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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Sleeping Matters
April 24th, 2008 at 9:04 am » Comments (0)
Did you know that you can apparently tell what sort of person you are by the position you sleep in? Unfortunately (for the purposes of analysis at least), my own natural ...more »Comics As A Record Of Values
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm » Comments (0)
See the original post for more examples of what society saw as normal behaviour back in the day. (Some language NSFW if you do click over there.) more »Cheaper To Feed Than A Guard Dog
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:57 am » Comments (0)
Do you have problems with unwanted intruders in your garden? (Are any intruders actually 'wanted'?) Perhaps you should invest in a tortoise! more »Prince Philip Insults People
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 am » Comments (0)
Not the most shocking of post titles, I have to admit, but this occurred near where Mum lives (in fact right where they used to live), so it caught my ...more »Inferior vs. Lucky Underwear!
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:12 pm » Comments (0)
vs. Firstly, we have respected Newsnight presenter, Jeremy Paxman, complaining that Marks & Spencer's normally reliable lines of underwear has seen a marked decline in quality recently. Apparently, 'Their ...more »Digital Extortion
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:26 pm » Comments (0)
Find yourself unable to use traditional methods to receive payment for your blackmailing victim? Check out extortr. As it is in Beta still, you may find a few hiccups in ...more »Surges And Money
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:17 am » Comments (0)
From people who were hypnotized without consent, and lost money, to someone who probably hopes hypnosis can make him forget he 'lost' a lot of money... I'll assume, if you don't ...more »You Are Feeling Sleepy - I Am Feeling Rich!
April 21st, 2008 at 8:45 pm » Comments (0)
Imagine you are a Paul McKenna type hypnotist . Now suppose you don't earn a lot of money selling lose weight / stop smoking / self belief DVDs. What would ...more »They Didn’t Have These When Ira Posed
April 21st, 2008 at 11:14 am » Comments (0)
Whilst still 'just' a concept, rather than something for sale in stores already, I like the combination of ideas and use of technology in a traditional scenario. In case you ...more »You Could Do Worse Than Work At Starbucks
April 20th, 2008 at 5:09 pm » Comments (0)
As I recently wrote, some jobs can suck more than others, especially depending on where you live. Could be worse though... more »Books Than Will Kill Your Brain
April 20th, 2008 at 1:03 pm » Comments (0)
Reading does, in general, expand your mind, help you to think in new directions, and even relax you after a stressful day. Cracked has listed five books that maybe should not ...more »Happy Birthday To Me
April 20th, 2008 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)
If all has gone to plan, today Ira and I are in Amsterdam, celebrating my 29th birthday. Or should that be 30th - the day you turn 1 year old, ...more »Strawberry Meth And No Research
April 19th, 2008 at 9:43 pm » Comments (0)
A police officer responsible for liaising with schools apparently skipped the research step before proceeding to send out a warning about strawberry flavoured crystal meth. Despite multiple articles on ...more »Almost Gone
April 19th, 2008 at 12:17 pm » Comments (0)
We will be leaving for the airport in the next hour, and things appear to be sorted in time. Everything has been packed, I think I've replied to all outstanding ...more »Megaline Problems?
April 19th, 2008 at 12:12 pm » Comments (0)
ChrisK came over this week, and when I had to edit some settings on my PC, I was reminded that I had not yet posted on a potential solution to ...more »