November 2011
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July 2010
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June 2010
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Word bus #2
Heard this twice in the same day a few weeks ago, but it’s such an odd word I didn’t forget it.
Today’s word is: ABLUTION
The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite; The water used in cleansing; The rinsing of the priest’s hand following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and...
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Words are like buses
Do you ever hear a word twice in a short space of time that you generally never hear being said?
Today’s word is: INFLECTION
In grammar, inflection or inflexion is the modification of a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender and case. Conjugation is the inflection of verbs; declension is the inflection of nouns,...
April 2010
5 posts
EXTRA! EXTRA! Icelandic Volcanic Ash Cloud is...
I am wanting a news headline to be “Huge Frickin’ Volcanic Ash Cloud is Cool - the Earth is still alive” with a sub heading of “Some minor disruptions at airports caused by this NATURAL event”. For fu*ks sake, no one has died, stop acting like vultures, and waiting for someone to.
“My big problem is that as much fun as it is, it’s still just another geeky...”
– Keeyup commented on the post on Edge Online for “Gears of War 3 Officially Announced”
March 2010
2 posts
SQL GROUP BY →
A valuable resource for correctly using the GROUP BY syntax of SQL. Rather than trying to combine multiple columns in one select, use an inner join to “sub”-select data, and join it back in. I found this invaluable.
January 2010
2 posts
“When something exceeds your ability to understand how it works, it soon becomes...”
– - guy from the iPad launch video http://www.apple.com/ipad/#video
Quite possibly the most pretentious, cheesy and downright insulting sentence of the decade.
One of my favourite Simpson's quotes
Marge: Do you notice something different about Bart? Homer: New glasses? Marge: No, he seems sad. Homer: Probably misses his old glasses. Marge: I’d ask him what’s wrong, but I’m afraid I might smother him. Homer: Yeah, then we’d get the chair. Marge: Homer, that’s not what I meant. Homer: It was, Marge, admit it.
(Because it’s the 20th Birthday of The...
October 2009
1 post
Grinds my gears #2
Well, not so much grinds my gears, but it annoys me when people don’t stick to simple computing spelling for terms.
Par Examplé:
It’s DIALOG for a pop up that requires a response;
It’s DIALOGUE for conversation between two people.
It’s PROGRAM for describing a computer application;
It’s PROGRAMME for a TV show (or a musical concert etc.)
September 2009
3 posts
RadgerBadger's interpretation of an email
100 Millions Dolla in your accounts likes if you send me 20 sausand pounds ONLY into the Nigerian bank of Nigeria in Nigeria. Once the funds has been changed into weapons we will put the money into the ATM center in the house. You are warned that if you to speak to the polizst then your funds will get transferred to the Sierra Leone bank of Mexico and we will charge you 200 Millions Dolla to get...
August 2009
3 posts
Shadow Complex vs. Metroid →
I’m a little bit sad that it’s taken a Nintendo editor to write this article, and the game not be developed in any way for a Nintendo console. Seems like the Nintendo editors are so fed up with the crap they have to review on the Wii, they’re turning to reviewing games on other consoles.
Grinds my gears #1
Do you know what really grinds my gears? It must have been twice this morning on the widest pavement in Swansea - Princess Way where people are so ignorant they cross the line of the path you are walking without any real awareness of what they’re doing, so much that you have to move out of the way. I understand on a normal sized pavement there’s generally only enough room for 2 or 3...
Pixar Short - Partly Cloudy →
June 2009
6 posts
My Milk Toof →
One day a Milk Toof knocked on my door and said “Hello”. [via Bash]
May 2009
16 posts
Texts From Last Night →
Very funny anecdotes [via RadgerBadger]
RT vs via →
It recently transpired on a twitscussion (http://twitter.com/shepherdnick/status/1870638832) about the difference between RT (Retweet) or using (via @). This blog…
“Edmund: For God’s sake, George, how long have you been in the army?
...”
– Blackadder Goes Fourth
Brilliant writing, one of the best British comedies ever commissioned.
Watch[via Igneus]
Jon
Jonathan:
I told the lead programmer he can't compile in 32 bit because he touches himself at night.
Jonathan:
he was lost for words but everyone in the office seemed to like it.
WatchI think they’re making these Transformers films to try and justify me buying an HD cinema in my home. I think they’re doing it the right way.
April 2009
10 posts
“I got a thing for Milano, Biscotti Italianos
And I never turn down some Oreos...”
– Gym Class Hero’s - Cookie Jar lyrics
I love these lyrics because they link cookies to countries with the metaphor of the girls he’s singing about. Just awesome lyrics.
Augusta Ada, Countess Of Lovelace →
I know I am oh so late in making this post, but who can blame me for making it on exactly a month to the day after I was supposed to?
So to give myself some sort of introduction to this…
WatchClose Range
WatchFez - Super Paper Mario Killer [via MikeH]