipsosmediact/whatwedo/technolog...

Still recovering from the odd experience of having a pigeon land on my helmet whilst cycling to work...

Closed pubs in Blackburn http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/lancashire/blackburn.html #imisseastlancs

I'm particularly pleased that there was a pub called the Cattle Market, and that someone thought that the Cemetery was a good name for a hotel.

One for Martin - Cozy Powell plays 400 drums in one minute

What better way to celebrate my birthday...?

Than the suggestion by cousin Alison that this picture of Sir Walter Scott provides a good idea of what I will look like at the same age. Which is now only 18 years away. Hmmm. I can only hope that by that age I can afford a portraitist who is that generous to his or her clients.