I always said that James Marster’s character “Spike” on the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” TV show was patterned after the rock star Billy Idol. Well, here’s something approaching proof
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More interesting is the real name of Billy Idol (William Michael Albert Broad, born 30 November 1955, Stanmore, Middlesex, England) - obviously the inspiration for the full name of James Marster’s character (”William the bloody” aka “Spike”).
| Oh Number PI (to the tune of “Oh Christmas Tree”) Oh, number Pi Oh, number Pi |
For those that are (the slightest bit) interested, here’s one of the many histories of the number PI.
JetBrains (the makers of ) recently announced “a new initiative to the Open Source community: FREE license keys for our industry leading Java IDE, IntelliJ IDEA for developers of qualifying Open Source projects.” Having used IDEA in work for the last 2.5 years, this came as very pleasant news to me!
I am now pleased to announce that Chronicle Lite has been approved, and an unlimited user, 1-year license has been issued.
Thank you!
Wikipedia or a talk at the Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union give more details about St David’s Day. (traditionally, March 1st)
