America's answer to Jade Goody

The United States of America proudly presents the candidates for Big Brother (World Series SmackDown) [Via Marshall Kirkpatrick]

January 23, 2007

example of Zoho sheet

People never ask me: ‘Norman - why don’t you post a pretty Zoho chart of your blog posting frequency by month ?’

January 23, 2007

computer says 'No'

I could write a thesis about this but a picture will have to suffice.

January 22, 2007

thin line between truth and humour

Occasionally, I used to wonder what people thought when they were subjected to some of the material on this blog. Andrew Sherman’s comment questioning whether this story was completely true also resurrected this thought. Most of the articles, posts, stories on this blog are based on truth. The vast majority are anecdotes recounting real-life events that actually happened to me, that my warped sense of humour finds amusing. Examples in this category: Axe Murderer Narrow Escape Hamsters etc Eat Your Own Dog Food Trick Or Treat Smoke and Mirrors Anything titled YCNMIU Other posts are simultaneously technical and non-technical but merely an opportunity for a superb, ambiguous title. ...

January 20, 2007

Bill Gates reads my blog shock !

Great news. Bill Gates has heeded my advice and I will be able to purchase Vista online and download the media. This means that I no longer have to buy an expensive box full of fresh air from Microsoft. Burning a DVD is probably still recommended just in case the seamless Windows upgrade fails and I discover, to my horror, that none of my drivers work any more and I have to format the hard disk in order to boot the computer. ...

January 20, 2007