Following on from my Clash of the Clans rant last week, my replacement app for those spare few minutes is an 8 ball pool game. You play a game of pool against a random stranger. The company make their money …
Read moreWhilst retweeting
Here it is up close – the very first ET cartridge exhumed after 30 years pic.twitter.com/nb8tv33w8F — Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus ⌨️🖱️🎮 (@majornelson) April 26, 2014
Read moreTesting Emoji and WordPress with workaround
This one does not use Emoji https://twitter.com/MortimerCatTwit/status/458351129894862849 This one uses Emoji https://twitter.com/MortimerCatTwit/status/458345511951409152 see WordPress Bug Tracker
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This one does not use Emoji https://twitter.com/MortimerCatTwit/status/458351129894862849 This one uses Emoji https://twitter.com/MortimerCatTwit/status/458345511951409152
Read moreClash of clans
Through the power of advertising, I downloaded the “Clash of Clans” applet to my iPhone. I do not like games as a rule, but simulation games I find fascinating (at first). In this game, you are the head of a …
Read moreSquirrel that tweets
Its that weird part of the Internet again. A squirrel with a twitter account and over 100K followers. dig dig dig — commonsquirrel on bsky (@common_squirrel) December 19, 2013 Reminds me of Ripley the cat. A blogger I used to …
Read moreAnnual appraisal
It was time for the annual waste of time appraisal where I work at my real job. I accept that some companies do these properly and it is a worthwhile process. Unfortunately, the company where I work only introduced them …
Read moreLet me get off the train, take 2
When the doors open, I am always met by a large crowd of people blocking my exit. They always seem surprised that people need to get off the train. I have noticed old people just push their way through regardless. …
Read moreTesla
The tesla (T) is the SI derived unit of magnetic field B, also known as “magnetic flux density” or “magnetic induction”. The definition is that 1 Tesla (T) is the strength of a magnetic field that would generate a force …
Read moreDynamic robots.txt
After installing zbblock, I took a look at all the bots visiting my site. There are obvious ones that are welcome, Google, Bing, Yahoo to name but a few. Others are not so welcome. They eat up your bandwidth and …
Read moreA day with the Beatles
Another of my strange dreams. For some reason, the Beatles popped in to see me. Thinking about it now, only Paul and Ringo were there. I was going to show them something on my laptop but it was taking a …
Read moreI asked a question, I was not indulging in conversation
My latest peeve is standing in a queue while the people in front indulge in conversation with the cashier. There is a queue behind you, some of us need to get on with our day. Just pay for your goods …
Read moreI wish everyone would _____. (by Formspring)
Stop giving me their opinion.
Read moreWeird game show
There were some previous events which made a “logical” progression to why I was now entering a building, which seemed to be like a swimming pool or night club. There was a man shouting instructions, so I knew I had …
Read moreWhere do you want to retire? (by Formspring)
Lets go to Transylvania.
Read moreWhat was the first car you drove? (by Formspring)
My first driving lessons were in a Datsun Sunny, driving around the streets of Croydon. A lot of time was spent in Warlingham, where my instructor lived, and coincidentally an area I later got to know well. Before I could …
Read moreWhat was your favorite childhood toy? (by Formspring)
Pat was my night time cuddle toy. A white dog, actually a pyjama case. I still have her, 45 years later.
Read moreLet me get off the train.
When I am waiting to get on a train, I stand to the side of the door. I even make sure I stand on the side away from the direction the passengers will go once they alight. However, when I …
Read moreWhere’s my ticket
Excitement at the ticket barrier this evening. I put my ticket in the machine and nothing happened. The machine just swallowed my ticket. I went to the human ticket collector and told him his machine just ate my season. The …
Read moreWhat would your dream job look like?
Cat sitting
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