"Michael's life:"
Stay up til 3am programming due to the power of 3 coffees (white 2 sugars), sleep (apparently), get up at 8am have a coffee, check emails over a snickers bar, sit thru a three hour lecture in the morning over two cans of coke, go home having a pepsi, then zone out for 2 hours then wash rinse repeat till next Monday.
Apparently a human can survive for weeks without food so long as he has liquid. I shouldn't be dead till next Friday. Before then I should have full marks for my assignments, be an expert in Biomechanics, and then I can eat again, and perhaps I will stop hearing that HARRP weapon you were all informed about by that ex-government agent who emailed us.
- text from a posting to a mailing list: published on grudknows with permission from the author
Argh! A challenge: The Crimson Room
Find the hidden items and escape the room I got sent this and it physically pained me, I got 11 no problem but man the end is a killer!!
The spiel accompanying the link: This is pretty cool but will get very very frustrating!!! There are less than 4000 people in the world who can escape this room. Have a try. There are 13 items hidden in this room in order to let you get out of this room. If you find : 0-6 items, your IQ is Very Low, 6-8 items Low IQ, 9-10 items Normal, 11-12 items your IQ is High - above the average. Find all 13 and you should get out of the room; Remember, there are less than 4000 people in the world can get out.
Firstly... I think it's as much about bloody-mindedness as IQ... and I'm positively sure there's lots more than 4000 people world wide who can get through it (without cheating/hints).
The original site (as per the link now on this page) is the best version of the game to use and you can get right through without cheating. Some friends did the challenge on alternative sites and had to use cheats or be told the combination (it'll make sense when/if you get up to that bit), but if you use the original site you shouldn't need to cheat at all. Moral of the story? - don't trust cheap imitations :) If the combination you find doesn't work straight up - write it down, close your browser, find everything again and retry the combo - all should be well and you should find an item that will help you make your escape from the room.
In addition to The Crimson Room there are other challenges at www.fasco-csc.com. If your sanity is up to it and you got out of the Crimson Room... have a go at the Viridian Room
Mwhahahahaahaaaa.... just got an email from one of the friends I emailed at the point where I had eleven items, he says: taking a collection, ready to fly out, hunt the crimson room author down and kill him. PS, i waited until i had 11 object then looked at your pic. You have my ring and I have your steel rod thingy. We need each other?
. I think he needs me more... coz I'm all done now! :)
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Why Two Kay
A friend, for a number of years... most likely five, has coveted a soft toy hanging around the office of the street magazine for which he writes. Now it's all his. He was soooo excited at aquiring ownership, he popped in for a show-and-tell. sigh. :)
Errr... worldly slang
FYI: you may be aware of the acronym T.S.B. (Terminal Sperm Buildup)? =>>> in a conversation the other day with my flatmates when we were comparing slang, apparently the german equivalent is S.U.D. which translates as 'Sperm Over-Pressure'. Just so you know... SG
I was on the verge of tears last night watching Seed of Chucky because I thought, "Christ even supernaturally possessed serial killing ugly dolls are able to form a loving relationship."
bunni from Scrine - the home of lost, forgotten, and lonely sentences.
Instructions/information for the OPU
congratulations on your purchase
You are obviously a person of fine judgement.
The Original Pocket Umbrella is designed in Australia by the Boston Umbrella Company and is one of the lightest, smallest and most compact umbrellas.
The Original Pocket Umbrella will fit snugly into your purse, handbag, jacket or coat pocket, attache or brief case, glove box or even your hip pocket.
It is perfect to have on hand when you are caught in a rain shower, or wish to shelter from the sun.
Do not use in the event of storm, hurricane, typhoon, or serious climatic disturbance. If you do so, your Original Pocket Umbrella may break and then you will be upset!
Please remember it is not a toy and you are not Mary Poppins. Do not use it to fly, float or swign, dance or other bizarre activity for which it is not designed.
When you are finished please put the pocket umbrella back in its case. Do not thow the case away. How would you like it if someone threw your h
Where there is smoke. There is a waffle you forgot about and definitely don't want to eat, or at least take a SECOND bite.
lee from Scrine - the home of lost, forgotten, and lonely sentences.
Sound advice from Transport For London
Doctor Who. Sigh.
Having been so impressed at how well Christopher Eccleston captured the essence of Doctor Who it's sad to find that after only one season, the Doctor's character will be played by yet another actor. Hopefully David Tennant, as the 10th Doctor, will also capture the Doctor's quirkiness. [list of all doctors]
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Web links: August 2005
- Wet Ink is a new magazine being put out by a dedicated group of writers in Adelaide, South Australia. It is completely professional, looks great and will have exciting new writing between the covers.
- Sky High - a movie website. possibly as bad as spy kids. not that i've watched it but the previews caused me pain.
- Subservicent Chicken - make the chicken dance...
- Andy Rooney's Tips For Telemarketers (some really amusing, yet possibly effective ideas to use on telemarketers/junk mail) and... anti-telemarketer.com
- George and Lance: A Conversation - Huffington Post - Saturday, August 20. Scenario: Lance Armstrong joined George W. Bush for a 17-mile bike ride on Bush's Crawford estate and converse as they ride.
- i love getting my period... (postcard from postsecrets website).
- Ariel of Argentina's cartoon/comics/art
- Rave party in US raided using helicopters and stuff: (1) Stories Differ In Rave Raid; Court May Decide, (2) ome People Claim Abuse At Canyon Party Bust, (3) Official Statement and Information from the Promoters of Versus.
