Here’s something I have been thinking about. Let’s make the assumption that the theory of the Big Bang is largely correct – in that the universe as we know it originated as a point, from which it expanded, and that the laws of the universe (gravity, mass etc) are constant or at least developed in [...]
I finally caved to the pressure and installed World of Warcraft from a demo CD. I’ve got 14 days to decide if I want to pour money into this game. Well, it’s not looking good, Blizzard. Firstly, I’m admittedly a city boy but I’m still pretty sure wild boars don’t roam around carrying 2 copper [...]
If you eat a mintie (a nice soft one) and fantale at the same time, you can barely taste either. Chew them up so they’re one nice gooey blob and see for yourself. Verified personally.
Here’s something I don’t know there’s a standard for. Say you’re describing to somebody how to enter a command on their computer and you want them, as part of that, to hold down the Ctrl key and press another key, say, “m”. How do you write it? ^m? ctrl m? [ctrl-m]? To you or me [...]
“Hey guys, I have a theory. USA (round of boos) is pretty busy in Iraq, Afghanistan and whatnot, plus Iran is making ‘em real nervous and Big Kim over in Korea is making those crazy eyes again. I figure we’ve never had a better chance to flatten the Zionists, whaddya reckon? (round of cheers, God [...]
Inglorious circumstances, certainly. But what a pleasure to watch the world’s greatest footballer in his final international match. Zidane’s had his punishment. If it turns out to have been racial vilification in the verbal exchange, we can only hope that FIFA kick Materazzi’s slimy ass out of international football. Mind you, he fits right in [...]
I recently discovered a trés cool nook in iTunes – the education podcasts. I’ve subscribed to three free language “podclasses” – two for beginner French, another for beginner Japanese – and now take language lessons sitting at my desk at lunchtime while I eat my sandwich. Some of them even come with accompanying PDFs, which [...]
Oh please… beat the Brazilians… PLEASE! AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!! *edit* doh *edit after the Italy match* double doh
A curious habit has developed in my office. Now and then, one of the developers will reach into a bag of Minties in his drawer and launch one on a high trajectory into each of the surrounding cubicles. This of course scares the willies out of anyone engrossed in a particularly tough bit of coding [...]
Cath got me Ben Harper’s new CD the other day. I wish I could tell you how good it was, but the problem is: I haven’t played it yet. The CD comes with built-in digital rights management which essentially stops you ripping it to iTunes. Of course, it’s laughably easy to circumvent and I’m currently [...]
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