Am I just a grumpy old git? AOAP. Here are two things that failed to impress me recently. (Found on Google Video) “Amazing” juggling finale. Not that amazing. Half a dozen tricks with 3 balls and lots of moving your body around trying to sell it. I think he's making…
how to impress people
Scene: start of a meeting, waiting for people to arrive A_manager_01 enters, stage right. a_manager_01: 4 reviews down, 24 to go! elbeno: You've done 14%, then? a_manager_01: yep. a_manager_01: …is it really 14%? elbeno: 14.285714 recurring. a_manager_01: … (Knowing what 1/7th is as a decimal comes in handy)
dyson adverts
You've probably seen them: the ones where James Dyson says: “I was vacuuming at home one day, and I was really amazed by the lousy suction.” Whenever I see this advert I find myself wondering how many takes it took to get it, and if JD really had to fight…
only in the UK…
…could you find a city made from biscuits. Right about now I could eat a packet or two of custard creams.
Doin' the Do
Boomania! A blast from 1990 from SecondSpin.com via Amazon shops. So here I am, browsing through mp3s, and I'm in the 'B' section of course and I idly click on the 80s classic “Love in the First Degree” by Bananarama. Hold on a minute… that sounds familiar… isn't that? Yes!…
Meme-a-tron
Note: for this meme I am omitting Mrs Elbeno from my friends list. Otherwise it's a non-starter, really. Hmm this meme seems like a bit of a typical “aren't I quirky?” self-congratulatory affair. Well let me tell you something, f-list: no matter how much of a rebel-against-society-norms, emo-classical-acid-jazz-loving, “my-favourite-homestar-character-is-strong-sad” type…
Alphabetic animals
The weekend project: one old (highschool era) work of art + a colour scanner/printer + a couple of frames from Big Lots + pliers, tape, Stanley knife = baby room decorations! Now all I need to do is figure out which animal represents the letter “U”.
Go
Friday night I played my first game of Go. It’s the kind of game where somebody just a little better than you can handily beat you, and my friend at work is a lot better than “absolute beginner”. His highest rating has been 3 kyu, which I think is saying…
E3 to enforce booth babe dress code
As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, this year E3 plans to more stringently apply the dress code. No nudity, semi-nudity or bikini bottoms, on pain of a verbal warning, then $5000 fine and ejection from the show. Booo! Does this mean I’m going to have to take photos of…
VPNing and baby stuff…
On Friday night I managed to get the VPN connection to the office working so I can now use remote desktop to get in and check my email. Today I went down to the store with the help of a friend with an SUV to pick up the crib. It…