iPods going cheap

Just to let you know, I've been offered by a mate of mine the chance to buy 100 South African designed Ipods for $25 each (all above board) and wondered if any of you would be interested in one.

They're obviously a bit late for a Xmas present, but for the price you may as well get one.
They are a slightly different version of the Nano but still quite cool.

For all you techno geeks, the attached picture is the exact model on offer.

Let me know if you are interested so I can get organised.

Please don't take away my favourite soda

Now they are saying some fizzy drinks may cause cancer - and Fanta is one of them. They always do this. The price you pay for taking processed food I guess. But process food is also part of the advancement of society and technology. Part of moving towards the future.

 

People will eat more organic and natural food when they come down in price.

No reason to live?

Yesterday a man was accidentally trapped in a shredding machine and he ended up losing 3 or 4 limbs.

 

If I was this man and knew I'll lose my limbs, I wouldnt have cried for help and just allowed myself to bleed to death. Surely I'll know if my arms or legs are crushed beyond recognition.

 

With the current technology, there is no way of replacing these limbs with functional robotic alternatives. I wouldn't mind being Borg.

 

If they get amputated, I'll be a burden to all those around me and would rather die that be taxing.

 

These thoughts are my own and for myself and not for the man in the above article.

 

the walls are closing in... and what is that flushing sound

Been working on a project for the past few days, the nature of which is rather confidential, and could actually be all for nothing if a certain proposal isn't ratified...

So me and one of the other senior systems analyst have locked ourselves away from the day-to-day slog of the coal face, and basically attempt to emulate the lifestyle lived by hermits in that we've closeted ourselves away in the project room…



Amazing how much work you can achieve when there's no shoulder tapping, no phones ringing, no general conversations occurring to capture your attention for the briefest of moments (which we all know, add up to a hell of a lot of time at the end of the day when you take in to account not only the amount of time lost in paying attention to the conversation, and then the subsequent attempt at achieving the same level of concentration that you had previously devoted to the subject at hand prior to being disturbed/derailed)…

Just the furious tippity-tappity of touch-typing fingers rolling out SQL statements, contacting business users to gain a better understanding of what they're proposing be done to the system (conversations which go along the lines of "you want to do WHAT with the system? Why the h3ll do you want it to do that for?"), the scritchy-scratch noise of pen(cil) etching out notes/diagrams on A3 pieces of paper that is mapping out the ridiculous timeline that you are constrained to - all this interspersed with the exclamations of elation and/or sounds of utter anguish…

Oh, and the sounds of toilet(s) flushing… the project room that I'm cosseted away in, is beside the toilets - let me explain further, the toilets are only accessible from the foyer (ie. There's no door to access the toilets from inside our area)… it's amazing how many times the toilets are used in an hour (at it's busiest, I've counted 27 flushes in an hour - and there's only 50 people that work on this floor!)… true, there could be some that use the toilet without flushing, but I'd rather not have to count those ones - yes, I can also hear the sound of the toilet door closing and being locked/latched, as well as the clink of the toilet seat as the user raises/lowers it… and yes, much like Ally McBeal, our toilets are unisex… *sigh*

Spooked

Had my birthday recently and my loving wife conspired with my closest friends and my family to plan a surprise party. It was a nice surprise with plenty of scrumptious food and lots of laugh. The most fun we've had in a long time.

 

That night some of us went to a newish attraction up here in Auckland called Spookers. They have three attractions but we only went to two of them. The Spookers Haunted House and the Freaky Forest.

 

The Story goes... In 1998 the Government purchased all land surrounding a top secret research facility known as 'Compound K'. Government scientists were conducting secret experiments to find a cure for any possible nuclear contamination.

One evening, deep inside the compound, something went drastically wrong ... read the rest of the story here.

I thought the house was better than the forest. Althought the forest's Jason dude was quite believable. In the house, the best parts were: the psycho pipe guy, the guy in the cage who is obsessed with getting the keys, and the nurse with the eardrum-piercing scream. Freddy was good too although he is more funny than scary.

