Practise for Just a Minute

Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 show and it's so called because guests are asked to talked on a random subject for 60 seconds without "hesitation, repetition or deviation". It's harder than it sounds!

I've made a page here on nimisis that lets you practise this. You don't get penalised for hesitating, repeating or deviating, but it's an interesting exercise anyway.
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Tags: Just a Minute, random word

Vista? No thanks.

Microsoft is getting ready to roll out Vista and I really can't think of any good reason to upgrade.

There are 6 different versions to choose from, so it's not immediately clear to me which one is most suitable. Then there also seems to be a pretty draconian license agreement that should put most people off.
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Related: Microsoft, Vista, linux, Ubuntu

War of Words

Two days till the Ashes start and the war of words is heating up.

"I'm going to target Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell" - Glenn McGrath
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Nintendo Wii preview

Only 3 days until Amazon.co.uk take pre-orders for the Wii and 3 weeks till it actually comes out! If you're not currently planning to buy one, you might be tempted after watching this.

Tags: Wii, video

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Worst burglary ever

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Extra birthday parties

This calculator finds useless dates related to your birthday. I discovered that soon I'll be ten thousand days old using this. Sounds more impressive than becoming twenty-something!

Tone deaf?

Take the musical abilities test to find out how well you can tell the difference between pairs of musical phrases.

Tags: music, tone deaf, test

Aussie cricketers 'rude' on podium

"The Australian cricket team has been labelled "rude and arrogant" by the Indian media for allegedly pushing aside the Indian board president on the Champions Trophy victory podium."

Read the full article here.
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