Thoughts for the pub or the bus stop
I spend a lot of time bored; standing at the bus stop, waiting for erm… olives at a delicatessen. Anyway, I tend to start pondering things in the world which people might never think about/want to think about/think it’s too boring to think about.
Today I am in a pensive mood, a good mood, but pensive. [...]
Get your terms right
Sorry for all the ranting which I do on my blog. I think as I approach 30. I turn from “man” to “grumpy old man” which I seem to be embracing well, roll on 30!
Anyway, today’s topic is about using the wrong term for something. E.g. saying Java instead of JavaScript. These are different terms. [...]
Check your business ideas with people
Sometimes I get the feeling I am the only one who realises a failed company before it’s set up. In fact, I’m sure everyone else does before the company realises itself.
Take for example the Gizmondo, the handheld gaming device. It had no chance. It was competing against Nintendo’s stronghold in the handheld gaming market, also [...]
The N word
So today I was looking at a swear word list for a site I am building at work, I found quite a useful site here:
http://www.badscience.net/?p=228
There is a useful section on how bad people see the swear word. I was not shocked by most, but the racial terms I was surprised actually came underneath the obvious [...]
Kia Ora
Too orangey for crows? I just found out what Kia Ora means, through Flickr!
It means hello in Mäori! Next fact tomorrow, if I can find one.
My name in vain
Today I decided to check where my rankings were on a few search engines. I tried google, and, as usual, I have been knocked off the top by the author (where was he when I first started out on the internet?). I then decided to go to live.com, I clicked on the feeds button, I [...]
This microphone is Microsoft’s
Ok, try this, if you’re a techy anyway. Try and type microphone without thinking about it. Every time I type that I start with Micros, then have to delete the s and then type phone. Not good!
Hip hop I like
Ok, I’m sure there are plenty of sites, blogs, and people in general slating hip hop. I like hip hop, I have done since I was quite young (admittedly I considered good hip hop being MC Hammer at that time, so I can’t lay claim to being a connoisseur).
However, over the last 10 years it [...]
Seats upright and shutters up please
I always try and learn something new. And today, I found out exactly why you can’t use your electronic equipment during aircraft take off and landing, and also why you have to have seats in upright and shutters open.
On reading comments here I read:
You can use a whole host of electronic equipment on an aircraft [...]