Posts by Neil

Cum Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Slackers spend more time on Facebook, therefore Facebook causes people to be slackers? Well, quite. In other news, all mackrel are fish, all fish live under water, therefore if I order kippers it won't rain.

Good Stuff

Finally, a way to make regular 11pt text look blurry and indistinct while simultaneously making me look like I'm too cheap to splash out on toner! Much better than just switching my default font to #444444, obviously.

Evidence?

There's about as much evidence for King Arthur as there is for that Jesus fellow. And both claimed they'd be back one day. Let's see who gets here first; my money's on the Brit!

Incidentally, Bernard Cornwell wrote a pretty decent version of the King Arthur story. It's called The Winter King.

REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS!

Sierra Online

If I recall correctly, games like Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry used to have a "Boss Key" built in that hid the game and popped up a spreadsheet. Very handy. Glad to see it's spread to the interwebs.

It was said best on the Limerick Database...

A preoccupied vegan named Hugh

Picked up the wrong sandwich to chew.

He took a big bite

Before spitting, in fright,

"OMG, WTF, BBQ!"

Testing...

The icon says it all, really.

Black Devices

Seeing as you appear likely to get the cops called on you for carrying anything black and about the right size (insert penis joke here), do you think we're likely to see a rise in gangsters painting their guns pink to avoid suspicion?

Anyone remember Rule #8?

The Angle of the Dangle

Well, that's a mystery solved then. All future "what's the IT Angle?" questions can be answered with "it's the angle from which the Shaolin Monks observed Chuck Norris."

Rule 8 observed.

For the Kids

Oh dear. If ever a phrase was code for "it's rubbish", then "This is aimed not at adults, this is aimed at people who are 13 to 16," must be it.

If you make a comment like that, you're aware that adults think your product is ridiculous and/or stupid, and you implicitly assume that teenagers have lower standards of judgement. And then you're well on your way to being those bank executives from the Natwest adverts.

Quick poll: Has anyone here ever met a teenager who couldn't tell when he/she was being patronised?