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Entries for week beginning May 1, 2005

May 6, 2005

Bacon in a Blanket

Bacon in a Blanket

OK, last cute puppy photo for now. Here's Bacon keeping warm in bed.

May 5, 2005

UPC Database

Open database of barcode data. Wonder if this can get linked into MusicBrainz somehow.

Election Night

A tip of the hat to the Grauniad, whose excellent Election Blog has been continually entertaining in the run-up to election day, and is proving to be a considerably more informative and entertaining resource than the Beeb’s (thus-far sneaked-Mars-Bar-free) election night TV show.

And talking of the Beeb, ya boo and sucks to BBC America who this year aren’t bothering to show any election results. And why would they, when they’ve got this fine and highly up-to-date line-up for the night:

!http://groovymother.com/images/electionnight.png 301×134 (Benny Hill and Python)!

Investigative Bacon

Investigative Bacon

Because maybe, just *maybe*, the camera might be some kind of foodstuff.

Ear to Tail

Ear to Tail

Bacon has perfected the art of taking up as much space on the bed as possible.

Curled-Up

Curled-Up

Bacon snoozes at the end of our bed.

May 3, 2005

Backpack

New “Personal information manager” from those 37signals kids.

May 2, 2005

Dogster :: Bacon

What Joy did with her weekend while I was away — Created a “Dogster” page for Bacon.

Olde Fashioned Compact Disc Emporium

Olde Fashioned Compact Disc Emporium

May 1, 2005

Sweet’n’Low and Mustard in one convenient tray

Sweet’n’Low and Mustard in one convenient tray

At the Golden Apple diner, Lincoln & Southport, Chicago. Choose wisely.

saute-swinish