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Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
Ten Tors - dartmoor hiking challenge
Datamation - computer magazine - stub
Simon Reeve - author - stub
Cube farm - stub
Backwell - village where my parents live
Megabus
Slopping out - stub
Robert X. Cringely - technology author and broadcaster
South Central Los Angeles
Greg Critser - author and journalist - stub
Breadmaker - Home appliance
Pret a Manger - UK sandwich retailer
Jon Courtenay Grimwood - cyberpunk author and journalist
Katie Hafner - author / journalist - stub
Dragon Runner - military robot - stub
Gernot Zippe - centrifuge engineer
Zippe-type centrifuge - nuclear fuel centrifuge
The Money Programme - finance and business affairs television programme on BBC2
Package holiday - transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a tour operator.
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Articles which I've improved[ edit ]
Swingometer - added mention of Peter Snow
Wired magazine - added Katie Hafner to list of contributers
updated Logarithmic timeline of current events
easyJet - initially telephone booking, moved to internet booking
British Airways - Union Flag , tail fin repaint, Margaret Thatcher
Wheel clamp - mention the guy with the angle grinder
crosslinked The Hunt For Red October and Crazy Ivan
Pakora - In the United Kingdom , Pakora is sold in fast food takeaways as an alternative to chips or a kebab during the evening and early morning.
Atacama - The European Southern Observatory operates two major observatories in the Atacama desert
Doogie Howser, M.D. - The show was set in Los Angeles . It was created by Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley ; Trademarks of the show include Doogie's best friend Vinnie climbing in through his window, and Doogie writing his diary on his computer at the end of each episode.
Geek canon - Film - add Office Space
Near Field Communication - link to Wired article
Maluku link RMS to Republik Maluku Selatan
Toyota Prius - Bluetooth
Goldfish - In the United Kingdom they have traditionally been given as prizes at Fairgrounds , but new laws mean it is now illegal to give live animals as a prize.
Yellow - In Canada and the United States School buses are almost uniformly painted a bright yellow color (often referred to as "school bus yellow")
Richard Ottaway - He attended Backwell School, and studied Law at Bristol University, graduating in 1974.
New Journalism - added Further reading: New Journalism , Tom Wolfe, ISBN 0060471832
Dijon - birthplace of Charles Le Temeraire duke of Burgundy
Magna Carta - Ross Perot bought a copy in 1984
Biggin Hill - It is the home of London Biggin Hill Airport .
Sky News - featured in The Day After Tomorrow
Aircraft carrier - Aircraft carriers in fiction
Answering machine - Answer machines in fiction
Viewdata - added some text about how viewdata is used in the Travel industry in the United Kingdom
Foot and mouth disease - Many sporting events and leisure activities like Ten Tors were cancelled.
Chewing gum - Many modern chewing gums use petroleum based plastic instead of chicle.
Montrose, Angus - The population in the 2001 census was 10,845.
Blue screen of death - added a photo of a bluescreened payphone and some text about embedded systems bluescreening
Aloha Flight 243 - The made for TV movie Miracle Landing is based on this incident.
Cable spaghetti - some text + photo.
Camera phone - as of 2004 typically 0.3 megapixels
Orange Prize for Fiction - added winners for 2003 and 2004
Louise Woodward - wrote about the trial being shown on TV in the United Kingdom.
John Koza - added some more stuff about the lottery, biggest computer cluster owned by an individual and an external link
Other people's photos I've uploaded with permission[ edit ]