Moving to a foreign country is strange, here are the chronicles so far. It’s not easy, especially when you feel like a dinosaur out of sync with the rest of the world! Sunday 12th I was far too tired from the long flight, the age it took to get through the airport, as well as [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘funny’ Category
This is brilliant. Salvador Dali appeared on the old “What’s My Line?” TV show, where the guests are blindfolded and ask yes or no questions in order to identify the person on stage. The quote I like best is “So this man can do anything, except sport?!“ Also, I didn’t realise he was such a [ Read More ]
Okay, so I’m a girl, and, despite my occasional claims to be a nerd, I delight in beautiful things, some functional, like these adorable measuring spoons (“Bird Measuring Spoons“): Or some not so practical, like my obsession with Carlton Pottery “Walking Ware” series: (I only have one piece (well 2) so far — adorable bookends… [ Read More ]
I realise that, of late, this has been a dumping ground for things I’ve stumbled across, without any real content from me, guess I’ll need to work on that, in the meantime, here’s some amusing pop-ups cataloged at worsethanfailure.com: Ohhh…. google’s gotta get some stick about this one:
Well it made me smile: At least they know their audience… their website is best viewed in Firefox. Nice. (and they have Podcasts….)
I’ve always been a fan of the despair.com take on inspiration posters: I’ve even tried my hand at one or two in my time, helped by the fd’s flickr toys: But these are pure nerdy for those who know far too much about the show, check out the posters on echosphere. PS. I hope the [ Read More ]
YouTube is a good place sometimes, a terrible place other times, but sometimes you come across absolute gems like the following: “Code Monkey” (acted out) – song by Jonathan Coulton.
I thought the Apple ads were a little bit annoying, and I must say I do enjoy this rebuttal: Sits nicely with the quote I read the other day: “I hate Macs. I have always hated Macs. I hate people who use Macs. I even hate people who don’t use Macs but sometimes wish they [ Read More ]
