welsh

Duffy cancels ACL Appearance

Austin Metablog  Fri, 06/06/2008 - 8:51am

Welsh songstress Duffy has cancelled her appearance at ACL Festival 2008 due to “touring conflicts.†An official statement from ACL...

(via Austin Soundcheck)



 

On the (mis-) use of DNA

ZDNET - Between the Lines  Fri, 04/11/2008 - 8:00am

Fascinating piece in the Wall Street Journal recently about the English/Welsh DNA database. We’ll sneak up on it.

The movie GATTACA always bugged me, or rather people’s reaction to it did. Whenever I’d mention biometrics, people would say, “Have you seen GATTACA?



 

Welsh Man Wins Lottery, Keeps Job at McDonald's

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 03/25/2008 - 6:30am

At a McDonald's restaurant in Wales, a young burger flipper quit his job after winning $2.5 million in the lottery.

The 25-year-old married his girlfriend in a lavish wedding ceremony and bought an expensive home. But he missed his friends at work and, a year-and-a-half later, went back to flipping burgers for $10 an hour.