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This coffee is copyright

26 October, 2006 By

Starbucks has been pilloried in the press today for scuppering Ethiopia’s attempt to trademark the names of some of its most famous coffee beans – Sidamo, Harar and Yirgacheffee. This article in The Guardian tries to push all the buttons, contrasting the dire of poverty of Ethiopian coffee farmers with the earnings of Starbucks (the [...]

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Still alive

25 October, 2006 By

The blog has had to take a backseat for a week or so as I have been very busy moving house and meeting urgent deadlines for work. Also, there have been a few hiccups with putting the phone line and broadband on at the new house so I currently only have internet access at work. [...]

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If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be?

17 October, 2006 By

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)2. Put it on shuffle3. Press play4. For every question, type the song that’s playing5. When you go to a new question, press the next button6. Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool… Opening Credits “Run 2″, New Order (The Best of New Order) Waking [...]

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Moving house

7 October, 2006 By

We pick up the keys to our new flat tonight and the removalists come tomorrow. There is no furniture to move but a surprising amount of accumulated possessions. I’ve been trying to sort through it as I pack but it does feel like most of it is needed and used – and a lot of [...]

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Zeitgeist

5 October, 2006 By

Two men were trapped in a mine for 14 days. On the ninth day they were given iPods. One asked for country music, while the other requested the Foo Fighters. On the 11th day, Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters caught wind of this (probably via that wonder of our age, the internet) and sent [...]

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Terrifying and depressing

4 October, 2006 By

I feel physically ill when I read articles like this. It predicts that a third of the planet will be in the grip of drought so extreme that agriculture will be impossible by the year 2100. The future is so uncertain, I almost wish I had a crystal ball. Of course it’s impossible to know [...]

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Awesome polar bear song

3 October, 2006 By

I love Nouvelle Vague! Watch this awesome video clip from the polar bear song on their new album. Perhaps some clever clogs can tell me who they’re covering? As far as I know Nouvelle Vague only do covers but I could be wrong. Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein im kalten PolarDann müßte ich nicht mehr [...]

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Talladega Nights

1 October, 2006 By

My boyfriend and I met up with Matt and Leah last night to see Talladega Nights (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby to give its full title). It’s a ridiculous but very funny movie about a Nascar driver (Nascar is like America’s Formula One but apparently there are all sorts of difference like the [...]

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Museum of London

1 October, 2006 By

I met up with Dominique yesterday and we went along to see the Museum of London, which is not far from the Barbican Centre and St Paul’s Cathedral. It’s meant to be the biggest best city museum in the world – a city museum being a museum about the life and history of a city [...]

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