Up at 0600, so I can get to work for 0645, to make a customer-impacting network change at 0700 hours. A change which, annoyingly, didn’t actually work. For reasons which escape me at this time, but which I will be spending the rest of the day digging into. On…
Here’s an article from Stuff about a loser who beat up a police officer. From the article are as follows: “Like a character from Grand Theft Auto, the game he played compulsively, Tim Reid went on a rampage, stole a police car, and left a policeman unconscious and bleeding…
From an article in The Sun.. “[Theme park Alton Towers] has banned adults from using pocket computers – so they spend more time having fun with their kids. Any parent seen tapping on a PDA will have it confiscated by special wardens at Alton Towers.” I tried to get my head…
Did the signwriter not SAY something to the nice man from the Old Folks Association?…
From an article in the NZ Herald: “New Zealand broadband users are right up with the most internet-addicted nations in the world, spending on average 22 hours per week online, according to a new survey.” 22 hours/week? That’s, like, 3hrs/day. Amateurs. I mock their lack of commitment.…
It’s taken me hours to tear down my old computer area (I am graciously allowed a whole corner of the bedroom we keep desks and computers and whatnot in – the rest is taken up with the crafting of cute paperwork by the good folks at Nut and Bee) and…
Those of you who think you know my beloved Annette as being only interested in small fluffy (and/or fuzzy) animals and various other mega-cutesy kawai-i-i things should know that right now she’s in the lounge playing Grand Theft Auto IV. I believe she was just gunned down by…
Slashdot just posted an article about how NASA are considering using an australian-developed piece of technology to look for signs of life on Mars. This tech is called the “Alphachron”. The Alphachron can not a real thing, dammit. Something called an Alphachron is ..is…well it’s what the decepticons…