Any Arb Stuff

Karma Chameleon Joke

2010-05-26T09:36:00.001+02:00

Hehehe :)

Your guide to understanding : "Total eclipse of the heart"

2009-10-07T16:32:00.003+02:00

Received this from Bossmanthe. Funny stuff!Click on the image below to view in full size.Here is the original http://jeannr.tumblr.com/post/165291081/i-made-a-flow-chart-that-we-might-better

What happens if you order a Girls drink in Australia

2009-07-24T13:22:00.001+02:00

This is what happens to your drinks bill, in Australia, if you order a girl's drink (Aka Breezer)

Lance gets mooned on the Tour de France

2009-07-24T12:40:00.003+02:00

I spotted this during the live coverage on the Individual time trial…

Media Center Edition 2005 (MCE2005) and XBOX 360 streaming

2009-04-03T11:19:00.001+02:00

The story of my media center. I have been playing with a media center with various Media Center Software and Operating Systems. I have finally settled on Media Center again. Unfortunately my machine is not a beast so I opted for the XP version MCE2005. I started running Media Portal with great success until version 1.0. Follow this distribution my HTPC ground to a halt. I found it far

South African startup Scoregrid gets a mention on Techcrunch.co.uk

2009-02-18T09:57:00.003+02:00

South African start up Scoregrid.com (http://www.scoregrid.com) has appeared on the UK website Techcrunch.Here is the full article..http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/02/17/startup-news-roundup/

The Red Ring of Death - RRoD

2009-02-12T11:23:00.002+02:00

Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal Sunday 1 February 2009

2009-02-09T16:51:00.004+02:00

Game Roundup: A North London Derby always produces something a little extra from both teams, sometimes its aggression sometimes nerves and sometimes sheer brilliance.First Half Spurs seemed to be spurred on by the re-arrival of their new captain Robbie Keane and were chasing every 50-50 ball with a sense of purpose from early on in the game. In the first 20 minutes neither team seemed able to

Game data from previous Chelsea vs Manchester United clash

2009-01-09T09:56:00.001+02:00

See how these two teams compared in the first clash in September. Stats, heat maps and full on-ball playback. Awesome details I didn't see when watching the game before.read more | digg story

Obama the Combo Breaker

2008-11-05T09:29:00.001+02:00

Hehehe.

Second Advert from Microsoft

2008-09-18T18:37:00.000+02:00

Oi Oi bad. V bad! (for most decent computer users).However, what was potentially interesting, was the way they showed the son with billy boy using some "new" software. (Shh dont tell anyone).Sorry Jerry, the dry comedy and slow action is hurting. However the slow pace might make you more susceptable to the message at the end.Yet I am still trying to work out how they are carrying their

Celebrating the LHC project with some physics jokes

2008-09-18T17:37:00.000+02:00

As you are probably aware the Large Hadron Collier was completed and tested last week. (home page here)To celebrate their 20 odd years of blood sweat and tear in building the worlds largest particle accelerator, I am publishing some physics jokes.Enjoy!1:A neutron walks into a bar; he asks the bartender, 'How much for a beer?' The bartender looks at him, and says 'For you, no charge.'2:Q: Why are

First Microsoft advert featuring Jerry Seinfeld

2008-09-05T12:46:00.004+02:00

The first Jerry Seinfeld advert was aired. Here is the YouTube video. As I predicted in my other posting,10 reasons why Jerry Seinfeld should not punt Windows Vista, the adverts are lifestyle adverts with a feel good element.Nothing really to do with technology and windows users (even in general).Sorry Microsoft, nice try, but your first advert doesn't impress me as an IT Manager.Here is the

10 reasons why Jerry Seinfeld should not punt Windows Vista

2008-08-26T12:30:00.008+02:00

pMost people are aware that Jerry Seinfeld has been hired by Microsoft (for $10 Million) to help them in their campaign to take on Apple and to revive the tarnished reputation of Windows Vista in the market. The idea is to portray "real life people" using Windows Vista and how it changed their computing life (or ways of doing things). Jerry and Bill Gates are the only celebs featured in the

Man bites off friends nose during a drunken argument

2008-08-01T08:30:00.005+02:00

On July 24 a man in Iowa, USA, bit off his friend's nose during a drunken argument. The argument was apparently over a broken bike and the pair had been drinking.The other man asked Donroy Merrival to leave his appartment during the argument. Merrival refused and the other man hit him with a shovel. Merrival then bit off his friend's nose.Merrival later told police that he did not think he

How to buy a vehicle in Zimbabwe

2008-07-30T11:45:00.004+02:00

Here is a photograph of a Zimbabwean bank cheque somebody sent to me.This person bought a farm vehicle for "One Quintrillion, Seventy Two Trillion Four Hundred and Eighteen Billion and Three Million" Zimbabwe dollars.Or in numbersZim $ 1,072,418,003,000,000.00Or for you scientists out thereZim $ 1.072418 x 10E30Just goes to show that everybody in Zimbabwe is suddenly a mathematician to keep up

Attention designers

2008-07-25T11:32:00.003+02:00

My favorite quotes from Futurama (so far)

2008-07-20T12:33:00.015+02:00

Quote:BENDER: I am trying to watch my input. I need plenty of wholesome nutritious alcohol.*downs a drink*The chemical energy keeps my fuels cells recharged.*lights a cigar*FRY: What are the cigars for?BENDER: They make me look cool.Quote:FRY: Well, this place has everything except the only thing I care about a TV.Quote:BENDER: You know fry, of all the friends I have had, you're the first.Quote(

Madiba Joke - Happy Birthday Madiba

2008-07-18T11:03:00.001+02:00

Mandela is enjoying a hearty breakfast - bacon, eggs, coffee, croissants, toast, butter, jam, etc. when Bush, chewing gum, sits next to him and starts a conversation:Bush: "You South Africans eat the whole bread?"Mandela: "Of course."Bush (blowing bubble with his gum): "We don't. In the States, we only eat what's inside. The crusts we collect in a container, recycle, rebake them into croissants

Who Knows - South Africa

2008-07-01T14:18:00.004+02:00

Who Knows (www.whoknows.co.za) is a great website which has all kinds of interesting and handy contact details on it. (Please note that this web site is for South Africa only).If you want to find a number of somebody who can help you with a particular problem (eg Loadshedding or your town council), look no further.I have bookmarked (and blogged) it!http://www.whoknows.co.za

Handy add-ins for Office to convert from odf (OpenOffice)

2008-06-27T09:44:00.005+02:00

I was recently running Open Office, loved it but found it pretty restrictive when working with MS Office users. So….I moved over to the dark side L. The problem is, that I have my whole library of docs in Open Office format. I have already uninstalled Open Office and am not too keen on reinstalling and converting every single document. My other option was to open the documents using Google Docs

You are doing it wrong...

2008-06-26T16:48:00.002+02:00

Useful signage

2008-06-26T16:32:00.002+02:00

Life Size Pacman: PAC MANHATTAN

2008-06-24T11:27:00.001+02:00

I love Pacman! Not as much as my friend Patrick but I still think Pacman rocks the party!A bunch of nutters (or should I say, heros) in New York found a set of streets which has a layout similar to the first level of Pacman.http://www.pacmanhattan.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-ManhattanPacmanhattan is a large-scale urban game that utilizes the New York City grid to recreate Pac-man. The "

A vote for life - 10 Days before the Zimababwe elections

2008-06-18T12:05:00.005+02:00