Cow Curiosity Fail October 24, 2008
Posted by Drew in : Funny , add a commentThe look of disdain from the other cow says more than I ever could 
Cows are stupid
Shaft Theme - By Ukulele? October 17, 2008
Posted by Drew in : Funny , add a commentOne word: Genius
Smart Printing October 5, 2008
Posted by Drew in : Cool, Technology , add a commentNow in these days of environmentally friendly goodness we all try and refrain from producing printed output when we can. But every now and then there is something that we absolutely have to print and so the aim is keep it as brief and concise as possible. The problem of course is that web pages generally aren’t designed for printing and so we get a whole load of crap we don’t want. Well now help is at hand. Print What You Like is a website that takes the URL of a site you want to print and allows you to remove any elements that you don’t want on that paper output. Genius. They even supply a handy bookmarklet that pops the page you are currently viewing straight into the site.
It’s the Microsoft Amateur Hour September 30, 2008
Posted by Drew in : Rants, Technology , add a commentSome people have an almost irrational opposition to Microsoft and everything they do. I’m not one of them, when they do good things I praise them, when they do bad things I criticise.
So this morning they are well and truly in the corner with their dunce cap on. What has brought this about? The XBox Live upgrade.
Passive Aggressive August 28, 2008
Posted by Drew in : Funny, Miscellany , add a commentWe’ve all been there. Someone keeps parking in “your spot”. You go to the fridge and there’s only an empty milk bottle. Every day for the last week you’ve arrived at work to find your office door unlocked when you know you locked it the evening before. Some of us are rude and obnoxious and will “explain” to the perpertators of such attrocities the error of their ways but not everyone has that luxury.
Which is where the passive aggressive note comes in. Anyone who has lived in a shared house has probably experienced these. Fortunately (more…)
When cakes go bad August 24, 2008
Posted by Drew in : Funny , add a commentCakes are an ideal foodstuff for celebrations of just about any kind. We’ve all seen those impressive pieces of art specially commissioned for whatever event it may be, birthday, wedding, funeral. You get the idea.
Some times however things don’t go quite to plan.
Happy Weeding Day
Memes R Us August 15, 2008
Posted by Drew in : Cool, Miscellany, Technology , add a commentAh, internet memes. Where would we be without them. They come along, make us all laugh for a few days and then disappear.
Who can forget Dramatic Chipmunk, Diet Coke+Mentos, Numa Numa, Star Wars Kid or All Your Base Are Belong To Us. Not to forget 2 girls, 1 cup.
AppleTV Take Two August 9, 2008
Posted by Drew in : Technology , add a commentSo I wrote way back when about my purchase of the Apple TV and how for me it was exactly what I needed. In my original assessment I didn’t think that the original lowly 40Gb hard drive was going to be a problem but as with all things storage related the amount that is available soon fills and there is never enough. Once I started using the Apple TV in anger, especially with video content, the small drive was not suitable for a synchronising set up and whether this was a serious issue was going to be down to the wireless streaming capabilities. Well after using it for several months I can tell you that it is a problem. Here’s the deal; I have 802.11n in my house and it works fine upstairs and downstairs for all sorts of things, the obvious email/web browsing, XBox Live from upstairs works fine. But streaming high quality video? Not a chance. Not that this is necessarily an Apple TV issue. My video library is currently sat attached to a poor old Mac Mini which only runs 802.11g so that could be the bottleneck but whatever the reason I found that streaming was hit and miss. To add insult to injury, the more people in the house the worse the experience which means all my boasting about this technological marvel was quite rightly thrown right back in my face.