Monthly Archives: April 2008

It’s nice to see that mainstream journalists are waking to the evil that is Wal-Mart. Well worth a read. I, for one, refuse to shop there. Won’t even set foot in the stores. It’s cynical of me, more than anything, … Continue reading →

No idea if this is the real deal or not, but Mr. Kukwa has just found my new background for me. It’s supposedly from the upcoming reboot of the Star Trek franchise due in 2009. Very sexy. I’ve been a … Continue reading →

According to the United Nations a ‘silent tsunami’ of hunger is coming. Well, actually it is already here, we’ve been building up to it for a long time, and it won’t be silent. I’ve been predicting this for ten years … Continue reading →

“It’s like we were in ‘Nam together,” Baker said to me after it was done, our faces set in stunned silence. “We can’t ever explain it to other people, but we’ll know.” That from Wired’s Chris Kohler, reviewing Uwe Boll’s … Continue reading →

I just got Rickrolled by a reader. Silly me clicks the link without looking… Guess I’ve hit the big time! And just so you all know, I’m never going to tell a lie and hurt you (but I have been … Continue reading →

Umm, you know I don’t like to do these things, but this is for Cally and you know I have to do this. As I’m sure most of you know, I served in Air Maintenance Crew One with Cally for … Continue reading →

My vacuum cleaner was mad at me.  I hadn’t let Fred at the new shop until yesterday and it was so dirty that he was angrily zipping from place to place, doing spirals with the dirt light on.  The upstairs … Continue reading →

All these years using Windows XP and I never had really thought about it. Is there a way to lock an XP workstation without waiting for the screensaver or clicking on Start -> Log Off? You can buy hot key … Continue reading →

How does Battlestar Galactica end? My spies have managed to sneak me a draft of the script for the final episode to me. Even though I risk getting my ass sued off for this, I just can’t resist. Here is … Continue reading →

One of the things that I’ve noticed lately is how stupid and/or lazy a lot of web programmers are. So I’m busy buying some stuff online and I get to the checkout and have to put in a shipping address. … Continue reading →