This WC’s on Fire
The last thing I’d expect to go wrong with a toilet would be for it to set alight. Mind you, they could sell it to managers since they said, “The fire would have been just under your buttocks” – my manager’s always threatening to do exactly that!
Foie Gras Donuts
Hmm, Foie Gras Donuts. Not sure what the point is – I think I know equal amounts of people who’d both love and loathe them. I’m on the side of loathing.
Supermarket 2.0
This movie reminds me of the scene in Repoman where they go into the supermarket and the shelves are full of things labeled Beer, Food and Dog Food, because in a web 2.0 supermarket those pesky Folksonomists would tag everything the same way!
XBox 360 Keyboard Announced
Following on from the recent announcement of the Messenger service to the XBox 360, news and pictures of the all important 360 keyboard have surfaced. Wonder if this means full web browsing will also be imminent to turn this into a full, proper media centre. It does seem that where Sony keep dropping the ball on their consoles (PSP and PS3), Microsoft keep picking up the ball and running with it.
Faggot Lovers
I might just pop along to the Faggot Awareness Roadshow just to check that it’s not a big joke – I’ll let you make your own jokes but I’ll make one comment – surely it’s bad enough without picking the ‘Doodys’ as your faggot family! Those kids will, one day, turn up in the papers again having taken revenge on their parents in a postal style rampage.
Compubeaver
We’ve not had any case mods for a while and I don’t think we’ve ever had a stuffed animal either so the Compubeaver seems like an appropriate computer to show you. I think it’s made by Kasey McMahon, one of the artists also responsible for the Spork dress (I’m a sucker for anything spork related).
Porsche dealer – “I got it wrong”
You’d have thought that someone opening a Porsche dealership would have a modicum of business sense but with his Buy One Get One Free offer, Californian Glen Fergusson demonstrated that it’s not only idiots who own the pen15 extensions but also people who sell them.
cheers Si
*Edit* Ok, so it’s a hoax.
Tokyo Police Club – Cheer It On
One of my favourite songs from this year is about to be properly released and the video for ‘Cheer it on’ by Tokyo Police Club is excellent.
Over-optimistic Google Maps
I know travelling from New York to Paris is a long journey but surely Google Maps aren’t helping with step 23 here (‘Swim across the Atlantic Ocean 3,462 miles’)!
Google Censored Maps
Shush! Don’t tell the terrorists how to use a map or they might find some readily publically available information on Google Maps (to be fair this isn’t just a Google thing, MS’s maps do the same in many instances.
Buddy Rich – Gene Krupa Drum Battle
Sammy Davis Jr can only look on in admiration during this Gene Krupa/Buddy Rich Drum battle – just check out Buddy’s drum roll!
BASE Jumping in Leeds
Just been sent this link to a video of a guy BASE jumping off a skyscraper in Leeds that’s still being built. You, my friend, have some hefty cajones but at least the ugly new Leeds skyline has had some decent use.
My friend, Bad Altitude has pointed out that it’s not anywhere near as risky and the tandem bungee BASE jumpers and he’s got a point.
Midlake Remixes
On a hot balmy day like today is here, I can thoroughly recommend these Midlake Remixes for a blissfully chilled few minutes. Their last album The Trials of Van Occupanther was one of the unexpected highlights of last year for me (even if mrs grom reckons it sounds very MOR-ish – REO Speedwagon I think she compared it to, rather unfairly in my opinion).
Kilgore Trout has left the building
I’m sad to report that Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday. I only finished re-reading some of his short stories the other week and I can still highly recommend anyone wanting a damn fine read to pick up any of his books (but especially Slaughterhouse 5 or Timequake).
As it says on the tombstone of his character/alter-ego, Kilgore Trout, ‘Life is no way to treat an animal‘
EXIF Viewer
I’ve been doing a lot more digital photography since Xmas when mrs grom acquired a new camera so I’ve been chuffed to find this handy EXIF Viewer firefox plugin.
Thou shalt never….
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip tell it like it is
The BeltFlip Trick
For some reason I just cannot fathom, I can’t find anyone who will attempt the beltflip trick with me.
New Host Needed
After many years as a loyal customer with my current hosting company, they really p155ed me off this time. UK2.net have suddenly announced that they are withdrawing their email catch-all function unless users pay £5 ($10) a month – per domain – for this feature. There’s no way I can afford that so I’ll have to move hosts unless they change their minds. If anyone can recommend a host (preferably UK) that gives a full set of features (someday I might actually use the CGI, MYSQL and PHP stuff that I pay for!) including catch-all mail forwarding then I’d really appreciate it.
I’ve been using this feature since my first domain for security reasons – I give every company I deal with their own unique email address to contact me on so I can effectively filter and trace each email – this was how I recently discovered that credit agency Equifax had somehow given my details/address to spammers (and this from a company that sell Identity Theft/fraud preventions services!) so it’s a very useful service. That and the fact that after so many years of working this way, I have no idea how many active addresses are out there (nor should I need to know).
Indestructo Tank
Another quick lunchbreak game – Indestructo Tank.
Dubtoons
Back from having the Easter weekend off.
What better way to start the backlog of posts than with a coarse, vulgar redubbing of some TinTin cartoons. I particularly liked the Sneeze sound effect on this one. (NSFW language)
Bagel to Go
This is a rather genius idea I reckon. Use an old cd spindle container as a bagel lunchbox. Neat!
The Inbox Of Nardo Pace, The Empire’s Worst Engineer
You don’t have to be a Star Wars fan to appreciate the genius that is the Inbox Of Nardo Pace, The Empire’s Worst Engineer (although it obviously helps if you’ve at least seen the movies).
Espresso Pr0n
Ohh… yeahhh… baaaby… mmmm… that’s goooood… cofffffffeeeeeeeee!
Kim Jong II ate my rabbits for his birthday
In honour of reader Chris’ forthcoming trip to North Korea (not exactly your usual holiday destination!), I thought I’d share what has to be up there with ‘Freddie Starr Ate my Hamster‘, ladies and gentlemen, may I present for yoru delectation, ‘Kim Jong II ate my rabbits for his birthday.
Live Free or Die Hard Trailer
John McClane is back, and this time he’s older! Not much else has changed and there would be uproar if it had. From the looks of the New Die Hard Trailer it’s every bit as brash and dumb as the previous efforts – I can’t wait!
Reverse Bounce
Bounce, bounce, bugger. Bounce, bounce, bounce, balls. Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bollocks! That’s pretty much my experience with Reverse Bounce.
Who Flung Dung
What a puerile game! Dungfoo Donkey will amuse you for almost 30 seconds whilst you attempt to make your mule chuck chunks at people.
