Tag: crime
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Space Cowboy
Dan recommends that you watch Castle. And he's not just saying that because the last episode he watched was amazing. He's saying that because every episode is amazing. But especially the one with the vampires, werewolves, men in suits and blue latex gloves, and space cowboys.
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Mr. Smith's Robbery
Dan shares a story about a man who's robbed at gunpoint, and then speaks his mind about the recent case of a false accusation of rape by a schoolgirl in Cheltenham.
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An Interview With Gary McKinnon
Dan recommends listening to an interview with Gary McKinnon via BBC World Service.
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Security Through Obscurity Reaches A New Low
PowerPizza! It's a laptop bag that looks like a pizza box! No longer do you have to worry about your attractive laptop being an easy target for thieves - who'd want to steal a pizza box?
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Paedophile-Luring And Artificial Intelligence Ethics
[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been possible to recover only a part of it]
[further fragments of this post were recovered on 12 October 2018]
Fun in the sun.
Kit and I had an idea for something like this a while back, and we were … -
Now Where Did I Put My House?
Did anybody see the story about the American who had their house stolen this weekend? That's a fantastic theft to pull off. Wish I'd thought of it first. Ah well.
Also this weekend, a man is killed in a collision between a car and a train. Not particularly noteworthy under normal circumstances, I know, but the … -
Saddles
As if Adam's Bike Saddle Problems weren't bad enough, somebody's stolen mine! While left parked outside my house, somebody came along in the night and swiped the seat of my bike! I'm not in the slightest bit pleased.
Claire's not feeling well. Kit and I are keeping our eyes out for any good placebos. I need … -
Silliest Thing I’ve Seen All Week
As this hilarious BBC news story tells it, an artist came home to his Liverpool house to find that:
(a) A criminal had broken in to his home.
(b) Mistaking a piece of his artwork as a human head in a jar, the criminal turned himself in to the police to tell them about it. He also … -
Ice-Cream Van Hijacked
How do you hold your head high in criminal circles after you pull off a crime like this:
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Dan Arrested; Carrying Offensive Weapon
Dan gets stopped by two police officers while carrying a battle-axe through the streets of Aberystwyth. Original content on AvAngel.com appeared, as follows:
Andy's account -
I wonder how many police officers, when asked by the guy they've just stopped on the street for carrying a battle-axe, will actually go to the URL he tells … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #9:
Steal a flag from a golf course, and, without the aid of alcohol, smuggle it through town, into and out of burger king, and onto campus, with the overall aim of setting up your own course near your room, and … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #8:
Lose a pair of shoes by leaving them outside your door and finding them missing the following morning. Then find another pair you've never seen before underneath your bed.
The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at … -
MyFirstTime Contribution
The following somewhat-autobiographical post was originally shared via website www.thefirsttime.com on 15 November 1998. It was republished here on 22 March 2021.
What feels like eons ago, when I was a mere stripling of a 13 year old, I was 'caught in the act' of shoplifting. It hadn't even been my idea, which pissed me off …