an attercop was hard to find in blashy

The Yorkshire dialect is dying out. Who’s to blame? The internets.
…words commonly used in the Yorkshire Dales just two generations ago are now mystery to many young people in the area. Attercop (spider) has evidently long gone, as has blashy ~ wet weather.
I’ll ‘appen that’s it.
“There is a worry now with [...]

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ahhh…the spambots have found me!

I was wondering when akismet would begin its work, this is a wonder of wonders; and completely painfree. This makes the move from blogspot to wordpress a lot less painful for me than I’ve witnessed other people experiencing.

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the beeb is coming to youtube

From Playfuls:
BBC and YouTube has entered in a partnership to offer to Internet users BBC content through YouTube. According to the press release, YouTube will create branded BBC “Channels” on YouTube. BBC and YouTube will offer from the BBC clips of new shows and specially commissioned promotional content linked to popular series such [...]

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How interesting

Well, Tod old boy, it’s nice to know you’re in the game.
Although this little blog is relatively new and unheard of, I’ve not suggested that anyone send trackbacks on my behalf, yet that is indeed what is occurring. I’m categorizing this as ‘internets’ and ‘terrorism’, as in my view this is a dishonest form [...]

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Wikipedia entry causes pro-golfer Fuzzy Zoeller to sue

Some people should take a lesson from this at IT Wire:
The offending paragraphs allegedly slandering Zoeller’s name were posted on December 20 2006, and have now been removed, but not before they were discovered, with Fuzzy Zoeller being named as ‘John Doe’ in the legal action that has subsequently been initiated to clear his name.
I [...]

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