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The official release of Windows 7 is only a few weeks away, and if you’re anything like me, you’re probably asking yourself what effect this will have on your lives. Will the gates of Heaven open up and a consort of large breasted angels descend to guide you into computing heaven? Or will it be more of a low key affair, maybe involving the cast of Friends and a degrading video?
via A Review of the Pirated Copy of Windows 7 I Bought On eBay | Cracked.com.
I’ve never really suffered from jesus phone envy, especially considering the number of features that were missing on earlier iPhones. However, there was one application that could have made me change my mind, and that was the Light Sabre application.
So when i found a Nokia Light Sabre Application, I had to have it.
As usual Jon Stewart and The Daily Show cut to the chase, asking what YOUR representatives are doing tweeting away instead of paying attention…..
Actually, it doesn’t. And neither does mine. It’s the current meme du Jour of the web. I normally don’t indulge in these, but this one intrigued me…
From Warlach’s World, the instructions for creating your own album cover:
1 – Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.2 – Go to “Random quotations”
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.3 – Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7daysThird picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
My Album is Crazy Enough To Be True by Madhucca Penicillata. I think of it as the debut album by a hardcore Punk Thrash Surf Guitar group – think Duane Eddy or Dick Dale, if they had played with the Ramones, plus just a touch of Billy Idol’s lip curling contempt for those that don’t surf…..
The link takes you to @warlach’s sponsorship page, but you can use the search facility to find and sponsor anyone you want. It’s like voting really, I don’t care WHO you sponsor, so long as you sponsor SOMEONE.
Homer tries to vote for Barack Obama, but runs into a few problems. Note the YouTube user id
The Simpsons spoof the Mad Men, the intro into one of this year’s annual Treehouse Of Horror stories.
Found on the famous Ms Fifikins site… A new meme, all about food, that comes from Very Good Taste which is a great blog about food and stuff!
Here’s what you do:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
BTW, the Carob chips were tried once and never will be eaten again by me again. never. ever.
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin – I believe this is what is called Kina in New Zealand
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine Still wondering if it was worth the headache….
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill on a bet 
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. (This is definitely on my list to do though!)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
I do have an issue in that I don’t always remember the name of what I’ve eaten, especially in Yum Cha. Its a bit of pain because when it turns out to be nom nom tasty, it’s a bugger to reorder at a later date !!
from jeff jarvis at Buzz Machine:
Jon Stewart was, of course, brilliant in his defense of satire and The New Yorker:
Many firefox users know that typing about:config in the location bar provides access to user preferences, that can’t be changed any other way.Some fun and useful (occassionally, anyway) Firefox about: links.
Either type the links in your firefox location bar or selct the links if you are curious about their purpose.