http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/posts/2007/page/1/ "Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles" en Vox Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:16:08 +0000 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-best-book-of-07.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Pete) http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-best-book-of-07.html?_c=feed-rss http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-best-book-of-07.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:16:08 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398cc4b6f0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398cc4b6f0003-50si" alt="Suite Francaise" /></a> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398cc4bb30003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398cc4bb30003-50si" alt="Thank You, Jeeves" /></a> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398cc2a1e0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398cc2a1e0001-50si" alt="William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-slave Trade Campaigner" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> What's the best book you read this year? That's a pretty challenging question, I've read quite a lot of good ones this year. Memorable reads include Khartoum way back in January, Restless by William Boyd, For Whom The Bell Tolls and The Prisone... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-best-book-of-07.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398cc32f60002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd best book best 07 http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/commenting.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Pete) http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/commenting.html?_c=feed-rss http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/commenting.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:13:42 +0000 Vox kindly stopped comments on my last two entries and I never noticed. Booo and Hissss. I noticed some other people had entries that couldn't be commented on, so I don't know if it's site wide or just some folks... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/commenting.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c9d3610005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-dear-santa.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Pete) http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-dear-santa.html?_c=feed-rss http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-dear-santa.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:31:11 +0000 Show us what you hope Santa brings you. I want Santa to come early this year and deliver the Christmas presents that were apparently dispatched from Amazon US several weeks ago and still haven't arrived! I don't really mind what he brings me, bu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-dear-santa.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c9c6870005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vox hunt what do you have to say? santa list hpholiday2 http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-forward-my-mail.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Pete) http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-forward-my-mail.html?_c=feed-rss http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-forward-my-mail.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:06:40 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c8ad5e0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c8ad5e0003-50si" alt="New York - Chrysler Building" /></a> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c888b60001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c888b60001-50si" alt="Greenwich Village" /></a> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c8a2a70005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c8a2a70005-50si" alt="New York, New York" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> If you could easily choose to live in another country without all the red tape and legal stuff, which one would you select and why? Submitted by Matthew 25. You know, I love England - I love the climate (even if I do reserve the right to compla... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-forward-my-mail.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c8ad7a0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd culture another country http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-pictures-of-winter.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Pete) http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-pictures-of-winter.html?_c=feed-rss http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-pictures-of-winter.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:03:05 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c734ed0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c734ed0005-50si" alt="Snow" /></a> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c71a490001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c71a490001-50si" alt="Icicles" /></a> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c736880005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c736880005-50si" alt="Fire Place" /></a> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c71aac0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c71aac0001-50si" alt="Seat in Snow" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Show us a winter photograph. This photo was taken in January 2004, from the front door of the holiday home I was staying in. The snow actually got heavier and thicker after that, and stopped us being able to drive out that day, although the sn... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-pictures-of-winter.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c731960004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vox hunt what do you have to say? hpwinterescape2 winter photograph http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-not-enough-coverage.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Pete) http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-not-enough-coverage.html?_c=feed-rss http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-not-enough-coverage.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:09:56 +0000 Show us something you think isn't written about enough. First they came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. Then they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. Then they came for ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-not-enough-coverage.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c51bca0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vox hunt not enough what do you have to say? hpwriting2 http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-fresh-off-the-press.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Pete) http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-fresh-off-the-press.html?_c=feed-rss http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-fresh-off-the-press.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:34:25 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c4a36e0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c4a36e0002-50si" alt="DSCN0902" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Show us something you recently wrote. My NaNoWriMo novel, which I'm now editing after a few days off. I'm up to page 72 on the edit, the word count has increased by a couple of hundred and I have noticed some truly hideous errors. (Not least t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-fresh-off-the-press.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c49d230001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vox hunt what do you have to say? hpwriting2 recently wrote http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-singing-a-holiday-tune.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Pete) http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-singing-a-holiday-tune.html?_c=feed-rss http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-singing-a-holiday-tune.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:08:06 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c4ae710004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c4ae710004-50si" alt="06 Fairytale Of New York" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Audio: What's your favorite carol or holiday song? I love old school Christmas songs mainly, Louis Armstrong is brilliant, as is Jona Lewie, but a real favourite has to be the Pogues with Kirsty McColl. I love this song, I know some people fin... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-singing-a-holiday-tune.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c4b7ea0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music qotd holiday song http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-partner-in-the-spotlight.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Pete) http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-partner-in-the-spotlight.html?_c=feed-rss http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-partner-in-the-spotlight.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:43:43 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/video/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c2e6f50005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c2e6f50005-50si" alt="Henry V- Speech" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> If you could perform alongside any artist (actor, dancer, musician, etc.), who would it be, and what would you perform? Submitted by Kristin. I'd like to act alongside Kenneth Branagh. I have so much respect for that particular breed of Shake... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-partner-in-the-spotlight.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c2e79e0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd entertainment spotlight partner http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/so-let-it-be-written.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Pete) http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/so-let-it-be-written.html?_c=feed-rss http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/so-let-it-be-written.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:17:29 +0000 ...so let it be filed somewhere and ignored. I have finished the novel, it felt good, at 2:30 this morning when I word counted and it was over 50k, needless to say there was no one around to share my momentary joy with. I did however eat two j... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://captainhaddock.vox.com/library/post/so-let-it-be-written.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225235e2b549d00e398c200710001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>