Friday, July 16, 2004
Er, has anyone seen yesterday's St Swithin post?
Thought not. Damn.
Isn't it great when words just disappear? Especially when this set of words actually had research behind them. Can I be bothered to rehash it all now? Not really, so I guess my analysis of whether the St Swithin's Day weather is an accurate predictor of the coming weather.
Anyway the weather yesterday was slight drizzle in the early morning, followed by an overcast, and incredibly muggy morning, and then onto a hot and sunny afternoon, which was still very close despite the wind. So on that model summer is going to be humid and changeable. So sleet by the end of August then?
Speaking of which CNN is running this distinctly helpful story. Thinking of vacationing in Europe this summer? See how bad that place really is. Visit Virginia Beach instead. It's cheaper too. And as if to prove CNN's point it's now quite hot, and has been sunny virtually all day.
I think it's just the Europe is bad message that annoys me, that and the sloppy journalism [the VisitBritain spokesman "maintained a stiff upper lip"]. It's the type of stuff they wheel out when there simply haven't been enough good bombings recently, and only mediocre natural disasters [e.g. a typhoon not hitting Hong Kong, 1]. It's a small step up from covering the opening of the Harrods sale.
[1] Which just got bumped as I typed this, by storms not hitting cities in America [becauseShithole Campbelltown, Pennsylvania is much more important than a widely known city].
And why does SBN sound like it's coming down a pipe: the streaming output is full of phase-shifted bits and weird echoes [it doesn't help there's severe clipping at both end of the spectrum, and I know it's not the computer]. Every song comes out as the hip-hop remix.
And is this my computer or has the preview feature in Blogger's edit page been removed? The expandable bar at the bottom has also gone leaving its contents [comments Y/N, and date change]. It might be my computer, as strikethrough has stopped working, regardless of which tag I use.
Oh sod it, too many things just aren't working, so I'll give up for now.
Anyhoo,
Thought not. Damn.
Isn't it great when words just disappear? Especially when this set of words actually had research behind them. Can I be bothered to rehash it all now? Not really, so I guess my analysis of whether the St Swithin's Day weather is an accurate predictor of the coming weather.
Anyway the weather yesterday was slight drizzle in the early morning, followed by an overcast, and incredibly muggy morning, and then onto a hot and sunny afternoon, which was still very close despite the wind. So on that model summer is going to be humid and changeable. So sleet by the end of August then?
Speaking of which CNN is running this distinctly helpful story. Thinking of vacationing in Europe this summer? See how bad that place really is. Visit Virginia Beach instead. It's cheaper too. And as if to prove CNN's point it's now quite hot, and has been sunny virtually all day.
I think it's just the Europe is bad message that annoys me, that and the sloppy journalism [the VisitBritain spokesman "maintained a stiff upper lip"]. It's the type of stuff they wheel out when there simply haven't been enough good bombings recently, and only mediocre natural disasters [e.g. a typhoon not hitting Hong Kong, 1]. It's a small step up from covering the opening of the Harrods sale.
[1] Which just got bumped as I typed this, by storms not hitting cities in America [because
And why does SBN sound like it's coming down a pipe: the streaming output is full of phase-shifted bits and weird echoes [it doesn't help there's severe clipping at both end of the spectrum, and I know it's not the computer]. Every song comes out as the hip-hop remix.
And is this my computer or has the preview feature in Blogger's edit page been removed? The expandable bar at the bottom has also gone leaving its contents [comments Y/N, and date change]. It might be my computer, as strikethrough has stopped working, regardless of which tag I use.
Oh sod it, too many things just aren't working, so I'll give up for now.
Anyhoo,
