Doomwatch

@ mydarkmaterials.co.uk

Save money buying The Daily Mail. This site summarises what you should be scared of.

Right now, the Daily Mail thinks you should be soiling yourself about...

Tags: news humour

How to use herbs and spices in cooking!

@instructables.com

Food is always better when properly seasoned. You'll enjoy cooking a lot more once you've mastered the herb and spice basics. The food will taste better, smell better, and impress your friends/family/coworkers/pets. Hooray!

I'm going to go over the seasonings I keep in my kitchen and use frequently. You don't necessarily need all of these to cook - I just tend to go a little nuts. ;)

These will also be listed in alphabetical order so you can find what you're looking for easily!

Have any suggestions for ways to use a certain herb/spice or a herb or spice that should be added? Tell me in the comments section. Let's collaborate! :D

Tags: useful

How much money can NUFC raise by sales?

@guardian.co.uk

"Newcastle's owner, Mike Ashley, has put the club and its entire squad on the market. Leading players' agent Barry Silkman estimates how much they might make in a fire sale of the club's top talent this summer"

Tags: list nufc

Top 50 NUFC players

@timesonline.co.uk

George Caulkin's Top 50 Newcastle United players.
David Ginola, Xisco, John Anderson, Philippe Albert, Steve Howey, Len Shackleton, Bob Stokoe, Bryan Robson, Barry Venison, Brian Kilcline, Terry McDermott, Jimmy Smith, George Robledo, Nolberto Solano, Andrew Cole, Les Ferdinand, Robert Lee, Terry Hibbitt , David Kelly, Frank Clark, David Craig, John Tudor, Peter McWilliam, Albert Shepherd, Jackie Rutherford, Chris Waddle, Vic Keeble, Alf McMichael, Jimmy Scoular, Bobby Cowell, Tony Green, Paul Gascoigne, Wyn Davies, Frank Brennan, Jimmy Lawrence, Shay Given, Ronnie Simpson, Willie McFaul, Pavel Srnicek, Albert Stubbins, Malcolm Macdonald, Len White, Bobby Mitchell, Bill McCracken, Frank Hudspeth, Colin Veitch, Bobby Moncur, Kevin Keegan, Joe Harvey, Stan Seymour, Hughie Gallacher, Peter Beardsley, Alan Shearer, Jackie Milburn

Tags: list nufc

Thatcher's funeral

@number10.gov.uk

There's a petition against the cow getting a state funeral at Gordon Brown's site.

Tags: politics

Leap Frog IQ Test

"Here is a simple, yet challenging puzzle to give your brain a workout. See if you switch each frog to the opposite side?

Simple enough? Click on a frog to move it Good luck!"

Tags: quiz

Charity time again

thebreastcancersite.com

thebreastcancersite.com is affiliated to thehungersite.com all you have to do is click on the link and the advertisers pay the money.

Click every day please.

Tags: money

Handwritten fonts

@ yourfonts.com

"With YourFonts you can make a TrueType font from your own handwriting for free. The process is simple, quick and basically idiot-proof. Print out a template from the site, write in your letters, scan, upload and -- voila -- there you have it. If you're a real fonthead, you might want more detail and control over the fonts you create. I remember even years ago seeing an ad in MacWorld for a "make your own handwriting font." The template that software had was a lot more sophisticated, since it asked for examples of different letter combination as well as individual letters. The YourFonts template basically replicates the characters on a standard keyboard, with an optional extension to characters with accents/umlauts etc."

Tags: resources

"Zombies Ahead" electronic roadsign

@ i-hacked.com

It's not big and it's not clever to tamper with those electronic roadsigns to create unhelpful but funny messages. i-hacked.com shows you how to do it.

Tags: humour

Ramones name genorator

@ flapjackempire.com

Enter your name and this site will generate your Ramones name. Brilliant!

Tags: humour music

That London Underground

@ maps.google.com

Google Maps Adds Transit Layer for Public Transportation

er... that's you can look at the tube map on google maps.

