horreo.org - stuart mudie wanders the web

Dec
20th

Tue

It is scandalous that Google Maps fails to respect legislation which lays down that the only official forms of street and placenames in Catalonia (at least) are in the Catalan language. Recently Spanish translations have replaced many of these names. We call on Google Maps not to follow in the footsteps of the General Franco dictatorship and to rectify at once!

— Google, Respect Catalan street and place names at once! - PetitionBuzz

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Dec
16th

Fri

(via On The Green Road - Photos)

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Dec
12th

Mon

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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We’ve found some cool [socks] adverts scattered around the internet from the 1950s to 1970s.

— Voices Of East Anglia: Sock It To ‘Em

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Dec
6th

Tue

Nordic Horizons

A Nordic Scotland after independence? Now there’s an interesting thought!

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Dec
5th

Mon

(via George Shaw’s paintings - in pictures | Art and design | The Observer)

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Pitkerro is an area in the eastern part of Dundee, Scotland, immediately west of Douglas and south of Fintry and Whitfield… Together, Pitkerro, Kirkton and Hilltown contain 31% of Dundee’s enumeration districts which fall within the worst 10% of deprived districts in Scotland.

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Pitkerro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Never forget your origins!

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Nov
30th

Wed

The Bullingdon budget tears the last veil of deceit, leaving the nasty party naked for all to see

— George Osborne’s every blow falls on those with less not more | Polly Toynbee | Comment is free | The Guardian

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St. Andra is patron saunt o Scotland, Roushie, Romanie an Achia an ithers forby. Forby thon, he is the patron o fishermen an auld wifies an aw. St. Andra’s Day (i.e his feast day) is on 30t November.

— Saunt Andra - Wikipedia

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Nov
23rd

Wed

In part two of our DIY for beginners series, we tackle screwing and drilling.

— Toolbox tips: drilling and fixing | Life and style | guardian.co.uk

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