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All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.

The Information Superhighwayman

All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.

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Sale on the High Streets.

Michael 19 September 2008 1 Comment

I spotted that Dixons have packs of 20 Maxell C60’s on sale at the moment for £4.49 so I am going to buy about 10 packs this afternoon.I’ll get the…

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London Olympics 2012

Michael 27 August 2008 No Comments

There’s no point me harping on about this, you know full well my assumption is that it will be a disaster best avoided. That said, I am prepared to let…

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She wont let you fly, but she might let you sing.

Michael 17 August 2008 1 Comment

For once, the British Government has impressed me. It’s not much but it’s so rare I thought it worth a mention. Their new training site is called “Train to Gain”…

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Madness.

Michael 14 August 2008 No Comments

I am not sure I can deal with the idea of Suggs being the new Captain Birds Eye.

Food Observations Ponderings Quotes Rants

I can has vegan beefburger?

Michael 17 July 2008 1 Comment

I read the most amazing article today about McDonalds admitting it was adding milk and wheat to their french fries. (Can we call them chips now please? This is an…

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Please turn out the lights…

Michael 18 June 2008 1 Comment

I used to consider myself something of a nationalist. Not in the jack-booted send home all the blacks and “The Empire could do no wrong” sense, but certainly in the…

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This is Michael Lawrie's Weblog. Despite years of hating "Blogs"; I have decided that these things are a nice way to present random rants and observations. Calling it a Weblog makes things easier.

Why Superhighwayman? Well why not! The only good thing to come out of the Harrods Case was the British Press christening me the "Information Superhighwayman". I liked the name, so I will use it.

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April 30th 2025: Themes are driving me nuts. I have switched to Blogarise, with a lot of Custom-CSS to change some of the questionable colour and title options. Hopefully that will be fine for now.

April 7th 2025: The WordPress theme from 2010 that I insist on using is apparently riddled with performance issues and incompatible with everything. I have switched to a theme from 2012 that seems more stable and doesn't set off all the alert panels. It also works on mobile browsers though I had to add an "about" page.

April 3rd 2025: I tried to write one post per decade, but failed. One every 12 years seems okay, and it's a follow-on post to the last one. Also the site isn't mobile friendly yet. Since I am not mobile friendly, this is never going to be a priority.

October 2024: My old Wordpress MU finally broke too much to maintain it. I moved my sites off onto individual instances so now this thing stands alone, and I have broken all the very legacy pretty themes and fonts.

April 2010: I have moved this from its old home so we'll see what happens now.

October 2009: I am trying to be a little more regular with posting. Wish me luck!

April 2008: I have been a little bitter and cynical the last couple of months. If you want lighter more amusing stuff then maybe you should skip the top few postings.

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