Archive for May, 2010

Fist Man Shadows Gordon Brown in Style

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

I found this hilarious. Some random candidate in Gordon Brown’s constituency took his spot right behind the podium and stood there for the entire time he was speaking (and the previous person announced the results) with his dark sunglasses on and his fist raised.

Who is this man? Did Galen make it […]

What the UK Election Could Mean for Electoral Reform, Youth, and America

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

I have been following the UK election pretty closely for an American and I am fascinated. The seeming collapse of Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Labour Party, the resurgence of the Conservatives, and the meteoric rise of Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats after being a perennial also-ran. The drama of having […]

Proof! Google is Run by Monkeys!

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

I got a rare 500 Internal Server Error while trying to view something on YouTube just now and figured I’d take a screen shot. Interesting first of all to see that on YouTube, a generally reliable site. Interesting also their clever “A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with […]