You might recall that a couple of weeks ago, I posted about how I was possibly going to be used in an advertising campaign. Well, today is the day the campaign is unveiled, and I will be part of it! So, I could be appearing in newspapers, bus stops, and on the backs of actual buses, promoting The University of East Anglia. Woo!
Actually, it’s backing up. Do you see? In fact, they’re all backing up, pretty much. Which means I can’t do very much. So I’m bored. If you’re bored too, why not have a look at some, all, or none of these April Fools from yesterday? http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass.xml http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html http://i28.tinypic.com/25s8zlv.jpg http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/moltencore/ http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article985644.ece http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/01/teacher_head_explosion_april_fool/ http://www.game.co.uk/CoolStuff/Miscellaneous/~r334349/GAMEware-Double-Bass-Controller/ http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/promotions/2008/spring/default.htm http://a.viary.com/blog/posts/dodo-web-based-time-machine http://buzz.blogger.com/2008/04/announcing-google-weblogs-beta.html http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/16095/Postals-Cat-Silencer-Enters-US-Armys-Arsenal/ http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/gday/index.html
Today is my last day before I become amazingly famous. OK, so I’ve been on TV and radio before, but this afternoon I have a photo shoot for a major advertising campaign. No, really. I probably can’t say what the adverts will be for yet, and there’s a chance that my pictures won’t actually be used in the campaign, but if everything goes well I may, quite literally, look like the back end of a bus.
I was in Asda yesterday, and was horrified to see the sort of things they’re selling now. I’m all for “world foods” and new flavours and stuff, but this is… a little too far.
Yes. That is correct. Let me use this strange opportunity to inform you that my site is scheduled to vanish from the internet at some point late Monday night or early Tuesday morning. Not forever though, so worry not! My provider is upgrading things or something. You’ll just have to do something else for those 15 minutes. Like have a wash – you bloody stink.
I walked past this shop today. I can’t imagine Disney being too pleased with the name and logo.
This may sound like a strange statement, especially since I don’t work nights or live underground. The thing is, although we’ve had a few reasonably bright days, I’ve not actually seen the sun since before Christmas. It’s been dark, or cloudy. Not today though! Hurrah for the sun!
This is a bit of an update to my post the other day about my new surround sound kit. I’m not an audiophile. I can tell the difference between the radio and a CD, but that’s about it. However, I can appreciate a decent surround sound experience. Thanks to my new sound equipment, my ears have now been opened. Here’s what I had, soundwise, this time last week: Nothing Well, I had the speakers in my TV. But that’s it. …
I just caught this while flicking channels. It’s some Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon which I’ve not seen before, and stars these two badly designed freaks alongside Sonic himself. Sonic who plays guitar. And the worst least scary baddie ever. And the channel it’s on – Pop, which I’ve never heard of – appears to have an annual budget of 17 pence. Amazing scenes.
Today, I went to Richer Sounds and spent far too much money on some audio kit. I got myself an Onkyo TX-SR605 AV receiver, a set of Tannoy FX5.1 speakers, and some more expensive than expected cables to connect everything up. I then spent SIX HOURS connecting everything up. SIX. ACTUAL. HOURS. And then, when I tried to put the receiver into my under-the-TV “entertainment centre” unit, it wouldn’t fit. So I had to undo all the cables and fit …
Just when you thought the Gizmondo Story had reached the final chapter, it seems there may be a sequel! The Gizmondo was a poorly realised and even more poorly marketed handheld machine, with built in camera and GPS, and with game and media playing facilities. Seven people bought one. Of course, the great thing about Gizmondo wasn’t the device, but Gizmondo Executive Stefan Eriksson. Eriksson had a dodgy financial background, links to organised crime, and, in 2006, crashed his Enzo …
Well, of course I’m not going to tell you how to do that. The black helicopters would come and take me away. However, it’s very easy, as these links show: Link with swearing in it. Link with xkcd image. Link proclaiming a love for p2p. Just to show you what these do, in case the RIAA fix it, here’s a screenshot: Note: Yes, this isn’t really hacking, it’s a image injection via URL technique. EDIT @ 19:30 It seems like …
I’m not anti-[insert religion here] (some of my best friends are [insert religion here]), but some of these quotes are simply unbelievable. Do people really think this: Yes, that is a great company. I bought one of their large print version (old eyes… what can I say?). The only thing I don’t like about them is they sell foreign language versions of the KJB. I don’t think that’s right. We know the only true translation is the 1600’s version in …
But not in an artistic sense. Pictures of Walls is a site with hundreds of photos of, well, pictures of walls, with graffiti on. Funny graffiti, clever graffiti, and downright bizarre graffiti. Par example: And: