Monthly Archives: September 2004
Statesman or Skatesman?
I was looking around for a picture of Tony Benn on the web and I came across this fantastic political site. It was made by a boy called Jason Whiley to settle a bet he had with his dad about … Continue reading
JPEG virus; true or false
I’m confused. In 2002 there was an announcement that a virus called Perrun was the first virus to infect .jpeg files. Computerworld published an article discussing whether or not this program posed a real threat. This is not a new … Continue reading
Kids Growing Up
On a bit of a diversion while looking for Dvorak keyboard information I found a page hidden away in someone’s file system. It is a series of photos of two kids growing up. It has really made me curious about … Continue reading
Learn Dvorak with Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor
I’ve been learning to touch type and I’ve reached that difficult stage, like growing out a perm, where I can no longer properly type with two fingers but I can only touch type at 20 words per minute. It occured … Continue reading
Boden
My relationship with Boden is spiralling downwards. Every time they produce a new catalogue they send our household three copies. Two for me and one for my partner. They have me in their database as two people, a rich man … Continue reading
2012: Dire Gnosis
But then it turns out that the white T-shirt company only make T-shirts for people with a bust-size. I have no bust. However, while looking for other makers of good quality white t-shirts I came across a t-shirt with a … Continue reading
White t-shirts
Good web design and good looking T-shirts. I have loads of irritating, baggy and funny-shaped t-shirts of one kind and another. The White T-Shirt Company have one aim in life, the selling of very good quality t-shirts. The only problem … Continue reading
C.L.A.U.D.I.O. Personality Test Bot (A.L.I.C.E. AI Foundation)
I really like talking to AIs. I suppose it must be for the same reasons that I like computers; the people who make them are similar to me and so it’s a comforting subset of the real world. The C.L.A.U.D.I.O. … Continue reading
Women, wise up!
Sometimes I hear women talking about their partners in a way that makes my blood boil. They are dismissive and even contemptuous when they discuss the ‘ridiculous’, ‘tacky’ or ‘disgusting’ things that get men going. On the other hand, men … Continue reading
Reverse Speech may not be real, shock!
Well, these nasty skeptics are a real bunch of spoil sports. They went and did an experiment and concluded that “there is no evidence that listeners can hear the alleged RS (reverse speech) sequences unless ‘prompted’ in advance”. So I … Continue reading