Archive for October, 2007

Post pants to Burmese generals - they HATE it : )

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Great article in yesterday’s copy of The Independent about a slightly novel way to say down with the system - in this case, the Burma military regime. Post them some knickers - they REALLY won’t like it : )
According to the Lanna Action for Burma group - based in Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand […]

I could draw a better pic than that even if I was off my head on absinthe

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

I found some slightly ridiculous pop-science article on the BBC News website the other day about the possibility of the human species splitting in two in the future - creating a intelligent species who are tall and beautiful, and a human sub-species who are basically squat dumb-asses. What-ever. It’s a load of pap […]

Checking the validity of potential hoax emails

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

The next time you receive an email warning you about a new computer virus, or a scam of some sort, check its validity by visiting this website:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
I received two fwds today from a well-meaning friend, but 5 mins of Googling later and I had found out that one scam had been shut down in 2005, […]

Noise

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

I’ve just found on my Reuters RSS feed a really interesting news article about a new Tim Robbins film called ‘Noise’ which I would really like to see when it’s released.
The film mirrors the real life experiences of the film’s director, Henry Bean, who went to prison and paid thousands of dollars in […]

Potty mouth!

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/16/america/NA-ODD-US-Toilet-Obscenities.php
A Pennsylvania woman gets booked by a policeman for swearing at her own toilet. If I ever wanted to get myself a police record, I’d want to get booked for this too, as it’s so ridiculous : )