Imagine waking up in your first class seat aboard a 747 on a long haul flight to find the airborne version of a “legitimate businessmen” situation happening beside you. Well that’s what happened to Paul Trider when he woke up on a flight from Delhi to London, to find the flight crew manoeuvering a body…
I’ve decided that the time has come to shelve my credentials. For many moons they shone brightly in the sidebar of my blog but alas it’s time to move on. Yes, I’ve removed my Nerd Test score and my Stupid Test score. I guess people will just have to judge for themselves now as to…
The US Postal Service, in honour of the 30th anniversary of Star Wars are supposedly rolling out R2D2 styled mailboxes. Now who wouldn’t want to believe that? Why won’t An Post do fun stuff like this? We could have commemorative boxes for political bribe scandals whereby all post is refused unless it is in a…
We all remember the moving statues in Ireland back in the 80s, the sightings of Mary around Europe but now it looks like the holy figures are moving for wider coverage and a better reception. This report from Uganga cites that Jesus was spotted atop of a mobile phone mast. I wonder was it 3-Jesus?…
Possibly one of the funniest things that I have seen this week. Gollum from LOTR lipsinking to a classic Barry White tune. Worth a look if you’ve got a few minutes. source: Snarky Gossip
Possibly of humourous interest to many around the time of Valentine’s Day. If you’re having problems with your dating life then maybe, just maybe, basic electronics holds the answer… source: Boing Boing
Without doubt, the summary of anyone working outside of R&D in the computing world coupled with the sad reality of it all… Dilbert 03-02-2007
We’ve all been asked that question, “What would you do if you won…” Well a German lorry driver was given the chance to win and throw away Eur 75, 000. The unqiue competition winner won by claiming that he would throw the prize fund out of the window so that everyone around could get some.…
Remember the scene from Pulp Fiction with Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta, the “Royale with cheese” car scene. Well here it is in full robotic glory. link: http://www.glyphjockey.com/2006/08/robot-theatre-royale-with-cheese.html