http://blog.widmann.org.uk A blog about love, DIY, linguistics, politics, computer science, cooking, photography and anything else that interests me Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:27:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The pound has been falling against the euro throughout the millennium.This means that it's becoming less and less attractive for foreigners to work here, and more and more attractive for British people to emigrate to the continent.To show the effect, I've taken a hypothetical worker, earning £21k in the UK ... http://blog.widmann.org.uk/2008/11/19/969/ Euros Originally uploaded by William Spaetzel It made me happy today to see that Duff of the LibDems has pointed out that the UK should join the euro:In 1997 Mr Brown set five so-called economic tests to judge sterling's accession to the eurozone. Suddenly, all these criteria are met. The pound has ... http://blog.widmann.org.uk/2008/11/19/967/ You Have Two Cows Originally uploaded by ::Prad Prathivi @ Amodica:: As I hinted to in this blog posting, I've had problems with two RSS feeds that I process in the What Others Are Saying box on the right.I had fixed them once, but I then upgraded to a new version a ... http://blog.widmann.org.uk/2008/11/18/964/ Brett's Million Dollar Bill Originally uploaded by scot2342 As I blogged recently, I learnt at school that devaluation in the longer term is bad for you.However, if you read Government-supporting media, such as The Guardian or The Times, you might now get the impression that devaluation is the best thing since sliced ... http://blog.widmann.org.uk/2008/11/17/961/ Brita and the list of ministers who have worked in her church Originally uploaded by PhylB Min mor havde sidste arbejdsdag i dag, efter næsten fyrretyve år som sognepræst i Sdr. Vissing og Voerladegård.Hun sluttede af med to gudstjenester og efterfølgende reception. Vi kunne desværre ikke komme, men sagde farvel til præstegården ... http://blog.widmann.org.uk/2008/11/16/958/ All you can eat Originally uploaded by viralbus Er det bare mig, der har været for længe i Skotland?Jeg erindrer i hvert fald ikke, at all you can eat skulle være et dansk adjektiv.Meningen er naturligvis klar nok, nemlig at man kun får en begrænset mængde kød, men lige så meget tilbehør, ... http://blog.widmann.org.uk/2008/11/14/956/ 4 Pounds Sterling - On White Set - P9053075 Originally uploaded by isdky Today the pound fell below 9 Danish crowns, and below $1.50.The fall against the crown (which follows the euro) has been gradual – when I moved here in 2002, the exchange rate was around DKK 12 to the pound, but ... http://blog.widmann.org.uk/2008/11/13/954/ I forgot to blog last week that Michael Crichton has died.Most people probably know him for Jurassic Park, or for the older generation The Andromeda Strain.However, his first work that made an impression on me was The First Great Train Robbery, and I consider his best book Eaters of the ... http://blog.widmann.org.uk/2008/11/13/952/ I don't get the UK ratings system.A movie like Coming to America, which is entirely harmless but contains a few naked boobs and sexual references, is rated 15.On the other hand, Casino Royale, which contains graphical scenes of a naked man getting his testicles whipped, is rated 12A (which means ... http://blog.widmann.org.uk/2008/11/12/950/ I've come home from a long weekend in Denmark to the news that Miriam Makeba has died.When I was a linguistics undergraduate, it was claimed that she made click sounds famous through her click song: I had never heard about her before, nor about the click song, but I borrowed it ... http://blog.widmann.org.uk/2008/11/10/946/