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Dave

  • Joined: January 6, 2026
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Big interview with Frank Rijkaard

From the Guardian today: “I try to stay in the moment,” Frank Rijkaard says quietly as he studies the thick cloud of smoke hanging over his head. “Whether the moment is one of joy or difficulty or just sitting here…

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Guardian profile Kazuo Ishiguro today. Kazuo Ishiguro’s early career set a modern benchmark for precocious literary success. Born in 1954, in 1982 he won the Winifred Holtby award for the best expression of a sense of place, for his…

Next read

After The Wasp Factory, which shouldn’t last much longer than this evening, I am going to have a crack at this: Some good Palimthoughts from the ever reliable Self here.

Firefox Multiple Homepages

I only managed to figure out last night how to get Firefox to open multiple tabs on startup, each with a different page loading. And guess what? It was very simple to do. Simple set your tabs up as you…

A league of their own

John O’Farrell on the dearth of English players in the Premiership, following Arsenal’s all-foreign efforts this week: This week, another football landmark was reached when a Premiership team fielded an entire squad of foreign players. “What is Arsene Wenger doing?”…

Where did it all go wrong for Forest?

From The Guardian: The last time Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur met in the FA Cup, it was the 1991 final. Wembley was filled with Puffa jackets, videos were set for Saturday-night favourite Noel’s House Party, and Cher’s Shoop Shoop…

Onfolio

Onfolio seems pretty cool at the moment. Here’s how the feed of this blog looked on it just now (click for larger image): It seems to integrate pretty seamlessly with Firefox, too. Just click a toolbar button to bring up…