Three Things Thursday List
Six days ago ·
· LinkThe first thing was my laptop, right in the middle of doing loads of work my laptop's screen stopped (i.e. just blank), this is probably down to a screensaver I was hacking together to see how much I could push OpenGL, or it's that the video card had a fault (I'll let you decide).
After a snoop around on the apple site (not the best thing to do with an iphone browser) I found a fault on my particular laptops graphics card. Result, i'm covered.
10 Days later I have my laptop back (it would have cost £ 759, phew). This was a major pain in the behind I can tell you.
The second thing was work related, we had just received some bad news about a contract we have. Just after receiving the news I had to leave for a meeting (typical) and whilst driving with a very pre-occupied mind I jolted to attention to an air-horn going off.
Turns out I was so pre-occupied that I'd decided that T-Junction's didn't apply to me so I'd driven right out across a main street. If it wasn't for the Lorry driver tooting his horn I wouldn't have snapped back to realisation, slammed on the breaks and stopped just short of the lorry swerving onto the pavement (thankfully nobody on it) to avoid taking my car half way underneath it.
I was a bit shaken at my meeting, and I haven't really stopped thinking and re-playing the moments in my head. I was lucky.
Thirdly, I left work early the other day so I could drop the dog back home before going on to another meeting then on to some evening training.
Entering the house I make my way to the back door to let the dog out to do his business, I then noticed that the back door had be left open, it happens, not often but it happens.
Only this time it was left open and the dog flap (that we don't use as our dog is far to large to fit through) was smashed open.
Panic.
Walking into the lounge whilst ringing my better half to enquire as to the whereabouts of her laptop (had it been taken into work) I realised we had been broken into.
Laptops, Jewellery, computer leads, gold, numerous things had gone (although to be honest I didn't know about the jewellery until later, I don't have any myself).
The police were great, forensics were out within 20 minutes, police a mere 1 hour later (it wasn't needed for them to be out that quick as the forensics had all they needed).
Problem is now the insurance, the paranoia (I have a massive case of that at the moment) and the horrid feeling of coming back to your home, opening the front door with fingers crossed that the same hasn't happened again. Not to mention having to think about all the things that I really don't want to be stolen, and thus loading them in the car each time I leave the house. I'm thinking of buying a large van.
That's my three.
I hope.
Reflect on that whilst your read this weeks List.
Number of the 1
Why DRM Doesn't work
Number of the 2
Also known as other names, but suffice to say some books I'm going to find out a read a bit, David Foster Wallace
This Number be the 3
Best and Strangest Web Page Ever - So dammed joyful.
And the next, the one you expect 4
In the hive, it be number 5
Hurrah, it's, it's, well, I'm not sure, but It's Super something.
One third of the devil, bring on the 6
Keep watching, it's very impressive (at least I thought so):
Some say from heaven, bring on the 7
NSFW Lyrics for this one, but it is amusing:
Some think fat, but that's just hate, I bring you the number 8
Gorrillaz's Stylo Video - Nice
Nein, Nein, Nein, It's the Number 9 (ok so that's a bit rubbish, sorry)
Ladies take note, the reason we finish early and fall asleep is because prolonged erections can be dangerous:
Three Week Erection
Finally, carefully we arrive at the end, Number 10
All I keep thinking whilst watching this is, stop showing it over and over and over and over again, it's making me whence.
Then you realise the large array of words for nuts they use.
And THEN you think, what a total waste of time :)
Sports Science, kick to the nuts
Well I'm off to look for someone wearing a red baseball cap that robbed me.
You Own A Tank Top - Thursday List
26th Feb 2010 · · LinkI seem to be in meeting after meeting lately, all good as they generally lead to more work. But as a result of these meetings (and the fact that I hate to be late for anything) I'm pretty much always 5-10 minutes early for everything usually resulting in a nice sit down review session either in my car or in the coffee shop or bar or wherever I'm able.
This presents me with lots of time to watch people and generally be very nosey, and you would be amazed at how many things you miss out on. Last Wednesday whilst siting and waiting I was idly flicking through my iphone casually looking around when a guy walked right into a wall in front of me. I tried to stifle my laughter but frankly I didn't succeed, he was saying good-by to someone with his head turned whilst still walking. Upon wishing them well, whilst still walking he turned his head just at the perfect moment for a nose twister against a brick wall.
He just froze their a second.
I was at this point almost popping an eye in trying not to burst out in a manic fit of laughter.
I'm still smirking about this even now. But what was to happen next almost had me losing bodily control.
He slowly stepped back from the wall, put his hand to his face to inspect the 'damage' and to himself proclaimed he 'had a bloody nose' (I couldn't see to be honest, he was going some speed though).
Twisting around to (seemingly) go to the toilet he lost his footing, tripped forward and as he fell, and being in close proximity to another wall, slid his face, specifically his chin and nose, down the wall.
I actually had to get up and go outside and do one of those laughs where I nearly stop breathing.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I am Evil.
Onwards we walk, upwards we climb, downwards we fall until eventually we reach our goal.
That's right, it's list time.
Alpha. F***ING Windows - If you don't laugh a kitten will die (SFW, but NSFW Web Address)
Beta. All is well with the world, new SciFi coming soon.
Gamma. Likely to be not available soon:
Kirsten Dunst - Turning Japanese
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Delta. X To Flip
Epsilon. Stephen Hawkin - Lego
Not sure if this is right, or wrong
Zeta. Does this get you going, still does for me:
Eta. Fish - Strange Ones.
Theta. NY In Miniature:
The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.
Iota. Happy Happy Joy Joy, best jokes I have seen, read, stolen or been told this week
This girl asked me out last night but she had a really loud voice.
So I had to turn her down.
Call it a hunch, but I'm pretty sure I have an abnormal convex curvature of the upper spine.
What's worse than the dog chewing your shoe? A whale eating your trainer!
I have just had a bitter row with the mrs.
She thinks Tetleys is better than Boddingtons.
Does that meerkat understand that he's giving free publicity to ComparetheMarket.com?
Kappa. He Strikes - This just makes me laugh for no real reason.
Bonus.This Song fascinates me, it's called You Overdid It Doll by The Courteeners.
However to me the chorus sounds like 'You Own a Tank Top' and I have been singing that for the past 2 weeks. Someone else said it sounds like 'You own a dead dog'.
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