Comments on: Brief Notes

By: Andy G

Andy G — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:09:23 +0000

I concur. Hadn’t noticed it before, but I predict it will be the next big graphics/blog meme. Did you come up with it yourself?

By: j

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:31:50 +0000

I like it!

By: Pete Ashton

Pete Ashton — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:22:35 +0000

Just playing about – it might stay, it might not.

It’s simply the date wrapped in a div at the bottom of the html just before the /body tag. The css is as follows:

font-size: 7em;
position: absolute;
top: -35px;
right: 0px;
z-index: 0;
color: #F6EDD6;
letter-spacing: -0.1em;

In order to have it in the background the next div up (in this case “container”) must have z-index: 1;

By: etat

etat — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:42:43 +0000

Is the vanilla date in the upper right a new thing? Nice touch! Howdja do that?

By: Pete Ashton

Pete Ashton — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:59:34 +0000

There was a mention of Morrisey on the show today and arse-brain made some disparaging comment which didn’t quite make sense (in fact barely registered as a comment really) along the lines of him being “depressed”.

I guess he still holds the grudge. Poor Mozza. I mean, just imagine…

By: Russ L

Russ L — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:05:07 +0000

An important lesson for us all.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:38:58 +0000

I thought Steve was (and remained) very resentful of The Smiths after “Hang the DJ” came out. The apocryphal story is that Steve played Wham’s “I’m your Man” just after a newsflash about Chernobyl blowing it’s top and spreading radiation about the earth. This turned Morrisey’s stomach enough to have a go at him.
Steve used to have this parody of the Smiths every now and again for a long time after – some rubbish impression- “I’m Morrissey and I’m so depressed!”
So I guess that it pays not to cross the line with Steve – he has a long memory.

By: Marv

Marv — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:04:09 +0000

I’ll go to Symphony Hall with you some time if you like.

By: bse

bse — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:21:41 +0000

Most. Wanted. Spring. Ever.

By: Russ L

Russ L — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:57:04 +0000

I was at Mahler’s 2nd, too!

It’s one of my absolute favourites.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:58:26 +0000

With reference to Steve Wright: and how! I caught a half hour blast of his show last week for the first time… possibly ever, he was interviewing Jo Brand. Judging by the gales of laughter they were spewing forth I guessed something must’ve been funny, but it was the least funny thing I have ever heard. It sucked all the humour out of the car. It was like the end of Requiem For A Dream, but more bereft of hope, and by the time I’d parked I was in a very dark place.

By: Dave C

Dave C — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:55:50 +0000

“2) At the same time a significant number of people will be put off applying so they’ll be looking for guineapigs”

Apparently your wrong on this point. A website that advertises this kind of this was more busy than usual AFTER the news about TGN 1412. It seems a lot of people have figured out there is money to be made. Add to that the 25% chance you will just be getting a sugar pill (placebo) and it seems like easy money :)

I am also considering it. I’m not to bothered about the risks as I figure you have to die sometime, and the money will get me out of am impending financial problem.

I assume that a lot of people who do these trials are students or 20-somethings, so there might be an opening for us 30-somethings :)