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Feck yoos Disqus censor algorithm

2nd November 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 3548 Comments

There’s an old online adage: if you can’t beat the censorial posting comments algorithm, make it an article.  And so I will.  Twice censored in the comments that nobody reads.  Thanks, Disqus codebase. A lazy [more…]

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The Adam and Eve Story

28th September 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 3010 Comments

I came across this book that had been scanned into a PDF and loaded on a website.  Not a book that I would normally read, but it piqued my interest. It proffers the theory that [more…]

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Meeting The Queen

12th September 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 3578 Comments

I have a little anecdote on meeting The Queen. My late father was born in Lewisham, London and was brought up by working class parents in a council estate.  After he got demobbed from the [more…]

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The Geek’s Guide To Ageing Your Own Homemade Whisky

8th September 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 4550 Comments

This is the final missive of my guide on home distillation using the Still Spirits equipment.  The previous post is here: The Geek’s Guide To Distilling Commercial Grade Whisky For £8 A Litre Bottle In [more…]

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Diary Of A Covid Victim

3rd February 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 4069 Comments

Sunday I got a lift from Ms Geek’s sister and husband for a family gathering in the West Country where I would finally meet the delectable Ms Geeks after a few weeks’ absence.  A boring [more…]

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Some people might get some pleasure out of hate

29th November 2021 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 2367 Comments

I was a quiet and reserved chap when I was at school in Londonistan.  Blond haired, blue-eyed with a well-fashioned, smart black school blazer, I wasn’t set on starting a new nationalist movement, merely trying [more…]

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A Brief Face To Face With Death

25th January 2021 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 3472 Comments

I was bored the other day and decided to download the Office of National Statistics Weekly Death data for England and Wales for the last 5 years (as you do).  It can be found here [more…]

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Indy Pedant Geeks And The Temple Of Our Ennaychess

20th September 2020 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 2166 Comments

A veritable curse has been placed upon the glorious and gracious Ms Geeks, a tribulation to the right leg that only a blessing and a prayer from Our Sacred Ones in Our Ennaychess can cure.  [more…]

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Cancel Your Telly Tax Now

12th November 2019 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 2327 Comments

My previous articles on this site describing how I have stopped paying the Telly Tax for 10 years have been relatively benign and within a strict legal paradigm, much to the relief of Swiss Bob, [more…]

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