Today’s “Dudley’s Dungeon” comic strip is absolutely fantastic. If you’re a NetHack player, you oughta read it. If you’re not a NetHack player… <sighs>
Kind: Notes
The Gender Genie
The Gender Genie is quite remarkable. Copy-paste a heap of your journal entries (and state that journal entries is what they are) and it will attempt to guess your gender, based on the language used (and partially explain it’s reasoning).
I’m apparently male, with a two-thirds certainty. Not bad.
Apathetic Journal Entry Generator
Generate apathetic journal entries automatically. This tool revolutionises blogging for those sad fucks who only uses their weblogs to say that they haven’t done much and that they haven’t had time to update, sorry (in case anybody’s reading it). I mean, really – do you actually have nothing to write about?
Primary School Permits “Conkers” Only With Protective Goggles
It’s a funny old world. A primary school in Carlisle is insisting that pupils wear industrial safety goggles while playing conkers, in order that they don’t end up with shards of horse chestnut in their eyes.
Optical Illusions
Barely blogworthy, but I found several particularly impressive optical illusions while browsing the web. Download them as a powerpoint presentation if you’re bored at work or something.
A Llama In Every Home!
The Official God FAQ
The Official God FAQ attempts to answer all of the most frequently asked questions about God. Do you have questions about God? All will be answered.
Which OS Are You?
Apparently, I’m Debian Linux (or possibly MacOS X). Sweet.
The Marvellous Breadfish
Tell me, have you seen the marvellous breadfish?
Ghost In The Shell 2 : Innocence
Paul will, yet again, have kittens: Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence seems to have been released.
Aber Graduates Earn Least In UK
This is just fucking weak: the average salary of an Aberystwyth graduate is just £12,968… the lowest in the UK. And on this crappy ‘probationary period‘, that’s still more than I earn. Fucking shitty.
Feeling unmotivated now. Not getting enough work done.
Homosexual Intercourse Exposure To Be Reduced By Highland Cattle
In this news story on Ananova, it is reported that a Dutch town is hoping to reduce occurrences of gays using their park for sex by filling it with Scottish highland cattle, which will apparently “scare them off”.
It’s a weird world.
How Am I Coding?
Schoolboy, 12, Performs Armed Robbery And Is Placated With Crisps
Article on the BBC. A schoolboy holds up a shop and demands money, using a sawn-off shotgun.
My favourite bit: Mr Guliani said there was no money in the till and, on instruction to load the bag with cigarettes instead, told the boy he was under age. The retailer later offered him sweets and crisps instead.
Teleportation Goes Long-Distance
The BBC have an article about Australian researchers successfully teleporting photons a distance of 600m, advancing upon their first efforts in the field, over two years ago.