A Day in Paradise

Need to look at this when I have a break.
Allegedly the German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They, it is alleged, not only expect one to know one’s gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we […]

It’s hard to believe that it’s PFP day again, seemed like we celebrated Poop for Peace 2006 last week.
Anyway, this email landed in my inbox announcing Pfp 07 on April 13th which will coincide with the publishing of a new book.
This April, just like every April, the world will come together to poop for […]

A friend of mine is looking for someone to help him with a personal project of his
I’m finding it a frustration that whilst we refer to Australians and News Zealanders as ‘westerners’ our printed maps always show both countries in the far south-east.
I’ve tried using Photoshop to move both countries to the west of the […]

The problem of dog overpopulation is a real one. However, the noble goal of preventing unwanted dog pregnancy does not justify the means being used. Millions of brutal forced castrations and female genital mutilations take place every year in America. We need to put a stop to these atrocities and give every living creature the […]

As you may know, it’s a sin for a Taliban male to see a woman other than his wife, naked. He must commit suicide if he does. So this Saturday at 4 P.M. eastern time, all American women are asked to walk out of their houses, completely naked, to weed out any terrorists in your […]

During my early morning browsing session I noticed the truth behind FF2’s choice in abbreviating the title from Jeremy’s latest blog entry “Google as our Culture“.

My name is Aaron Wormus, and I’ve been a card-carrying member of the Google Cult for 3 years. I grovel when my ranks are dumped, and squeal with joy when […]

some “intelectual comedy” for a saturday afternoon!
notice the new mybloglog link in the sidebar and thanks ChristyZ for being my first community member

Hiro Nakamura from heroes is actually a code warrior in real life. His profile can be found at this great wired article.
“I’ve been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college,” said Oka. “ILM offered me an entry-level position at its Marin, California, […]

Celebrate with the apocalyptico remix, and 10 things I hate about commandments.
In all seriousness though, have a happy holiday!

… because they dive into it like this.

Image courtesy of an International PHP Magazine.

… and wearing a kilt

A picture is worth a 1000 words:

book, swedish chicks, book, php, security, book, book, conference, book, training, book, php, conference, training, conference, conference, book, book, conference, training, book, beer!

Frightening article on BBC about creating human/cow hybrids:
The hybrid human-bovine embryos would be used for stem cell research and would not be allowed to develop for more than a few days.
But critics say it is unethical and potentially dangerous.
Liberal Democrat MP Dr Evan Harris - a member of the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee […]