Same shit, different blog.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Multi-input Touch Screen

@ zerosign.net

"This is a video of a multi-input touch screen that hopefully will make its way into consumer computer market in time. A standard touch screen allows one input at a time. This allows multiple people to use it and allows for Minority Report like features. Super Cool"


Tags: video internet technical

Bodybuilding video

@ video.google.com

17 Seconds of pure joy from Bottleofbroon


Tags: video humour

Monday, February 20, 2006

Name the goal scorer and teams

Eidos interactive

Here are 5 depictions of goals from Eidos interactive. Name the goal scorer and teams playing.
goal1.swf - goal2.swf - goal3.swf - goal4.swf - goal5.swf.

Thanks Damo

Tags: football quiz

Monday, January 23, 2006

Photos of Newcastle

newcastlephotos.blogspot.com

ILuvNUFC has put some excellent photos of the quayside and put them up at New Links. If you like them, why not go to his photo blog newcastlephotos.blogspot.com?

Tags: Newcastle photos

Friday, January 20, 2006

Pantomime 2005-06

@ its-behind-you.com

The Ugly Sisters have a fantastically detailed diary of their time doing the panto in Newcastle here. Not only does it have day by day summaries, reviews, photos of everybody, and comments, it wishes me a happy birthday too! Hurray. The stage crew even get complimented on their slick work.

Elsewhere on their site there's a great theatre links page which has links to all sorts, including the Theatre Royal. There's diaries from other pantos they've done, scripts, articles, facts and loads more. Well worth a visit.

Tags: theatre Newcastle photos humour

Optical illusion

patmedia.net

See a green rotating dot. (There really is no green dot, only pink ones),

Thanks Laura

Tags: illusion Laura

Monday, December 12, 2005

Harold Pinter's Nobel Lecture

nobelprize.org

Harold Pinter's Nobel Lecture was pre-recorded, and shown on video December 7, 2005, in Börssalen at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.

The link above is the text version, you can see a video of it here.

Thanks Laura

Tags: politics Laura

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Manchester United

Due to Manchester United's early exit from europe this week, at every Premier ground this week-end there will be one minute's laughing.

Tags: humour football

Friday, December 09, 2005

Quote of the Day

quotationspage.com

"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind".

John F. Kennedy, Speech to UN General Assembly, Sept. 25, 1961

Tags: politics

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Download films

vm-online.org

Virtual Media Online has lots of films you can download.
Doom, Fantastic Four, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit etc.
Please remember to get permission from the copyright holder before downloading.

(Thanks to Look At This & Indexhere)

Tags: video downloads

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Wimbledon 2006 tickets

wimbledon.org

Time is running out...

"To enter the draw [for tickets] you must first obtain an application form, from 1st August 2005. (Requests postmarked after 15th December 2005 will NOT be processed). Please send a stamped self-addressed envelope to:

AELTC,
P.O. BOX 98,
London SW19 5AE."


2006 Championships: 26th June - 9th July 2006

Tags: shopping

Monday, December 05, 2005

The 10 Worst Christmas Gifts of 2005

isderacorp.com

"...and the worst gift idea for 2005 is:
1. Cross Dress for Success: Even if Aunt Mildred used to be Uncle Milton you might want to let that tidbit of family history rest for a little while. A how-to book won't solve anything."


Tags: humour money shopping

Thursday, December 01, 2005

Firefox v1.5 is here

mozilla.com

Avoid pop-ups, viruses and other nasty stuff developed for Micro$oft Internet Explorer by using a better web browser.

Firefox v1.5 out today!

Tags: internet downloads technical software

5-a-side with Zinedine Zidane

video.google.com

What do you do when one of the best ever players turns up at your 5-a-side game? Ask him to play of course!
Respect to the lad who forced him back into his own half.

Credit to chriswvtr @ MaXXed Football Forums

Tags: football, video

Friday, November 25, 2005

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

25 things to make you feel manly

This is why us men are great. women? pwah! there only good for.....well...... everything else... probably.

