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Parents, be VERY worried about sending your children to school, unscrupulous IT literate students might be getting them hooked on a drug called Linux … This is both funny ( I dare you to read the letter outloud and not smile) and sad (because if peple like this really are in positions of power, the [...]
Now the dream gadget every woman has been waiting for is unveiled in the form of the IronPhone.
I like gadgets – devices to perform a specific function/purpose, to make my life easier, more enjoyable, or just different. I’m not alone in this – which is why every high-street has a gadget-shop of some kind. Sadly the human brain is wired so you can only think one of: “bling” is fashionable technology is [...]
(or at least cause an epileptic fit) Chuck together One dark room 100 helium filled balloons 100 white LEDs Some string and servos Music by a Kraftwerk Addict This simple formula of light, sound and acrobatic bubbles by designers “Electric MoOns” is either a masterpiece, or an experiment in causing people to up-chuck – you [...]
“Punchable” is how the tabloids have been describing online scammer Liam Young of OXYUK. For those that missed his entry into the Big Brother House here’s the video summary … Habitual Liar Liam Young Enters The Big Brother House And for completeness sake, here’s link to the video of the lttle bollock-sucker getting evicted from [...]
Well, C4′s Big Brother series has started again, with a selection of Endemol hand-picked “characters” to represent a cross section of the UK’s up-and-coming lads and lasses … presumably some attempt by the program makers to “appeal” to a new audience, as the viewing figures continue to decline. One of the contestants (HouseMates as they’re [...]
Deep in an underground bunker, mad scientist geeks are working night and afternoon (real geeks are like vampires, alergic to sunlight) on the next google launch … ANDROIDS This week the big-G registered and drop-caught a number of new domains now sitting on the G’s nameservers including… androidhandset.com androidhandsets.com androidmobile.com androidphone.com androidphones.com androidplatform.com androidsdk.com androidsoftware.com [...]
Well, it’s almost the end of the year, so in every industry it’ll be Lists and Resolutions for a while now… The constant dross is on the goggle-box, designed either to make you conform, or simply to confirm that 99% of viewers are brain-dead like… 100 most unappaling songs ever 100 mind-numbing sports personalities 100 [...]
Newcomer to the web2.0 scene, and quite obviously looking to cash-in on the social discussion (group-blogging) concepts is myLot. With a slightly different take on the “value of a user”, and knowing they need to play a very serious game of catchup, myLot are prepared to pay you a SMALL amount of their revenue (derived [...]
Carbon Dioxide emissions are thought to be a contributor to the (as yet unproven) Green House Effect and something many people are worried about.Despite scientists spending half of the last 30 years trying to convince us of a 2nd Ice-Age on its way, they’re now claiming the exact opposite. We have no idea which of [...]
First in a (hopefully) recurring series of modern remakes of famous funnies
There are several men sitting around in the changing room of a private health club after exercising. Suddenly a mobile on one of the benches rings. One of the men picks it up, and the following conversation ensues: Bookmark this rant:
Do something amazing – give the blood of a spammer …
Heavyweight showdown starts between google-earth and amazon-a9-world … gloves are off and no punches will be pulled.
Longhorn gets renamed to Windows:Vista
Online fraud and how to prevent being taken in by the scam-artists
was asked today if I still had the humorous email about chilli…