- Dave Barry's Commentary on Disaster Movies
- Google Talk - yes, yes... Google now has it's own chatty thing... (err.. how wonderfully non-technical of me...). It's key purpose seems to be talk/voice but it doubles as a very simple instant messenging tool (it's a similar concept to Skype). You can only use with a gmail account (at least for now). If you don't have one, you can get a gmail account if you know someone already on it who is willing to recommend it to you. Google are/have apparently released their own VoIP service.
- Environment-India: Everything Gets Worse With Coca-Cola by D. Rajeev -
What America is fighting for in Iraq - the right of free enterprise to maximize profits - leads to competition and better deals for citizens - woops - is that not what John Howard also says?
- Guess the film title (Excel file) - This is a brilliant quiz showing a screen shot of a movie with the characters erased (well, more to the point all bare skin (including faces) have been erased so characters look like they are from 'the invisible man'. A few sample picutures from the Film Title Quiz are available as a preview.
- Overheard in the office
- lileks (James) Hello - Your source for defenceless ephemera since 1996.
- EGBG anti-telemarketing counterscript It's a script for you to use when telemarkers ring you (using their own script). Generally, my approach is to tell them I'm going to hang up on them and then follow up with said action... However, this sounds like more fun. Much more fun... Think I might give it a shot. Hooray! I love this link.
- Evil clown caught - you just can't trust clowns like you used to...
- Me and google baby.... - it's simply a link to googles advanced operators page... it's from a programmer/techo... of course.
- Graph/Grid Paper - if you can't find it at your local store, it's available in PDF form online and you can customise it first.
- the progressive boink - i think, this is one of those sites that 'just is'.
- layout o-matic
cool :)
- for webby folk doing CSS layout. A cheats (or smart persons) way. Kind of.
- Speaking of tornados... - is this Leo? (kinda an in-joke :). And this is just cool.
- Most Amazing Tornado Pictures I've Seen! -
who cares if the pictures are real or not, they're awesome.
- Eating champion wins new contest
- Backstroke of the West - recreation of the blog post with the hillarious mis-translations of Star Wars Episode 3 (Revenge of the Sith). The original source was winterson.com...
- Scrine - the home of lost sentences. (I thought I'd add this to the list coz I keep getting quotes sent to me from the site). A friend says,
... totally addicted to scrine. Finally, a place to put all those excellent sentences and surreal observations. It's a drug! It's a Harry Potter Book! Sigh.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Fifteen Minutes
- Digg - a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical editorial control. Lots of links to uh, 'cool stuff' and ... err... whatever.
- How an <h1> tag can save your site - nerd/geek article -
Am I too Geeky?
- IP over Avian Carriers - nerd/geek humour
- cartoon -
sometimes things that are very sad.. are funny too
- Ever wonder what hospital staff do in their spare time? - humour, pics. Rating: PG, M, R, X - depending on your personal view. (To be on the safe side, you might like to wait until you are home to look at this one).
- Depleted Uranium is WMD
- Priceless Campaign and Parodies - humour based on the original mastercard 'priceless campaign'.
- Microsoft Update - updates for windows AND office... all from the one site. 'bout time Microsoft! (note the link on the bottom right of the screen that allows you to update from 'windows update/office update' to 'microsoft update' and get *all* updates automatically).
- The way to inner peace (humour)
- activegrid - web app development tool - nerds only need apply. (sorry... last few links all computer/webish... but I have to store these gems I've been sent somewhere - for future reference).
- We are the web - wired magazine article.
- Google Toolbar - now available for Mozilla Firefox (as well as Internet Explorer) browsers.
- Picasa - A free software download from Google. Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC.
- Your call! - allegedly an actual radio conversation of a US Naval ship and the Canadians, off the coast of Newfoundland however, Snopes says... 'Urban Myth'. Amusing none-the-less.
- My first Meth Lab: photographic humour (once again, from worth1000.com) and... half bakery - Playskool "My First Meth Lab Kit" - this one is part humour, part drug debate, part links.
- logogle.com - "make" your own google look-alike search screen. I got this last month... didn't put it up and then had to find it again when someone asked what the address was... so now it's up so I don't have to search for it all over again in the future.
- Remote-Controlled Humans -
check out the video link on the bottom of the article. hmmmmmm - there is definitely some potential in this. that would be a handy remote. imagine a MUTE button. and there was silence ... ;-) disclaimer: this information was discovered during work-related research on the internet. remember before you hit the reply button - do not shoot the messenger.
- Landmark Education/Forum: Rick Ross Resources: Landmark Education / Observer: I thought I'd be brainwashed. But how wrong could I be... / Skeptic.com: Landmark Forum / Reader comments: Werner Erhard, est and Landmark Forum / Metroactive: Landmark. Please note that there are hundreds of resources on the 'Net re Est/Landmark - some positive, some negative, these are but a few. [more resources]. The good thing is that if it *is* a cult and you end up alienating your friends and/or being brainwashed, that you will be able to find new friends via the landmark dating site. ;P
- Trouble in the Land of the Free (article/news/opinion)
- On Farthest U.S. Shores, Iraq Is a Way to a Dream (article/news/opinion)
- Internet sex led to robbery (article/news/opinion)
- Rubber Johnny - it's surreal. It's a movie thingy. Other than that I'm at a loss of how to explain it. My delightful friend says it's the weirdest thing she's ever seen.
- Nice Day - cutsey happy thing. (WARNING: Cynical folk may be induced to vomiting. Other people should come away unscathed).
- Build your own paper rocket