I’d been having this strange problem with my Virgin Media (Telewest as was) broadband.
Basically, after about 5 minutes of trying to download files, the cable modem would ‘hang’ where the data light would stop flashing. The only way to get back to normal service was to unplug and reboot my cable modem.
I suffered this fault [...]
garfield minus garfield
Surreal, and poignant.
Tagged by Brenda, so…
I shall start at 1 and see how far I get - so in no particular order:
1. Convert my Flickr Screensaver to WPF.
I thought I’d start off with this as this is a mostly code related blog. I’ve written some small prototypes and it looks like it could be quite good. [...]
A new update:
With Kofi Annan and his team working with the two leaders , there is optimism in the air. Yesterday Kofi Annan met with the opposition leader and team . Today Thursday he will meet with the government . The opposition have cancelled nation wide demonstrations for today, because Kofi Annan’s [...]
I’ve got a friend, Paul Waugh, who works in IT for MAF in Kenya. He’s been sending out email updates, and I’ve decided to repost them here (partially prompted by this post).
Dear all,
The opposition have announced that there will be no more street protests after Friday (yesterday). They say “These last three [...]
Exclusive: Mozilla Secretly Launches A Viral Campaign For Firefox
Techcrunch is reporting on an interesting video released by Mozilla about Firefox. Apparently Firefox users are 139% more likely to be rock climbers.
Well I’m a rock climber and I use Firefox. Mmm, must be true as its on the internet!
View the video direct on YouTube.
Also, in a [...]
alli: Miracle diet pill with teeny-tiny side effect « Angry 365 Days a Year
Oh… my… god… this is SO funny! I’ve read a few “marketing speak => normal speak” blog posts in my time, but this one tops them all.
If you’re interested in these ‘treatment effects’ here’s the original web site for you to read.
[Possible Spoilers!]
While Les[1] is taking a wee break I thought I’d step in and write a review of possibly one of the best, and certainly scariest episodes of Doctor Who I’ve seen so far.
Blink starts off really well - nice girl wanders[2] into deserted mansion to take photos (something I can relate too, but now [...]
Dance Dance Revolution - Childhood Obesity - New York Times
To quote:
In a study last year, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., found that children playing Dance Dance Revolution expended significantly more energy than children watching television and playing traditional video games.
As I like to say, No Sh*t Sherlock!
[tags]painfully obvious, obesity[/tags]
Quite excited about this for some reason. I hope it lives up to the hype.
More information on the Harper Collins web site, or Wikipedia.
If you’ve ever wanted to be a comic strip writer, now is your chance.
Go and download one of the sample templates over at the “What the Duck” comic.
Info for Guest Writers.
If you’re not familiar with the comic its a humourous take on the photography ‘industry’ fromt he point of view of a duck. [More comics].
Seems strange, but there’s this little video blog I’ve been watching, faithfully for quite a while now (3 months+?). Its strange, as I’m not a big one on video blogs - I don’t mind the odd podcast, but usually just prefer music in the background.
But Ze is different, or should I say WAS different. He [...]
My god I knew I was bad but….
NerdTests.com Fun Tests - Nerd Quiz
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BBC reporting at its finest. Usually its their arithmetic that ‘Doesn’t Add Up‘, but now there spelling goes to pot.
BBC NEWS | England | Tyne | Cannabis grandmother found guilty
Judge Barbara Forssters adhjourn hearinf for presentence report - sentencing for four or six weeks…
Update: This sentence has now been deleted from the BBC [...]
OK, so Microsoft have actually released a set of ‘laptop bags’. But I think they look like handbags.
Not that this is a bad thing, they might be less likely to be nicked if they look less like laptop bags.
[via Shiny Shiny]