All entries for November 2006

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Writing about web page http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6196654.stm

No, God! Please! Noooooooooo!!!

: 30 Nov 2006 19:16 |  Tags: Aaarrrggghhh Big Brother Dammit |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Watchdog Sudoku

This is a screenshot from the Watchdog on the 28th. It was during a segment about a company offering dirt-cheap mobile phones on contracts where various puzzles and games were used in various contexts – such as a word search for the victims’ names – with this particular one being used to display amounts of money. However, if you know anything about sudoku puzzles, you’ll see they haven’t quite grasped the concept:

: 30 Nov 2006 14:00 |  Tags: Mistake Randomness Sudoku TV Watchdog |  Comments (4) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

That's some impressive CG…

I saw this ages ago; I can’t remember where…

: 30 Nov 2006 13:00 |  Tags: Cg Computer Graphics Impressive Randomness Video Water |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Yes, well…

I’ve always suspected the furniture had a mind of its own…

: 29 Nov 2006 13:00 |  Tags: Chair Randomness Robot Video |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

"Tom Cruise goes Apeshit on Oprah

They mentioned this on Have I Got News For You on Friday which reminded me that I hadn’t actually seen it, only heard about it from loads of places…

And also an amusing parody:

: 28 Nov 2006 13:00 |  Tags: Funny Oprah Randomness Tom Cruise Video |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

I can't even juggle 3 normally…

Juggling in a cone… now I’ve seen everything; at least, I’m closer than I was – I still haven’t seen a man eat his own head…

: 27 Nov 2006 13:00 |  Tags: Cone Impressive Juggling Randomness Video |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Why do bad things happen to good people?

I recently realised that that question is as valid as asking why good things happen to bad people, but that second one rarely gets asked…

The answer is that bad things happen to everyone, good people just tend to get more Press than bad people – except in the cases where bad people do bad things…

: 26 Nov 2006 20:51 |  Tags: Philosophy Seriousness |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

If you ever find yourself with a gun pointing at you…

Although I doubt I’d be able to do it fast enough to be effective…

: 26 Nov 2006 13:00 |  Tags: Randomness Self Defense Video |  Comments (8) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Fire Cleanses Everything

I don’t envy the guy that lit it…

: 25 Nov 2006 13:00 |  Tags: Fire Randomness Stupidity Video |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

One Heck of a Wireless Router…

I want one of these. I don’t know where I’d put it, though; I’m in a valley. I just like gadgets…

: 24 Nov 2006 13:00 |  Tags: Intel Randomness Video Wimax |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem