ThePickards
standards, accessibility, and ranting and general stuff by the web chemist

Well, I missed Blog Action Day (October 15th) owing to having been somewhat busy — it’s not often I go more than a week without posting, after all — but I did notice something of interest.
ounced himself as a Rob Mason announced himself as a “Purist Undiscovered Young Upstart” — and who am I do […]

Read: My kind of blogger? »

It’s quite simple. Write a scary story for Hallowe’en, and publish it after sundown in whatever amounts to your local timezone.
If you fancy taking part, leave a comment: I’ll keep track of everyone who does so and will produce a round-up post for the event.
There’s four rules: it has to be fiction, it has to […]

Read: A Hallowe’en Scary Story Idea »

I just found that the pseudonymous Reed from the Out of Ideas blog picked up on my booky meme and has posted her thoughts on it. So after a random poke about her site trying to work out who the mysterious ‘S’ is to identify which of my regular commenters (assuming it’s one of them) […]

Read: Confessions of a Blogger »

Anyone fancy a pint?

Read: The Bloggers Arms »

I thought it was about time for another meme, and although I wasn’t directly tagged, as the Goldfish did reference me in her meme, I thought it would be churlish not to take part.
I must also add it’s unusual to be taking part in a book-related meme I’ve not picked up from Stephen Lang, as […]

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But I’m worth about £2000 as a corpse! At least, according to the Cadaver Calculator…
$4025.00
And Marcel’s corpse is worth $90 more than mine. But then, being a medium, I suppose he’ll have better contacts…

Read: Don’t Tell My Wife, Either… »

Aarrr, that be right, ye scurvy dogs! Today be Talk Like A Pirate Day again where the whole point is to lay about ye with your belayin’ pin at those landlubbers ye want to get to walk the plank.
So, grab yourself a lusty wench and a bottle of rum, and go get your timbers shivered, […]

Read: Talk Like A Pirate 2007 »

I don’t know if you’ve ever come across this concept: the idea that you can be directly linked to any person in the world in six or less steps, but it’s once of those ideas that seems to bubble about from time to time.
Nor do I know how other people understand the rules — whether […]

Read: Six Degrees Of Separation »

It appears that Roger Johansson is taking a break from standards and accessibility to spend a little bit of time getting used to being a Daddy. Instead, he’s getting personal and sharing with us some of his top 10 lists.
As usual, if you like this sort of thing, read on…

Read: Roger’s Top 10s »

The A to Z meme, as featured on Very True Things. If you don’t like this sort of nonsense, look away now.

Read: A to Z Meme »