Affairs at the Jupiter hotel » reading http://affair-jupiterhotel.com Just another WordPress site Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:50:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Special Agent Productions Designs Entertaining Guides That Explain Technology For Scribd http://affair-jupiterhotel.com/special-agent-productions-designs-entertaining-guides-that-explain-technology-for-scribd/ http://affair-jupiterhotel.com/special-agent-productions-designs-entertaining-guides-that-explain-technology-for-scribd/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:05:48 +0000 http://affair-jupiterhotel.com/special-agent-productions-designs-entertaining-guides-that-explain-technology-for-scribd/ Special Agent Productions has given life to web leader Scribd’s series of online “How To” presentations, including “Introducing Scribd in HTML5,” which was unveiled last month by Scribd co-founder Jared Friedman at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.

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Spot the difference between the 2000AD aliens and the Lib Dem leader . . .

Do the Kleggs from 2000AD have anything in common with the Cleggs and their followers?

The Kleggs

1 Alien mercenaries in the comic 2000AD

2 Green, scaly skin

3 Only accept payment in meat

4 Outlawed from Mega-City One

5 Like to eat their foes

6 Citizens commanded by Judge Dredd to kill all Kleggs on sight

7 Klegg ruling class have had an education

8 Briefly had an alliance with Sino-Cit

9 Monolingual: talks in grunts

10 Their battle cry is “Klegg-Hai”

The Cleggs

1 Misty-eyed optimists in the election 2010AD

2 Orange, smooth skin

3 Accept payment only in carbon credits

4 Outlawed from the electoral system

5 Like to offer their foes an amnesty

6 Citizens commanded by Judge Dave to kill all Cleggs on sight

7 Clegg ruling class have had a private education

8 Briefly had an alliance with Gordo-Lab

9 Multilingual: reportedly speaks five languages

10 Their battle cry is “Let’s give it a jolly good go”

John Crace

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Like a whirlpool
I was yelling at him
He looked scared and backed away
Another time, I squinted my eyes to see
And he said I looked ugly
The funny part was when
My sister asked me where he went to
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