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		<title>Predictable</title>
		<link>http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/09/14/predictable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Predictive text for Unilever is Toileter.]]></description>
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		<title>What I found out when my car broke down</title>
		<link>http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/05/20/what-i-found-out-when-my-car-broke-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 23:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Predictive text for &#8220;tow rope&#8221; is &#8220;toy pope&#8221;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Predictive text for &#8220;tow rope&#8221; is &#8220;toy pope&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>A joke my son told me</title>
		<link>http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/05/20/a-joke-my-son-told-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 23:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man walks in to a library and says &#8220;Fish and chips please&#8221; The librarian says, &#8220;Sorry sir, this is a library&#8221; So the man whispers &#8220;Fish and chips please&#8221;]]></description>
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<p>So the man whispers &#8220;Fish and chips please&#8221;</p>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a name?</title>
		<link>http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/05/08/whats-in-a-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/05/08/whats-in-a-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 21:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A gem from the East Dulwich Forum&#8230; A friend once met an American called Randy who complained about &#8220;you Brits always sniggering at my name”, stifling his own giggles my friend politely reassured him though it had certain connotations in &#8230; <a href="http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/05/08/whats-in-a-name/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A gem <a href="http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,16626,17218#msg-17218">from the East Dulwich Forum</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>A friend once met an American called Randy who complained about &#8220;you Brits always sniggering at my name”, stifling his own giggles my friend politely reassured him though it had certain connotations in the UK, Randy was a fine name and that not all British people were that juvenile.<br />
The American thanked him but said it happens every time he meets a Brit, they always fall about laughing &#8220;all I have to say is &#8220;Hi I&#8217;m Randy Bender&#8221;"</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Not many people know that</title>
		<link>http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/03/14/not-many-people-know-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rory Bremner watch out!]]></description>
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<p>Rory Bremner watch out!</p>
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		<title>Child genius</title>
		<link>http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/02/10/child-genius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Channel 4&#8242;s Child Genius made interesting viewing. In a Seven Up style format, it will follow several &#8220;gifted children&#8221; &#8211; they are so bright their IQs are off the scale &#8211; as they develop to see how their lives pan &#8230; <a href="http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2007/02/10/child-genius/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Channel 4&#8242;s <a href="http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/C/child_genius/index.html">Child Genius</a> made interesting viewing.</p>
<p>In a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_series">Seven Up</a> style format, it will follow several &#8220;gifted children&#8221; &#8211; they are so bright their IQs are off the scale &#8211; as they develop to see how their lives pan out.</p>
<p>In one scene a ten year old boy is in conversation with a Professor of Philosophy walking round the gardens of an Oxford College.</p>
<p><strong>Professor</strong>: &#8220;If you had to lose only one, would it be logic or emotion?&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Child genius</strong> (without hesitation): &#8220;Emotion, because then I wouldn&#8217;t feel unhappy&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Professor</strong>: &#8220;Ah, but you wouldn&#8217;t feel happy either.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Child genius</strong>: &#8220;Yes, but I wouldn&#8217;t care.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Job title mash up</title>
		<link>http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2006/08/01/job-title-mash-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC is currently advertising for an &#8220;On-Demand Scheduler&#8221; (n.b. this link will self-destruct on 15th August) The idea of scheduling on-demand content struck me as oddly amusing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The BBC is currently advertising for an &#8220;<a href="https://jobs.bbc.co.uk/JobPortal/Search/vacancy.aspx?id=9491">On-Demand Scheduler</a>&#8221; (n.b. this link will self-destruct on 15th August)</p>
<p>The idea of scheduling on-demand content struck me as oddly amusing.</p>
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		<title>Thought for the day</title>
		<link>http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2006/07/29/thought-for-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great promo video for the British Humanist Association Find out more about Humanism]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/e8649">Great promo video for the British Humanist Association</a>
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<p><a href="http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309">Find out more about Humanism</a></p>
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		<title>If I go to Legoland, will I stick to it?</title>
		<link>http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2006/02/28/if-i-go-to-legoland-will-i-stick-to-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2006/02/28/if-i-go-to-legoland-will-i-stick-to-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a flying visit to Copenhagen, I was piecing together a lego helicopter with my three-year-old and telling him about Legoland coming from Denmark. After a moment he looked at me and asked: &#8220;If I go there will I stick &#8230; <a href="http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2006/02/28/if-i-go-to-legoland-will-i-stick-to-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a flying visit to Copenhagen, I was piecing together a lego helicopter with my three-year-old and telling him about Legoland coming from Denmark.</p>
<p>After a moment he looked at me and asked: &#8220;If I go there will I stick to it?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>What makes people tag?</title>
		<link>http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2006/02/18/what-makes-people-tag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Price</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Do Taggers Tag? Recognition Low self-esteem Peer recognition For recognition; a distorted view of &#8220;fame&#8221; See it in the community and want to try it too Via Vandal Watch: Stopping Vandalism in Your Neighborhood via Boing Boing!]]></description>
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<strong>Why Do Taggers Tag?</strong><br />
Recognition<br />
Low self-esteem<br />
Peer recognition<br />
For recognition; a distorted view of &#8220;fame&#8221;<br />
See it in the community and want to try it too
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<p>Via  <a href="http://www.vandalwatch.citysoup.ca/Graffiti/default.htm">Vandal Watch: Stopping Vandalism in Your Neighborhood</a> via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/16/why_people_tag.html">Boing Boing!</a></p>
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