Over all it was an excellent spookers night.

Supermarket Humour

Maybe it's just me but I thought this was funny

I went to buy some taro a few days ago at Countdown.

This chick at the counter was processing my groceries until she got to the taro.

She asked "Is this Swede?"

I said "No. It is Taro."

She turns around to the supervisor and said "I do not know the code for Taro."

The supervisor yelled out and asked "Is it pink or white Taro?"

The cashier said "It's brown?!"

Hepi Balentayns Dey!

Ernie's Dream PC

I found Ernie's Dream PC. The release date (Japan Only) is 24th February.

http://tinyurl.com/cewtw

To boldly go where no one has gone before?

A Star Trek fan who spent thousands of dollars on converting his home in Britain into a replica of the Starship Enterprise has declared himself bankrupt.

Sci-fi enthusiast Tony Alleyne spent nine years transforming his flat into the bridge of Captain Kirk and crew's spaceship.

 

This is quite sad. I mean you spend your 9 yrs using all your money and what your passion ultimately brought you down in flames.

 

You can view the flat here.

 

The before and after photos are impressive. I don't think the actual set at are as detailed as Tony's flat.

It's not funny anymore

It all started with a Danish paper publishing what was suppose to be humour (theirs) depicting the Prophet Mohammad (I hope I spelt it correctly) as a suicide bomber. There were apparently several cartoons published.

 

This caused protests from the muslim community from different parts of the world which include Beirut, Syria, etc...A few days ago, 2 NZ papers (Dominion Post and The Press) and 2 TV channels (TV One and TV3) published/shown the cartoons as part of a news story. This caused protests on Sunday on Queen Street. Hundreds of local Muslims marched down Queen Street to protest against it's publication in NZ.

 

Personally I do not think there is anything wrong with this if the cartoons were shown as part of a news story telling people what happened overseas. Kinda like this..."This is what is happening overseas and it is caused by this cartoon... ". Now what is wrong with that? The media here in NZ did not have any malicious intent of blasphemy or insulting the local Muslim community. I think the local community over-reacted by claiming so.

 

The publishing of the cartoon was no different to the publishing of the Virgin Mary in a Condom a while back. Now that caused some protests from the local Catholic community but they did not protest against the media but against the artist who created it. Why can't the local Muslim community see it the same way? I do not know...

 

The arguments are that the media have the right to free speech - which is what it is all about in NZ. Free speech does not mean you can insult or defame people - this is true and it is certainly not the case here.

 

Overseas, the Muslim community have burnt Danish flags and even their embassies - to be honest, in doing so they are not helping themselves. They claim that Islam is peaceful - sure. Most religions claim they are peaceful. But if they are to go around protesting with placards with words "beheading..." or go on and burning other people's properties, that is hardly peaceful at all. At least the protest here in NZ is not voilent. That seems to be in keeping with the said peaceful Islam teachings.

 

Here is the latest (today's news) on the cartoon issue in NZ. Muslim countries are now threatening to cancel trade with NZ just because the media is doing their job. Very childish and misled I think they are.

 

 

Tamahori arrested for prostitution

New Zealand director Lee Tamahori has been arrested for prostitution.

The 55-year-old was picked up during a police prostitution sting on Hollywood's Santa Monica Boulevard on January 8.

Tamahori was arraigned in a Los Angeles court today and officially charged with soliciting.

Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Officer Jason Lee says the director was dressed as a woman, and approached an undercover policeman. He says he bailed himself two hours after his arrest and booking.

Lee Tamahori directed the New Zealand box office hit Once Were Warriors, and more recently the James Bond movie Die Another Day starring Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry.

- NEWSTALK ZB
 

 

You can never tell.....

 

The most beautiful woman in the world

Aishwarya Rai was voted the most beautiful woman in the world.

Do you agree?