Archive for May, 2007
(Yet) another reason not to live in the USA
29 May 2007The following is stolen, I mean borrowed from the wonderful Ars Technica…
When the State of Illinois was tardy in paying its legal bills after attempting to defend a law that regulated the sale of violent and sexually explicit video games, the Entertainment Software Association wondered about the reasons for the delay. Now they know: the […]
The Landing Strip
25 May 2007Just read about this concept which I knew about but had never heard formalised before, Unclutterer Blog defines the landing strip as:
Although it’s one of the cornerstones of an organized home, I’m amazed how many folks haven’t heard of the landing strip. The concept it very simple. Organization comes from things having a place […]
My Dilema
24 May 2007There is cake and boobs over there!!! And dinosaurs and fighter jets!!!!!
A fair(y) use tale
22 May 2007I found this youtube video linked from Slashdot, appartently Disney have a fairly terrible reputation for draconian crack downs on any online material that they deem to infringe upon their copyright (even when the material would be allowed under the doctrine of fair use). This guy has cut up 10 or so Disney movies to […]
Thesis Update
21 May 2007Pages: 196 (170 Numbered)
References: 295
Animator versus Animation
17 May 2007I just found this thing, which is piss funny… the stick figure guy has been around for a while so if you like this there is other stuff of his out there (also piss funny). They seem to be hosted on atomfilms but they required a version of flash that I didn’t have so I […]
Thesis update
11 May 2007I’m looking for ways to put off writing for a few minutes I therefore give you
Pages: 177 (154 Numbered)
References: 286
And the saddest part of all? Each page is titled:
“Draft of 6:50 pm, Friday, May 11, 2007″
7pm on a friday? I’m sure there are better things to be doing with my life than working late […]
Thesis Update
7 May 2007Pages: 166 (144 Numbered)
References: 277
XKCD
3 May 2007One of my (new) favourite web comics [warning: seriously geeky!!] are taking the the piss out of an attempted viral marketing campaign being run by ask.com. This is basically just to link to them using the text “THE ALGORITHM IS BANNED IN CHINA“.