I was browsing a forum where someone posted a link to the saddest collection of internet wank it has even been my misfortune to discover.

It is devoted to mocking the imbeciles of the world who write into sites like Have your Say or HYS for short ( Read more... )

Funny story of the week... someone in Woolworth's marketing team had an idea that Lolita is a good name for a 6 year old's bed... oh the hilarity.  I'm "amused" by some of the comments on the various reports of this news item.  The outrage is perhaps understandable, the laughing at Woollies is expected.  The "get a life" comments crack me up.  I ( Read more... )

I'm running on 2 hours sleep and 7 litres of coffee today.  This should be the other way around.

I was sodding about on WoW - helping out the Elph-meister gain a level and completely failing to notice the time pass.  It was about 1 o'clock and I thought best I get myself to bed.  It was then that it was pointed out the new guild web site was ( Read more... )

Found via thenulldevice:
Undercover restorers fix Paris landmark's clock"For a year from September 2005, under the nose of the Panthéon's unsuspecting security officials, a group of intrepid "illegal restorers" set up a secret workshop and lounge in a cavity under the building's famous dome. Under the supervision of group member Jean-Baptiste Viot, a ( Read more... )

No - I haven't gone for the pox test... get your mind out of the gutter ( Read more... )

I am man. I fixed the cat flap today... again...

The first fix was a bit "Heath Robinson" and relied heavily on sticky tape. I realised the short nature of this fix... especially as the tape stopped the flap from closing properly! So I ordered a new one... next day delivery which really did arrive "the next day" and I have installed it ( Read more... )

I ache... therefore I am ( Read more... )

I got home tonight to find a message from le minx of just this link ( Read more... )

I've just been sent a link to a BBC news article.

I hope that the beeb have been conned and this is some elaborate joke, but deep down I know it's true and there are people out there stupid enough to exact revenge for a man's death by killing.  That the man in question was a conservationist makes their actions appear more stupid if that is at all ( Read more... )

From thenulldevice http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4758636.stm - one of the few news articles about the internet on a mainstream site (the BBC in this case) that seems to know what it's talking about.  Well worth a read.

From idigital A heart warming story about ( Read more... )