Added by Paul 09 February 2010 07:34
Annoying optical illusion.
Added by Paul 08 February 2010 15:09
Gadzooks.
"The comedian Steve Coogan has confirmed that a decision is due sometime this month on whether a big-screen outing for his best-known creation, Alan Partridge, will be given the green light."
Added by Paul 07 February 2010 11:07
Jesus Christ - this is terrifying.
"The capybara, Hydrochoerus Hydrochaeris, is a semi-aquatic rodent of South America. It weighs about a hundred pounds"
There is something instinctively frightening about animals that are bigger than they should be. Insects more than mammals, but still...
Added by Paul 06 February 2010 19:05
Ooh, sorry. My mistake. It was religious nutters after all.
Added by Paul 04 February 2010 21:37
Or at least I think it is...
Added by Paul 04 February 2010 07:37
Always wanted to know how to add a new post but daredn't ask?
Added by Paul 04 February 2010 07:10
This looks like a great bit of software for creating quick videos (screencasts) of on-screen activity.
Insufficient for a professional presentation, but otherwise very good on first impressions.
Added by Paul 03 February 2010 12:44
Honestly. What has happened to the Daily Telegraph? It's little more than a bigger version of the Daily Mail these days. Gone are the days when you could earn my respect with a cryptic crossword I could mostly solve most days :-).
How about this for some cutting edge journalism?
Baby gorilla pictured 'relaxing' in human-like poseWow. Is that news? A gorilla sitting down a bit like a human would.
Added by Paul 31 January 2010 14:05
Oh dear oh dear. After 13 years in power who is to blame for the inequality in our society?
Well, according to Richard Wilkonson and Kate Picket writing for the Guardian it's Margaret Thatcher!
Astonishing!
As some wag commented - who wrote this? Ben Elton :-)
Added by Paul 31 January 2010 09:32
OK. It's from the Daily Mail. My enemy's enemy is my friend - very temporarily. And it looks like the source is Andrew Rawnsley. Either way
"Well-placed sources say the Prime Minister has been accused of hitting a senior adviser, pulling a secretary out of her chair and hurling foul-mouthed abuse at aides while distraught over an alleged snub by President Barack Obama."
Added by Paul 30 January 2010 13:01
Ah. I'd forgotten just how much I detest Tony Blair. He's a fucking liar, he knows he's a fucking liar, he knows that we know he's a fucking liar - and still he sits there bold as brass fucking lying through his teeth.
Added by Paul 30 January 2010 11:32
If it's OK for google it's OK for the rest of us I reckon. 'Modern browsers for modern applications'.
From March 2010, only the following browsers will be supported
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0+
Mozilla Firefox 3.0+
Google Chrome 4.0+
Safari 3.0+
About time.
Added by Paul 28 January 2010 16:17
As you're probably aware already, the Daily Mail is on a brave crusade to carefully separate every substance, lifestyle and object of every description into 2 discrete categories: those that cause cancer and those that cure it.
Here's a very good facebook page that focuses on the cause of cancer.
Added by Paul 28 January 2010 10:06
iPhone good. iPad (Apple's new 'tablet pc') bad - probably.
As usual the Reddit comments are very apt...
Just yesterday I was looking at my iPhone thinking "Hmmm, I wish this thing didn't fit in my pocket and couldn't make phone calls." Then I looked over to my netbook and couldn't help but feel it would benefit from losing the keyboard and being made of 50% glass.
Added by Paul 28 January 2010 08:22
Everybody thinks they are a better than average motorist, and of course they can't all be right.
Except of course they can. It just depends on the criteria that you use. I doubt a guy in his 60s will rate his driving on the speed at which he can take corners. And the 18 year old will not be rating himself on his ability to slowly and carefully navigate urban areas.
Added by Paul 28 January 2010 07:47
Well, not unless you don't want to start receiving spam anyway. It's rare that companies will betray your trust these days, but there you have it.
My email to them...
hi
i have, in the past, ordered vitamins from you. good service and good product.
however, in the last couple of days i have started receiving spam which can only have originated from you - or at least my email address was leaked by you.
how do i know this? i used the address
justvitamins@paulnixon.org
this has been used once and precisely once.
naturally i will not be using your services again and i really think you guys ought to be feeling pretty sheepish frankly.
p
Added by Paul 27 January 2010 06:51
I fucking hate the AA. If they just stuck to fixing cars by the side of the road I wouldn't mind.
But what's this crap?
"The money to fix all Britain's potholes could be raised within 100 days if increased profits from VAT on fuel were diverted to the problem"
Don't get me wrong - as a cyclist potholes cause me more grief than most. But surely this country has bigger concerns than potholes.
Aside from the fact that tax hypothecation is a big no-no, would the extra revenue not be better used paying off the national debt? Or helping the poor pay their fuel bills? Or improving health care? Or education?
Their president says
"If nearly 2p a litre from fuel tax was diverted into a pothole fund, for once UK drivers would be seeing their fuel tax disappearing into a black hole they can understand"
I'd pay some tax to see his holes filled.
Added by Paul 24 January 2010 12:22
Mozilla have (wrongly in my view) adjusted the way that new tabs are opened. Rather than opening the new tab on the end, it plonks it in the middle next to the tab that you're currently browsing.
Some might like this. I don't. Why Mozilla didn't leave the default as it has worked for the last 5 years I don't know.
What I also don't know is why there isn't an option in the, frankly sparsely populated, 'tabs' section of the options dialog. Instead you have to do this...
1. Navigate to about:config. Ignore the 'oh so cool' warning and click the button.
2. Type tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent in the filter
3. Double click the resulting row.
That's it, that's it.
Added by Paul 24 January 2010 08:32
For those too you to remember Windows 3.1, here it is presumably implemented in JavaScript. Brilliant- by why?
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