Tags: travel

Planet Darts

planetdarts.tv

The PDC darts World Championship started yesterday.... and I'm going tomorrow. Yes

Tags: sport

Autobahn als Gitarre

@ hornoxe.com

Great video

Tags: video weird

NE99.net

NE99.net

is back online @ geocites.com.

Tags: Tim

Liam O'Brien

@ youtube.com

"I fancy Liam O'Brien over the wall"

Tags: video nufc

Digital Home DIY

@ cnet.com

Step-by-step guides that make home tech projects easy.
Everything you need to know to turn your home into a truly digital dwelling.

Covers Digital imaging, Gaming, HDTV, Home control, Home movies, Home theatre, Music & Networking.

Tags: resources technical

Doctor Who blog

imdoctorwho.blogspot.com

Hello, I'm the Doctor is a brand new blog dedicated to Doctor Who.

Tags: tv bbc iluvnufc

Photos that Changed the World

photosthatchangedtheworld.com

"Sometimes Breathtaking. Sometimes Horrific
Each photo has the power to inspire."

One new Photo added Everyday!

from Look At This!
Tags: images photos iluvnufc

Charity Run

@ justgiving.com

Matt Aston & Kev Winperis are running the New York marathon. Please visit the justgiving.com website to donate money to Cancer Research UK.

"I have decided to run the New York marathon and as anyone that knows me will testify, I most definately am not a natural distance runner! However I've always greatly admired people who've run a marathon and figured that I should bite the bullet and give it a go and in doing so raise a shed-load of cash for Cancer Research UK"

Tags: charity money

Sarah Palin - The shadow

@ philipcarrgomm.wordpress.com

"She stands for:
–Small town values — a denial of America’s global role, a return to petty, small-minded parochialism.

–Ignorance of world affairs — a repudiation of the need to repair America’s image abroad.

–Family values — a code for walling out anybody who makes a claim for social justice. Such strangers, being outside the family, don’t need to be heeded.

–Rigid stands on guns and abortion — a scornful repudiation that these issues can be negotiated with those who disagree.

–Patriotism — the usual fallback in a failed war.

–”Reform” — an italicized term, since in addition to cleaning out corruption and excessive spending, one also throws out anyone who doesn’t fit your ideology."

and there's a nice video of Matt Damon slagging her off too.

Tags: USA politics video

Newcastle United for sale

After sacking Alan Shearer, Mike Ashley has given a statement that Newcastle United is up for sale. Which I have put in the comments (click where it says comments below). I have also included the reply from nufc.com as I agree with them.
Other reports; "The hard sell" from Black & White & Read All Over, "Ashley puts Newcastle up for sale" from the BBC and The Journal. "Ashley to Newcastle fans: I get the message" from The Daily Telegraph. "Ashley bows to fan pressure and puts Newcastle up for sale" from The Independent and Financial Times. "I'm selling up, says emotional Ashley" from The Guardian (by mackem Louise Taylor).
Tags: nufc

Large Hadron Collider

@ bbc.co.uk

The most powerful physics experiment ever built, the Large Hadron Collider will re-create the conditions just after the Big Bang in an attempt to answer fundamental questions of science and the universe itself.

Tags: technical bbc space

2008 Tour of Britain

@ www.tourofbritain.co.uk

"Stage 6: Darlington to NewcastleGateshead Friday 12th September

Welcome to stage 6 of the 2008 Tour of Britain in which the riders will race north from Darlington before heading around Newcastle and Gateshead to enter the city from the east, following the banks of the river Tyne to finish the stage in this most striking of cities.

