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Category: Random

Why do people find clowns scary?

26/10/2019 nsford 24 Comments

Red noses, colourful baggy costumes, oversized shoes, white facepaint, wigs, bunches of balloons… and evil grins? It seems that clowns…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: clowns, halloween, humans, random, trends

5 good things about early 2000s internet

24/09/2019 nsford 12 Comments

If you were online in the first few years of the new millennium, you’ll probably remember some frustrating things. It…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: humans, random, technology, writing

N S Ford’s Information Superhighway: British Council Literature – Writers Directory

02/07/2019 nsford Leave a comment

Do you love writers? Then check out this resource! From Leila Aboulela to Benjamin Zephaniah, this is an A-Z directory…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: libraries, reading, research, resources, writers

My worst job interviews

20/06/2019 nsford 17 Comments

I’ve had many job interviews over the years. The ones that went badly were sometimes due to me being unprepared…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: employment, humans, random, writers

N S Ford’s Information Superhighway: Currency converter 1270 – 2017

05/06/2019 nsford 2 Comments

Find out what old British money is worth today with this addictive resource from the National Archives. You just need…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: information, libraries, research, resources

N S Ford’s Information Superhighway: Museum of Obsolete Media

03/05/2019 nsford 5 Comments

Betamax, 8-Track, Wire Recording, Soundmirror Tape, HitClips, Wax Cylinders…  Curated by Jason Curtis (a medical librarian by profession), the Museum…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: information, libraries, research, resources

5 cultural trends I want to throw in the bin

13/04/2019 nsford 22 Comments

Usually I wouldn’t dream of blogging about things that annoy me, for fear that people would find my opinions boring…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: humans, random, trends

N S Ford’s Information Superhighway: British Library Online Exhibitions

03/04/2019 nsford 3 Comments

Can’t get to the British Library in person? No worries – you can view exhibitions online for free! Including the…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: information, libraries, research, resources

N S Ford’s Information Superhighway: ‘OZ magazine’

03/03/2019 nsford 2 Comments

I used to be a librarian and I still have the urge to point out awesome free resources to people.…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: information, libraries, research, resources

Pineapples and toilets: Weird books from my shelf

29/11/2018 nsford 27 Comments

Confession. I own some books that are just a bit eccentric. Unlike the respectable volumes of classic fiction, reference guides,…

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Posted in: Random, Reading Filed under: books, non-fiction, random

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