Expand childs? Jagshemash!

It seems that the shiny new c0dez for c0mments has escaped. It appears to be exactly as web2.0 as one might expect, in that it seems to take up more space (but can't because usericon sizes won't have changed overnight) and is missing keyboard shortcuts (because we is all prodding at screens with chubby digits like toddlers wanting things now).

We shall see if it makes things less worse.

How to fondle a throbbing knob correctly

http://youtu.be/BJC47912E_4

Jayzus.

I mean, there are probably people out there who look at me like I'm some demi-god because I may (or may not) have piloted a SIIa Landie while the balance of my mind was disturbed (Three gear levers, no synchromesh on 1st & 2nd. Oh. And a Fairey OD. Four levers, and it was generally considered a Bad Idea to shift into OD in 1st and 2nd) because they're used to old-skool slushboxes or modern semi-autos.

Yer man in that there Kenworth? Respect due, as they used to write in the NME when it was relevant and interesting. (October 1982)


There's probably an amount of semi-overt gatekeeping in that post. See also complexity/convenience and the place of useful tools in a modern and inclusive society.

Map geekery / loc'l aerial

http://www.bristol.gov.uk/page/know-your-place

It were all fields, collieries, locomotive works, brickworks and galvanised iron factories round here.