10:00 Okm Darlington
10:50 12km Sedgefield
11:15 33km Durham
11:30 42km Langley : KOM
11:35 48km Annfield Plain
11:40 50km Harelaw : Sprint
11:50 58km Rowlands Gill
12:00 68km Wylam
12:10 74km High Barns : KOM
12:20 83km Stamfordham
12:55 110km Morpeth : Sprint
13:05 116km Bedlington
13:20 129km Seaton Sluice : Sprint
13:25 135km Whitley Bay
13:55 156km NewcastleGateshead"

Tags: sport Newcastle

Keegan quits

@ youtube.com
Stupid Geordie Swearing on LIVE TV
NSFW
Tags: video nufc humour

Quote of the week

The best quote I've heard this week is from Charles Dickens.

"I don't know the American gentleman and God forgive me for putting those two words together".

The best quote I heard this summer was immediately after the Olympics 100m final. Micheal Johnson said

"Micheal Phelps, Micheal who?"

Tags: humour

Send Custom MP3 Ecards

postcard.fm

"You can spend a good chunk of time searching the web for an ecard that isn't annoying, cheesy, ad-ridden, or some combination of all three. Or you can grab a picture, choose a song, and send a super-clean, customized ecard through Postcard.fm. Simply upload an image file and MP3 to the free, no-registration-required site, add a message, and mail it out. The recipient gets a link to your e-postcard page, with no ads in sight (at least for now). This means you can be as cute, clever, snarky, or affectionate as you want, rather than letting some oddly-shaped critters express your wishes".

Tags: useful photos resources internet

No confidence in Mike Ashley

@ true-faith.co.uk

"Become a signatory to a letter of NO CONFIDENCE to Mike Ashley


Dear Mr Ashley,

This publication would like to make it abundantly clear that it has NO CONFIDENCE whatsoever in the management structure at Newcastle United which includes the position of Dennis Wise as Executive Director and Managing Director, Derek Llambias.

This publication would like to make it clear it has considerable doubts as to your suitability to own Newcastle United Football Club and questions strongly your financial commitment to running the club in a manner which will bring sustainable progress.

Under your stewardship the club has failed to invest sufficiently on the playing side and as a result we have a threadbare squad which is extremely vulnerable to injuries and suspensions in this new season.

We call upon you to remove Wise and Llambias from their positions of seniority over the team manager and to make a public statement about the funding available to build a squad worthy of the name of Newcastle United and which the support the club enjoys deserves.

true faith, Newcastle United Fanzine also at www.true-faith.co.uk

If you would like your name to be included on the list of signatories to this letter please e-mail editor@true-faith.co.uk with your full name and seaon ticket number before Monday 8/Sep/08 when we will be sending the letter to Mr Ashley. Please bring this note to the attention of all other parties who you believe may be sympathetic to its contents."

Tags: nufc

100 things to do before you die

@ independent.co.uk

"Creator of the eponymous travel guide '100 things to do before you die', Dave Freeman, died this week. Click ... to see his definitive list of life-changing experiences in pictures".

Tags: news photos images list death

Wimbledon 2009 tickets

@ wimbledon.org

"As long ago as 1924, the Club introduced a public ballot whereby the majority of Centre, No.1 and No.2 Court tickets are sold in advance.

The Public Ballot has always been substantially oversubscribed.
Entry into the Ballot does not automatically entitle applicants to tickets for Wimbledon, but a place in the draw for a pair of tickets.

Successful applicants are selected at random by computer. It is
not possible to request tickets for specific days or courts, as the
day and court offered are chosen randomly by a computerised selection process."

"To enter the draw for 2009 ballot you must first obtain an application form from 1st August 2008. (Requests postmarked after 15th December 2008 will NOT be processed.) Completed forms must be returned no later than 31st December 2008.

Please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope DL size (110mm x 220mm, 4 1/4 " x 8 5/8") - to:

Ticket Office
AELTC
P.O. BOX 98
London SW19 5AE

Only ONE application per household is permitted. Please do not ask for more than one form: we will void your applications".

Wimbledon 2009: Monday 22 June - Sunday 5 July

Tags: sport

The Ashes 2009 tickets

www.lords.org

"The General Public will be able to apply online for inclusion in the ballot(s) by visiting www.lords.org from Monday 1 December 2008, or alternatively by applying on an application form which will be available in mid-December 2008.