25 things that make you feel like a man.
1, OPENING JARS - nnng, she's struggling. You take it from her hands, open it effortlessly and pretend she loosened it for you. She didn't. Jars are men's work.
2, CALLING SOMEONE 'SON' - Especially policemen but even saying it to kids makes you the man.
3, DOING A PROPER SLIDE TACKLE - Beckham free kicks? Gay. A Stuart Pearce tackle is the pinnacle of the game, simultaneously winning the ball and crippling the man. Magic.
4, SHARPENING A PENCIL WITH A STANLEY KNIFE - Blunt, is it? Hand it here love. No, I don't need a sharpener, you think I can't whittle?
5, GOING TO THE TIP - A manly act which combines driving, lifting and as you thrillingly drop your rubbish into another huge pile of other rubbish - noisy destruction.
6, DRINKING UP - Specifically, rising from the table, slinging your coat on and downing two thirds of a pint in one fluid movement. Then nodding towards the door, saying, "Let's go" and striding out while everyone else struggles to catch up with you. God, you're hard.
7, HAVING A THIN BIT OF WOOD - in the shed, solely to stir paint with.
8, HAVING A SCAR - Ideally it'll be a facial knife wound, but even an iron burn on the wrist is good. "Ooh, did it hurt". "Nah".
9, HAVING A HANGOVER AND THICK STUBBLE - When birds have been partying they just whinge. You, on the other hand have physical evidence of your hardness, sprouting from your face. "Big night?", "Grr, what does it look like".
10, NODDING AT COPPERS - A moments eye contact is all it takes for you to share the unspoken bond. "We've not seen eye to eye in the past", it says, "but someone's got to keep the little scrotes in line".
11, USING POWER TOOLS - slightly more powerful than you need or can safely handle. Pneumatic drilling while smoking a tab? Superb.
12, KICKING A FOOTY AGAINST A GARAGE DOOR - Clang-g-g-g-g-g-! Stitch that becks, I kick so hard I set off car alarms.
13, ARRIVING IN A PUB LATE... and everyone cheers you. It doesn't mean you're popular, it just means your mates are pissed. However, the rest of the pub doesn't know that.
14, NOT WATCHING YOUR WEIGHT - fat is a feminist issue, apparently. Brilliant. Pass the pork scratchings.
15, CARVING THE ROAST - and saying "are you a leg or breast man" to the blokes and "do you want stuffing" to the women. Congratulations, you are now your dad.
16, WINKING - turns women to putty. Doesn't it?
17, TEST-SWINGING HAMMERS - ideally, B&Q would have little changing rooms with mirrors so you could see how rugged you look with any DIY item. Until then, we'll make do with the aisles.
18, TAKING OUT £200 FROM A CASHPOINT - okay, so its for paying the plumber later but with that much cash you feel like a mafia don. The only thing better is peeling notes off the roll later.
19, PHONE CALLS THAT LAST LESS THAN A MINUTE - unlike birds, we get straight to the point. "alright? Yep. Drink? Red lion? George, it is then. Seven. See ya."
20, PARALLEL PARKING - bosh, straight in. First time. Can Schumacher do that? No, because his cars got no reverse gear which,technically, makes you the worlds best driver.
21, HAVING EARNED THAT PINT - Since the dawn of time, men have toiled in the fields in blistering heat. Why? So, when it's over we can stand there in silence, surveying our work with one hand resting on the beer gut while the other nurses a foaming jug of ale. Aaaah.
22, HAVING SOMETHING PROPERLY WRONG WITH YOU - especially if you didn't make a fuss. "Why was I off? Nothing much, just a brain haemorrhage".
23, KNOWING WHICH SCREWDRIVER IS WHICH - "a Phillips? For that? Are you mad, pet?"
24, TAKING A NEWSPAPER INTO THE LOO - a visual code that says that's right, "I'm going in there for a huge, long man-sized sh*t".
25, CALLING YOUR MATE A TW*T - and punching him on the shoulder. Just a man's way of saying "you're a good mate; I missed you while you were in hospital".

Tags: humour

Friday, November 18, 2005

13.5 billion years ago

badastronomy.com

"The results of a ten-hour exposure....the light recorded in it had traveled for 13.5 billion years, 98.5% of the age of the Universe itself"


Thanks Laura

Tags: space technical Laura

The Ashes 2006/7

telegraph.co.uk/sport

Provisional dates for the next Ashes series have been made.

"The first Test is due to start in Brisbane on Nov 23 with the next four Tests in Adelaide (Dec 1), Perth (Dec 14), Melbourne (Dec 26) and Sydney (Jan 2)".


Tags: cricket

England's World Cup fixtures

The first timstabler.com night out has been arranged. Barbados, April 28 2007, meet at the cricket ground.

England's World Cup fixtures

Warm-up matches:
March 5: v Bermuda, (St Vincent)
March 9: v Australia (St Vincent)

Group stage:
March 16: v New Zealand (St Lucia)
March 18: v Canada (St Lucia)
March 24: v Kenya (St Lucia)

Super Eight Series:
March 27-April 21

Semi-finals:
April 24-25

Final:
April 28

Tags: cricket England

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Del.icio.us

I have started to put "tags" on each of my posts. These tags are linked to del.icio.us and means that all the posts on a subject (in a category) can be accessed more easily.



Tags: technical internet