freedom of idiocy... information

On the 1st of January 2005, an interesting piece of legislation came into effect. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows members of the public to access information about public bodies. That is to say, an ordinary person like you or I can request information about police forces, the health service and government agencies.

Details are given on the North Wales police website of some of their FOI Responses. Some of them are intriguing, some not surprising and others downright ludicrous!

I really want to send some requests in - any suggestions?

Timmy "Free as free info" Magic

lonesome movies

I got back from Ireland this afternoon and, after a brief trip home to drop my overweight bag off and have a shower, decided to go out, eat, watch some sport and a movie.

I packed myself off to the Sports Cafe, at a nice hot dog and watched the first half of Ulster's defeat at the hands of Leinster.

Then I went to see Choke, a film that has been out for a few weeks (pre-Christmas) and is rude but hilarious. Written by Chuck Palahniuk, author of the brilliant but odd Fight Club, it tells the story of a man who will do the immoral to pay for his mother's mental health care. Oh, and he's a sex addict too!

As I say, the film is a bit rude at times, but is generally pretty good and funny, but I sense it may be only suited to a certain sense of humour!

Even better was the fact that the cinema was completely empty apart from me! I used my cinema card so didn't pay for my ticket and Cineworld made no money from me!

Timmy "Choked Out" Magic

festive greetings

Happy Christmas 2008 readers!
I hope it is a great occasion for you all, wherever you may be!

Timmy "Chrimbo Blog" Magic

tim's new camera

I have a new camera. I like taking photos. I now have a Flickr account.
Check it out.

Also quite good is Photo Answers

Timmy "Snappy Chappy" Magic

jason krejza dropped

News broke yesterday of the fact that Jason Krejza, the Australian spin bowler, has been dropped from the test side after a mere two matches.

He has taken 13 wickets in these 2 matches, and has been hit for 562 runs. His bowling figures, from Cricinfo, are here.

Timmy "Bad bowler" Magic

asbo jesus

Linked from a few of my friends' blogs is the ASBO Jesus website.

It is often thought provoking, and occasionally irreverent. I think.
Is it possible for a religious website, albeit one with its tongue firmly planted in its cheek, to be irreverent?

Anyway, it provides a good look at Christian stereotypes, a different slant on religious ideas and a funny look at bible texts.

Timmy "Smirking Salvo" Magic

macworld ends in january

The fast approaching Macworld conference in January will be the last one, the BBC today reported.
Rumours have been abounding over the past few weeks and months, particularly in light of Steve Jobs recent illness. The rumours have seemed sufficiently real that it has had a downward effect on stock and share prices (allegedly).

After all he survived a pancreatic cancer scare in 2004, and in August this year, was reported as dead by Bloomberg.

So, hopefully Mac is still going to pump out the quality goods it always has, but it looks like it's taking a back seat media-wise.

Timmy "Blue Mac fan" Magic

am i really back?

I thought I was, but then it turned out that I wasn't!
I have been struggling for blogspiration recently but am really really going to try harder in the New Year. If I have enough stuff to post on Twitter and Facebook, then I most likely have enough to blog on.

So blog readers, if I go weeks without posting, phone, email, text, comment or generally harass me until I do!

Timmy "Shamefully blogless" Magic