Category Archives: General

Kenya Update

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Sam

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 … Continue reading →

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Firefox users more likely to rock climb!

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Sam

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 … Continue reading →

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alli: Miracle diet pill with teeny-tiny side effect

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Sam

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 … Continue reading →

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Don’t Blink!

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Sam

[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 … Continue reading →

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Dance Dance Revolution used in schools – New York Times

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Sam

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 … Continue reading →

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Tolkien – Children of Hurin

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Sam

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.

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Who the Duck?

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Sam

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 … Continue reading →

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My God! The end of an era!

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Sam

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 … Continue reading →

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Nerd Score?

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Sam

My god I knew I was bad but…. NerdTests.com Fun Tests – Nerd Quiz [tags]nerd, quiz[tags] powered by performancing firefox

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Best sentence on the BBC web site ever…

Posted on March 7, 2007 by Sam

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 – … Continue reading →

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