Friday, November 30, 2001

It's Friday! Woo hoo! Must be time for another annoying Internet Test. Today is the turn of the Zovakware Lord of the Rings Character Test.

Saruman

If I were a character in The Lord of the Rings, I would be Saruman, Wizard, the leader of the council of wizards.

In the movie, I am played by Christopher Lee.

Who would you be?
Zovakware Lord of the Rings Test with Perseus Web Survey Power

posted by Andy Buchanan at 11:41 AM

Thursday, November 29, 2001

Cthulhu for President: Why vote for the lesser of two Evils?. Why indeed? If we're going to have a New World Order anyway why not let's have the Great Old One in charge?

posted by Andy Buchanan at 2:50 PM

For anyone living with flatmates: http://www.fridgemagnet.org.uk/kitchen.html

posted by John Dalziel at 2:25 PM

Wednesday, November 28, 2001

The Creator of The Taliban Singles Online Image owns up to 2020 Hindsight but wishes to remain anonymous. Probably wise! Nice one Mr TSO Creator, it still makes me laugh.

posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:14 AM

"Energizer Bunny to the unemployment lines"? Wired is carrying this article about a neat Miniture Gas Turbine Engine developed at Columbia University and touted as a replacement for traditional batteries.

"It will give 10 times the amount of power that is generated by the best lithium battery,"

"If you take a laptop battery for instance, it's just a bit bigger than a deck of cards. The engine would take up the space of, say, a quarter. The rest of the space would be for the fuel tank,"

"This fuel could last you for 24 hours and then, when empty, you can just refill the tank."

Intriquing...

posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:40 AM

The Ultimate in geek-cool to date just has to be this Rubic's Cube Solving Robot ( Serious Lego ) created out of Lego Mindstorms and a PC! Very Cool!

posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:32 AM

Kate Winslet's single was released on Monday. It's fairly pleasant. I could live with this as the Christmas No. 1

posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:21 AM

Monday, November 26, 2001

Britney explains Semiconductor Physics. An oldie, but still great!

posted by Andy Buchanan at 2:00 PM

Channle4/FilmFour are offering you the chance to vote for your all time favourite movie stars here.

posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:41 AM

Sunday, November 25, 2001

Here's a spectacular rant about Harry Potter and the Nation of Dweebs (From The Washington Post opinion pages.) Hands up who thinks the author was a dweeb in school.

posted by Andy Buchanan at 10:01 PM

Tony Blair still seems to be pushing the Euro ( Story on BBC ) I've read reams of both the pro and anti literature and I'm still convinced EMU is unworkable without Political Union and that means a European Superstate. No guesses which way I'll be voting should there ever actually be a referendum. [Aside: it seems Tony is more than a little challenged in the spelling department, I'm not fully free of this affliction myself, nor are most people I know, but really..toomorrow! ]

posted by Andy Buchanan at 9:29 PM

Kevin Spacey's case against Jeffrey Burgar, owner of kevinspacey.com has been dismissed by the California District Court. Crytome.org have the Decision posted. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

posted by Andy Buchanan at 9:18 PM

Internet Censorship in China

No Peeking in Peking! (From the Register via The Melon Farmers)

"The Chinese Government has shut down 17,488 Internet cafes. The official reason for the closures is their failure to block sites considered subversive or pornographic. Another 28,000 Internet cafes must install monitoring software, required under Government regulations.."

Oooh, that nasty, nasty, subversive Internet!