Archive for the ‘General Procrastination’ Category

Linux worse than drugs for kids – says Teacher on crack …

Posted on January 11th, 2009 by Othello  |  No Comments »


Parents, be VERY worried about sending your children to school, unscrupulous IT literate students might be getting them hooked on a drug called Linux … This is both funny ( I dare you to read the letter outloud and not smile) and sad (because if peple like this really are in positions of power, the […]

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Impressive Household Gadget…

Posted on February 16th, 2008 by Othello  |  No Comments »


Now the dream gadget every woman has been waiting for is unveiled in the form of the IronPhone.

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Fashion Accessories for Geeks

Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Othello  |  No Comments »


I like gadgets – devices to perform a specific function/purpose, to make my life easier, more enjoyable, or just different. I’m not alone in this – which is why every high-street has a gadget-shop of some kind. Sadly the human brain is wired so you can only think one of: “bling” is fashionable technology is […]

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How to give yourself brain damage

Posted on January 12th, 2008 by Othello  |  No Comments »


(or at least cause an epileptic fit) Chuck together One dark room 100 helium filled balloons 100 white LEDs Some string and servos Music by a Kraftwerk Addict This simple formula of light, sound and acrobatic bubbles by designers “Electric MoOns” is either a masterpiece, or an experiment in causing people to up-chuck – you […]

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The most punchable Housemate ever !

Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Othello  |  No Comments »


“Punchable” is how the tabloids have been describing online scammer Liam Young of OXYUK. For those that missed his entry into the Big Brother House here’s the video summary … Habitual Liar Liam Young Enters The Big Brother House And for completeness sake, here’s link to the video of the lttle bollock-sucker getting evicted from […]

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Big Brother and the Deluded Web Host

Posted on January 4th, 2008 by Othello  |  No Comments »


Well, C4′s Big Brother series has started again, with a selection of Endemol hand-picked “characters” to represent a cross section of the UK’s up-and-coming lads and lasses … presumably some attempt by the program makers to “appeal” to a new audience, as the viewing figures continue to decline. One of the contestants (HouseMates as they’re […]

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Google begins plans for replacing life-on-Earth…

Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Othello  |  No Comments »


Deep in an underground bunker, mad scientist geeks are working night and afternoon (real geeks are like vampires, alergic to sunlight) on the next google launch … ANDROIDS This week the big–G registered and drop-caught a number of new domains now sitting on the G’s nameservers including… androidhandset.com androidhandsets.com androidmobile.com androidphone.com androidphones.com androidplatform.com androidsdk.com androidsoftware.com […]

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Goodbye 2007

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by Othello  |  No Comments »


Well, it’s almost the end of the year, so in every industry it’ll be Lists and Resolutions for a while now… The constant dross is on the goggle-box, designed either to make you conform, or simply to confirm that 99% of viewers are brain-dead like… 100 most unappaling songs ever 100 mind-numbing sports personalities 100 […]

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New Web2.0 social site draws a crowd

Posted on April 11th, 2007 by Othello  |  No Comments »


Newcomer to the web2.0 scene, and quite obviously looking to cash-in on the social discussion (group-blogging) concepts is myLot. With a slightly different take on the “value of a user”, and knowing they need to play a very serious game of catchup, myLot are prepared to pay you a SMALL amount of their revenue (derived […]

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Going Green, Recycling, Planting trees and Reducing Carbon

Posted on December 23rd, 2006 by Othello  |  No Comments »


Carbon Dioxide emissions are thought to be a contributor to the (as yet unproven) Green House Effect and something many people are worried about.Despite scientists spending half of the last 30 years trying to convince us of a 2nd Ice-Age on its way, they’re now claiming the exact opposite. We have no idea which of […]

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Famous (dead) comedians best sketches redone for the techno-age

Posted on January 28th, 2006 by Othello  |  No Comments »


First in a (hopefully) recurring series of modern remakes of famous funnies

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A perfect husband

Posted on December 30th, 2005 by Othello  |  No Comments »


There are several men sitting around in the changing room of a private health club after exercising. Suddenly a mobile on one of the benches rings. One of the men picks it up, and the following conversation ensues:

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Finally an actual quality use for Spammers

Posted on August 14th, 2005 by Othello  |  No Comments »


Do something amazing – give the blood of a spammer …

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Amazon A9 takes on Google Earth

Posted on August 10th, 2005 by Othello  |  No Comments »


Heavyweight showdown starts between google-earth and amazon-a9-world … gloves are off and no punches will be pulled.

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Micro$oft aligns itself with Disney for world dominance – MickeyMouseSoft is finally here (almost)

Posted on July 25th, 2005 by Othello  |  No Comments »


Longhorn gets renamed to Windows:Vista

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Grauniad Blog Perl broken

Posted on July 20th, 2005 by Othello  |  No Comments »


Programmers found leaving dodgy error messages ..

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Bombs explode in London

Posted on July 7th, 2005 by Othello  |  No Comments »


London become target for campaign by terrorists

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New Little-Goth-Girl Animation is out

Posted on June 28th, 2005 by Othello  |  No Comments »


One of my favourite flash-animations

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After Phishing comes Pharming – the next dimension in internet fraud

Posted on June 22nd, 2005 by Othello  |  No Comments »


Online fraud and how to prevent being taken in by the scam-artists

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That Chilli Email

Posted on April 14th, 2005 by Othello  |  No Comments »


was asked today if I still had the humorous email about chilli…

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