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The Time Machine

The Time MachineOct 1, 2026

The Appointment at the Snake River

Martín Baresco Remix

science-fictionfantasy

marec's blog

marec's blogSep 7, 2026

Do sheep dream of electric druids?

Electric druids play a major role in a sheep’s life. When it’s time for shearing, they spring into action. Fortunately for the sheep, this only happens about once a year – but do they dream about it all year round? And what do the Celts have to do with it? And how did they get hold of electric shearing tools? Presumably, H. G. Wells must once again serve as the explanation here. No doubt – whilst he was once again on his way to see his Weena – he’d got tangled up in some sort of time loop and ha...

science fictionfantasy

Enmodo

EnmodoJul 30, 2026

The Dead Senator Sketch

(With apologies to Monty Python and thanks to Gemini)

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 27, 2026

#oneaday Day 780: A Walk on the Common - The Text Adventure

Once upon a time, there was a website called Bitmob, whose users would get quite upset if you capitalised it "BitMob". On that site, the community could publish their own articles, and those which caught the attention of the site's staff would get featured on the front page. It was a great way for a...

soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 7, 2026

If Your Log Is Still in the Bog

I have made a public service announcement for the modern age. I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that it's not about AI or about the collapse of Western civilization or the latest release of the iphone. No. This one concerns the ancient human problem of what happens when someone leaves the loo in a...

bathroom humorcamping

Spaghetti Thoughts

Spaghetti ThoughtsJun 25, 2026

If I Could Turn Back Time

ComputersPhones

Ewan’s Blog

Ewan’s BlogMay 22, 2026

healthhydrocephalus

SimonCox.comMay 9, 2023

The HTML Neck Tag — Where Should Broken Head Scripts Go?

Poking fun at the mythical HTML <neck> tag—where semantics meet silliness, standards collide with satire, and web nerds nod knowingly at a cheeky non-element.

eve.gd: Martin Paul Eve

eve.gd: Martin Paul EveMar 11, 2011

The Gaz Pearce Award

SimonCox.comApr 12, 2005

Real life accessibility issue

I'm always thinking about accessibility when I'm building web sites. Quite often I come across situations off-line where a little thought about accessibility would have been helpful.

SimonCox.comDec 9, 2004

The gym towel saga

Very recently I decided that I should start going to the gym again as I was getting a little tubby here and there - and promptly got embroiled in a towel saga.

SimonCox.comOct 6, 2004

Google bares one at me!

I use Google Alerts quite a bit, a most excellent tool, but today I had reason to change one of them from 'as it happens' to 'daily report' - I was getting too many alerts on one particular subject.

SimonCox.comAug 4, 2004

Everest gets 6 inches higher, on average

It looks like researchers have discovered that the lack of oxygen suffered by climbers at altitude can be counteracted by Viagra - hence the cheeky headline.

SimonCox.comJul 8, 2004

How to self spot attention deficiency

Just did a Google on how to self spot attention deficiency because I am worried that I never concentrate on anything for very long normally.

SimonCox.comJun 13, 2004

A cliche gone up in smoke

England's dramatic defeat to France in the European Cup has put paid to the old and well worn football phrase 'it's a game of two halves'.

SimonCox.comMar 3, 2004

Rip off designer water and sex letters advertising cars

Two marketing mess-ups this week - Coca Cola using public tap water to produce its expensive designer label Dasani, and a car advert featuring subliminal content.

SimonCox.comSep 13, 2003

David Blaine is inane

When David Blaine hit our small screens I was fascinated and intrigued. Now he is trying to emulate Harry Houdini by living in a box above the Thames for 44 days.

SimonCox.comSep 6, 2003

Just come across a great site - Lost in Translation. It takes a word or phrase and uses Babelfish to translate from English into Japanese then back to English then Chinese then English and so on.

SimonCox.comSep 2, 2003

Adam and Joe to star in The Return of the King

British comedy sensations Adam and Joe are thought to have been secretly filming for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.

SimonCox.comJun 16, 2003

Yobs set ferret alight

Local headlines sometimes just unintentionally make you laugh! Spotted on the Croydon Advertiser web site - Yobs set ferret alight.

SimonCox.comMay 7, 2003

Microsoft plans toilets with Web access

This is a description of my new short.

SimonCox.comApr 28, 2003

Digital blunders - Fraudster's mobile bungling gives him away

I find some solace in these stories about criminals who are stupid.

SimonCox.comJan 1, 2000

The lighter side of simoncox.com — silly, daft and funny things I've stumbled across.

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