Black Humour FTW
Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under Funny, Internets | 6 Comments
I laughed anyway.
Censorship, Islam & “Fitna”
Posted on March 29, 2008 - Filed Under Europe, Freedom, Internets, Media, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion | 9 Comments
“Fitna” is the name of a rather nasty, polemical film by right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders that equates all Islam with violence and, portrays all Muslims as extremists. Or at least that’s what I gather based on the testimonies of those who have seen it. I can’t watch it myself because LiveLeak, the main channel [...]
IRL CO$ Raids
Posted on March 15, 2008 - Filed Under Funny, Internets | Leave a Comment
While I was doing my GAMSAT exam (post due in the coming days, when I’m feeling less tired), Anonymous was busy protesting worldwide against the vile Church of Scientology. Good for them, and props to the guy with the longcat placard.
Motivators
Posted on March 14, 2008 - Filed Under Funny, Internets | 1 Comment
Because I could do with some right now.
Who’s on Twitter?
Posted on March 10, 2008 - Filed Under Internets, New Media | Leave a Comment
I can be found here.
Post your account in the comments if you have one.
NPR Podcast Plug
Posted on February 2, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, Internets | Leave a Comment
If you’ve any interest in US politics then I highly recommend that you check out NPR’s It’s All Politics podcast. It’s a weekly show (about 10 minutes long) hosted by two entertaining journalists named Ken Rudin and Ron Elving. As you would expect from an NPR show, it’s has a somewhat leftward perspective, but sometimes [...]
What faint brown square?
Posted on January 15, 2008 - Filed Under Internets | 2 Comments
Colour Blindness Test.
I failed.
Via Anthony.
LOL
Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under Animals, Funny, Internets | Leave a Comment
Face Transformer
Posted on October 17, 2007 - Filed Under Funny, Internets, Media | 2 Comments
This is a really neat little toy. Upload an image of yourself and transform into an image of what you would look like were you a different age or race, a painting by a particular artist, etc…
Me as a kid.
Me as black.
Me ‘El Greco’.
Me as a manga character.
Found through Andrew Sullivan’s blog on the Atlantic [...]
Mr. Hands for Cork Film Festival
Posted on October 10, 2007 - Filed Under Film, Internets | 2 Comments
Mr. Hands in the internet handle of a guy named Kenneth Pinyan, who died in 2005 in Washington state after being filmed (NSFW [or anywhere else for that matter]) having sex with a horse. It now transpires that some fellow called Robinson Devor has taken it upon himself to document this unusual death in [...]
$222,000 Fine for Sharing Music Online
Posted on October 5, 2007 - Filed Under Internets, Music | 7 Comments
Full story.
Her lawyer, Brian Toder, told the Associated Press Ms Thomas was reduced to tears by the verdict.
“This is a girl that lives from paycheque to paycheque, and now all of a sudden she could get a quarter of her paycheque garnished for the rest of her life,” he said.
The US record industry said people [...]
Adblock Plus
Posted on September 29, 2007 - Filed Under Internets, Tech | Leave a Comment
If you don’t already have this then install it right now. It improves web browsing immeasurably.
Posted on August 3, 2007 - Filed Under Internets | Leave a Comment
I need more friends on my Facebook account, or else I’ll look like such a loser on the coolest of the internet social networking sites (oh noes!11). You can help by joining.