Applicants may register for an application form by emailing ticketing@mcc.org.uk or telephoning 020 7432 1000.
Ticket allocation

Tickets for use by members of the General Public will, in the event of an oversubscription, be allocated by ballots held on Monday 12th January 2009.

The ballots will be held in respect of each major match day. The purpose of the ballots is to distribute all available tickets amongst as large a number of applicants as possible.

Applicants should be aware that success in each ballot is not guaranteed. All applicants must agree to adhere to the Ticket Sale and Distribution Conditions."

Fixtures @ bbc.co.uk

July
8-12 1st Test, Cardiff
16-20 2nd Test, Lord's
30-3 Aug 3rd Test, Edgbaston
August
7-11 4th Test, Headingley
20-24 5th Test, The Oval
30 Twenty20 international, Old Trafford
September
1 Twenty20 international, Old Trafford (d/n)
4 1st ODI, The Oval
6 2nd ODI, Lord's
9 3rd ODI, Rose Bowl (d/n)
12 4th ODI, Lord's
15 5th ODI, Trent Bridge (d/n)
17 6th ODI, Trent Bridge (d/n)
20 7th ODI, Riverside

Tags: cricket sport

War on Terror, the board game

waronterrortheboardgame.com

"It's got suicide bombers, political kidnaps and intercontinental war. It's got filthy propaganda, rampant paranoia and secret treaties and the Axis of Evil is a spinner in the middle of the board.
Buy the War on Terror now! War on Terror, the boardgame in all it's finery.

You can fight terrorism, you can fund terrorism, you can even be the terrorists. The only thing that matters is global domination - err, liberation."

Tags: games shopping

2008 Olympics Men's 100m final

@ bbc.co.uk

"Jamaica's Usain Bolt blows away the rest of the men's 100m field to claim the Olympic gold medal and a new world record".

Tags: sport video

Black & White & Read All Over

blackandwhiteandreadallover.blogspot.com

A good Newcastle United blog that I can highly recommend.

"Being the true and painfulle historie of the trialls and tribulations of two long-sufferynge Newcastle Utd fans"

"Well written and very balanced" - When Saturday Comes

Tags: nufc football

Olympic Timetable

@ beijing2008.cn

A timetable of all the events at the Olympics.


Tags: sport

Isaac Hayes dies at 65

@ bbc.co.uk

"US singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes, who won an Academy Award for the Theme From Shaft, is found dead at his home."

Tags: death music

Quantum of Solace - Proposed Theme Song

@ youtube.com

"Spoof film soundtrack put together by someone
with only the vaguest knowledge of, or
interest in, the plot".

Tags: humour video film

How to confuse an idiot

Tags: humour

10 Actors Who Passed on Film Roles

@ toptenz.net

"Sometimes we can’t imagine another actor or actress in the starring role of our favorite films. Believe it or not, many of the most famous and beloved roles in some of the biggest movies belonged to another actor before they had to drop out or pass on the role. Some of these missed opportunities seem like good ideas, while others will make you cringe. Camera, Lights, List!"

Tags: film list

Football spreadsheets

Micheal Wray is an expert in Excel and has spent a lot of time and effort making these very detailed and useful free spreadsheets for the upcoming 2008-09 season.

Download the spreadsheet for the 2008-09 Premier League here.
Download the spreadsheet for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers here

Tags: football downloads

20 great sporting moments

Part 1 in a series of significant moments as a sports spectator.

