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30/05/2008 Career shift?Using the xkcd.com geohashing application and selecting my most local graticule (Birmingham East), my birthday brings me out in the town of Silverstone, home of the F1 racetrack. Fate? 10/05/2008 Sucker for marketing!Well, despite my previous remarks about the poor language used by Asus on their EeePC home page, they obviously had some effect on me, as I bought one for Faye for her birthday. Not only that, but having set the EeePC 900 up and watched Faye break it in, I was so impressed that I went straight out and bought one for myself  They are awesome; perfect for just leaving by the sofa / bed for those moments you want to send emails, check product web pages, add blog entries (yup - this one included), or just sling it in your daddy-bag (Josh - you know what I mean  ) for impromptu browsing on the move.While I wouldn't type a novel on the compact keyboard (which I am getting used to), it is perfectly usable. Yes - I'd reccomend it to anyone looking for a truly portable laptop. Well done Asus. Oh, and its less than 1kg, so even women can carry it. 28/04/2008 Un-PC-PC?This passage is quoted directly from the global product page of the Asus Eee PC 900 (a slightly larger version of the previous Eee PC mini-laptop recently released), as it appears as I write this entry:
How nice of the Eee PC team to consider women, who, beautiful and frail, are evidently not capable of easily lifting heavy weights, like laptops that weigh more than 1kg, unlike man, strong and robust, who can lift such weights with ease.
Ahhhh - bless those women, eh, Asus?
Can I advise that in future you are more careful to appeal your target demographics, rather than insult them? 04/09/2007 King Size Creme Egg PetitionI need everyone to sign up to the King Size Creme Egg Petition! We need your votes!  24/08/2007 Recursive LegoAt 4 weeks old, is Isaac too young for me to justify playing with Lego myself? I totally want to build one of these! Bet you wish you hadn't sold all your mind-storm kit for a new dining room, eh, Millinship?
04/07/2007 Won't somebody please think of the children II!Aaaargh! Hot on the heals of the last school health scare comes this one about the perils of white board projectors in the classroom causing retinal damage. I was only joking about the hazards of "Light" in schools! For goodness sake! Nobody complained about OHPs when I was a kid. Nor the perils of Chalk Inhalation from chalk boards (my favourite bit from that page: "INHALATION: Remove to fresh air. If not breathing, give artificial respiration."). Geez. At this rate the kids of the UK are going to find themselves scared of the most trivial things! Oh, hang on! 22/05/2007 Won't somebody please think of the children!With all this talk of WiFi being dangerous and UK schools removing WiFi networks because of the terrible health implications, I can't help but wonder how these experts in health and safety have missed an obvious and terribly dangerous hazard in schools all across the world.
Light.
Yes, that's right, I mean, Light is also a form of electromagnetic radiation, so surely we should be trying to stamp it out? During a brief survey I conducted, I found sources of Light in nearly 100% of British and American schools including Light being emitted from technologies such as "bulbs" and "windows". Upon questioning students and teachers exposed to Light in schools, I found that they had experienced side effects ranging from "being able to see" through to "not bumping into things". Removing the Light immediately stopped these side effects.
I propose we lobby governments around the world to stop our children from being exposed to this latest electromagnetic threat while we conduct investigations into its long term effects.
Join me, and Say "No" To Light! 03/05/2007 Repetitive Wii Injury - Hit count update!A quick hit count update for the phrase I coined; "Repetitive Wii Injury" - there are now 7 google hits for this phrase (unfortunately - I'm at the bottom  ).19/03/2007 Hanging up my Wii-bootsIt was Mother's Day yesterday so I went over to Mum's for Sunday lunch. Mum has a Wii (actually, it was through mum that I got my Wii - they had one left over from a pre-order block) so after lunch we played bowling from Wii-Sports. My Dad's Mum (my Nan) was over for lunch too - she's 84 - and she joined in as the 4th player. She absolutely, categorically, kicked our asses - she scored nearly 180 points, including getting a turkey!
Her technique was non-conventional - picture the way young kids bowl by swinging the ball with both hands between their legs - but no less effective.
Having taught us a lesson in Wii-bowling, she then ducked out with a 100% unbeaten record.
My Nan - Wii-hustler. 24/11/2006 Brilliant.12/09/2006 Goodbye MontyAnd so we say goodbye to Monty, trusted friend and companion to Faye on her many journeys of life. I hope he is happy with his new owner. 18/05/2006 Go-Go-Stuper-Heroes!Beware: This is what boredom at work can do to you...
Andrew says: Top 20 worst superheroes: 20-11: http://www.the7thlevel.com/archives/000015.php 10-1: http://www.the7thlevel.com/archives/000013.php Andrew says: We should compile our own. Battlecow says: yes Battlecow says: we should Andrew says: OK. We've got moderately-stronger-than-the-average-girl-man and his sidekick: can-turn-into-a-cumquat-kid! Andrew says: I like slightly-disillusioned-with the state of the government girl Battlecow says: lol Andrew says: moderately-stronger-than-the-average-girl-man obviously can't turn over cars or anything, but does struggle less than the average female at opening jars of jam. Battlecow says: ahhh Andrew says: His tag-line: “There - I loosened it for you.” Battlecow says: he can also carry a Hoover upstairs without a break half way Andrew says: Indeed. As for can-turn-into-a-cumquat-kid, his story is quite tragic. He actually can't turn into a cumquat, but goes through the motions anyway, curling up into a ball and making muffling sounds after declaring "form-of-a-cumquat"! Battlecow says: shazam! Battlecow says: see, the intergration of s.e.n kids into mainstream schooling was a bad idea Battlecow says: “myah cumquat” Andrew says: slightly-disillusioned-with-the-state-of-the-government-girl has obvious, moaning, whiney powers, but can team up with uncomfortable-borderline-racist-joke-boy to form... Andrew says: …UKIP Battlecow says: lmao Battlecow says: LMAO!!!!!
15/05/2006 When MSN Quick Draw goes bad.Derrick and I play MSN quick draw. This is a game where, upon logging in, you have to try and send "Bang" to the other party before they send it to you. If nothing else it forces us to open a dialog and keep up to date with each other.
The ordering of the messages MSN sends is not guaranteed, as we found out here:
Andrew says: Bang! Battlecow says: bang Andrew says: I win I win nah nah! Battlecow says: you suck Battlecow says: i won Andrew says: Except that I did. Battlecow says: no you didnt Andrew sends: “iwin.jpg” <<screenshot showing Andrew won>> Andrew says: But I did. Battlecow says: my conversation woindow clearly shows i won Battlecow says: how? Andrew says: I'm sending you a screenshot showing I did. Andrew says: ... very slowly it seems. Transfer of "iwin.jpg" is complete. Andrew says: Haha! There you go! I clearly won! Battlecow sends: “picture1.jpg” <<screenshot showing Battlecow won>> Battlecow says: no eat that << Andrew cancels image transfer >> Andrew says: Ah - transfer failed. Gutted Andrew says: Looks like I own then Andrew says: won even Battlecow sends: “picture1.jpg” <<screenshot showing Battlecow won>> Battlecow says: try again looser << Andrew cancels image transfer >> Andrew says: Ah - still failed. Sorry. I still won Battlecow says: my rtf even says i won Andrew says: RTF? Battlecow says: rich text file Battlecow says: and you keep cancelling it Battlecow says: clearly because i won Andrew says: Hahahahah <<devil emoticon>> Except I won.
Attached to this post is the screenshot showing clearly that I won. Nah nah. The end. |
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