April 2009
67 posts
“Don King just entered my office!”
– me on twitter
Perspective
Worldwide, flu kill about 500,000 people a year, 36,000 of whom live in the UK. Most of these people die from complications such as pneumonia. We’re currently living through an AIDS pandemic which has infected over 32 million people and has so far killed over 2 million.
Get some perspective people …
(Via Chris Snazell)
Succinctly put Mr S.
Office 2010 preview →
stevenf:
I’ve been a recreational and professional computer user for, what, 25 years, and I can’t make heads or tails of the user interface on this Office 2010 preview that Gruber linked to.
I know that Microsoft replaced the traditional toolbar with something called a “ribbon” and I’ve never understood what it’s supposed to be. It seems to be a categorized toolbar where you can arbitrarily...
nosmo:
Presenter: I’m afraid I’ll have to interrupt you there because the mayor of Mexico City has just revised the local death toll up to 150. This is one of the world’s largest and most overcrowded cities. Dr Hunt, should we imagine scenes of medieval Black Death-type horror? Dr Hunt: Certainly not. Those deaths are tragic but there are 28 million people in Mexico City, so 150 fatalities after...
moot wins, Time loses →
inky:
More analysis of how /b/ rigged the Time poll, including an ingenious workaround for the reCAPTCHA system.
One side effect, that was not lost on Anonymous, was the notion that for years to come there would be a number of digital books with the word ‘penis’ randomly inserted throughout the text.
In case you missed it, the top 21 ‘most influential people’ still spell out ‘mARBLECAKE...
“A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want”
– Mac vs. PC: What You Don’t Get for $699 - BusinessWeek
Bacon or Cupcakes?
seriously!
On moooving Times Square tourists
Paul: You need a cow catcher.
Marc: Aren't they more appropriately called a cow plow?
Paul: Depends on how fast you're moving.
Marc: ... hahahahah!
285. PEOPLE THAT HOLD THE DOOR FOR YOU WHEN...
whatson:
(via dearworldwtf)
hehe I’m guilty of this, but mostly on purpose, its quite funny to beckon people on and watch them break into a little run :D
Why Street Fighter: The Movie is a cinematic... →
“The agency is using a special machine called the Rodenator Pro to detonate some...”
– Spokane to detonate squirrels tearing up parks (via Daringfireball)
marco:
Search: over.
hurrah?
Make Cold-Brewed Iced Coffee →
Looking for macosx screen capture (movie)...
Does anyone have any experience with any or a recommendation?
Amazon Selling Xbox 360 Digital Games →
finally we can get away from buying those bloody ms points.