1970 FA Cup Final - Leeds v Chelsea
21/6/70 World Cup Final - Brazil v Italy
8/3/71 "The Fight of the Century" - Ali vs Frazier 1
1973 England v Poland - World cup qualifier
28/1/74 Ali-Frazier II at Madison Square Gardens
30/10/74 "The Rumble in The Jungle" - Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman
1/10/75 "The Thrilla in Manilla" - Ali v Frazier 3
20/6/80 "The Brawl in Montreal" - Roberto Duran v Sugar Ray Leonard
1980 Olympics 800m final - Coe v Ovett
1980 Olympics 1500m final - Coe v Ovett
1981 Ashes - Ian Botham
5/7/82 Italy v Brazil - World Cup second round
8/7/82 World Cup semi-final - France v Germany
15/6/1984 Duran v Hearns
1985 Snooker World Championship - Steve Davis v Dennis Taylor
1985 Ryder Cup The Belfry Golf & Country Club (no video)
22/6/86 World Cup quarter-final - England v Argentina
1987 FA Cup Final - Spurs v Coventry
1988 Olympics 100m Final - Ben Johnson v Carl Lewis
3/7/90 World Cup semi-final - England v Germany

Tags: list tv video football cricket sport

The 10 greatest episodes of Doctor Who ever

@ telegraph.co.uk

"With the final episode of series four approaching, the Daily Telegraph's in-house team of Doctor Who buffs (including, we might add, Gavin Fuller, who won Mastermind in 1993 with Doctor Who as his specialist subject) has compiled a countdown of the sci-fi spectacular's finest ever episodes. They've been selected from both the original era (1963-89) and the new (from 2005); in some cases, multi-part storylines have been counted as single episodes".

While I'm on the subject... from 2004
In pictures: Doctor Who's assistants (@ bbc.co.uk)
and
Lost tapes of the Dr Who composer (@ bbc.co.uk)

Tags: bbc list tv

How to disable Error Reporting (XP)

@ eddieoneverything.com

" 1. Right click on “My Computer,” choose “Properties” from that menu.
2. Click on “Advanced tab,”
3. Click the “Error Reporting” button.
4. Check the “Disable error reporting” box. You may choose to uncheck the the box below it, “But notify me when an error occurs,” if desired. "

Tags: technical

Football picture quiz

FootballPictureQuiz.blogspot.com

"The players featured here are amongst the best footballers that have ever graced the game.

Each question will be the same, namely "Who is this?"together with, a photo of, the international record of, and some text (taken from Wikipedia) about, a great footballer.

Each player has retired from international football, so there will be no current internationals.

No-one will get them all, some will be easy, some will be difficult. No cheating, the quiz is designed for you to answer before you navigate away from the page.

When you reach the bottom of the page click "Older Posts" for more questions.

Answers can be submitted to me (tim[AT]ne99[DOT]com), or you can put your answers in the comments."

Tags: football quiz photos list

Bond trailer makes online debut

@bbc.co.uk

"The trailer for the next Bond adventure Quantum of Solace has been shown for the first time on the internet.

Daniel Craig again stars as 007."

Tags: film video bbc

10 Worst Moments of the Bush Presidency

@ alternet.org

"A shorter version of our long national nightmare".

God bless America.

Tags: politics USA

Marlboro Transformers

@ youtube.com

An excellent video on YouTube.

Tags: humour video

The Ladybird Book of The Police

from b3ta.com

Ladybird police

"Old gits will remember the Ladybird books -
designed for swots who actually wanted to know
how things worked rather than just play Frogger
and sniff glue. Here's the police one -
rewritten for amusing lol internets fun time".

Look out for the other books at the bottom of the page.

Tags: humour

BicycleTutor.com

BicycleTutor.com

An excellent website of the maintenence & repair of push-bikes from Look At This...(Thanks ILuvNUFC).

Tags: iluvnufc technical

NUFC 2008-09 fixtures

@ nufc.com

Sat August 16th - Man Utd (a)
Sat August 23rd - Bolton (h)
Wed August 27th - League Cup 2nd round
Sat August 30th - Arsenal (a)
...

Tags: football nufc

Firefox 3

@ spreadfirefox.com

Set a Guinness World Record.

"Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We're not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.

The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008. Join our community and this effort by pledging today".

Tags: software internet