RATM for the Xmas number one!

Just wanted to voice my support for the campaign to get 'Killing In The Name' by Rage Against The Machine to the 2009 Christmas number one slot in the UK! I harbour no illusions about it changing the face of the music industry or getting The X Factor off our screens or anything like that, but it'll be worth it just to piss off Simon Cowell! I already have the album, but I bought a copy for precisely that purpose!

If you're in the UK and haven't bought it yet, here's a link to buy it on Amazon. At 29 pence, it's an absolute steal!

Scammers are morons...

Check out this very dumb spam email that was sent to, of all places, the Debian Hurd mailing list, and received a suitably chastening response. I mean, seriously, Linux has a reputation for being geeky, Debian has a reputation among Linux distros for being geeky and the Hurd port is no doubt even geekier (I'm on the mailing list, but only really because I'm interested in the idea of the Hurd and I would like to be able to play with it once I have sufficient skills). Who is dumb enough to think that people on this mailing list will not realise this is a scam? Not to mention the nature of it:

Dear Webmail Account User,

This message is from the webmail administrator/
IT support center to all webmail account users. We are
currently upgrading the data base and e-mail center due tO
unusual activities identified in our email system.
Therefore, We are deleting all unidentified Webmail Accounts
to upgrade and create space for new ones.

You are required to verify your webmail account by
confirming your Webmail identity. This will prevent your
Webmail account from termination during this exercise.

In order to confirm your Webmail identity, you are to
provide the following data below;

First Name:
Last Name:
Username/ID:
Password:


*Important*
Please provide all these information completely and correctly
otherwise due to security reasons we may have to deactivate
your webmail account temporarily.

If anyone falls for that one they probably shouldn't be allowed near a computer ever again! I guess it goes to show that most online scammers are in fact utterly stupid people who bank on there being someone even stupider to fall for it.

Kill Bill in One Minute

I loved this video! Check it out!

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

I really like today's Dilbert:

Enjoy!

The IT Crowd

I'm a huge fan of the geektastic Channel 4 comedy series The IT Crowd, so I was really pleased to find this link today, confirming that it's returning to our screens in the UK at the end of November. For those who haven't yet discovered it, I urge you to check out this link for a taster of this hilarious sitcom (unfortunately it's no longer possible to embed this clip).

But I was even more pleased to find this spoof website for Reynholm Industries, the company which is the setting for the series. With a little searching around, you can find a way to log into the company's Intranet and download wallpapers and images from the series(I won't spoil the surprise by telling you where to find the login details, you'll have to find them yourself!). Top marks for this brilliant comedy website!

IT Guy vs Dumb Employees Video

I couldn't help laughing at this great video! Check it out!


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ReactOS is very much like Windows...

I was just trying ReactOS (an open source clone of Windows) in VirtualBox, and got this rather familiar-looking screen...


I was hoping it was a close copy of Windows so I could use it in VirtualBox to run some games that don't work very well in Wine, but this was something I was hoping it hadn't copied!

Why Linux always wins!

Maybe it's too soon to be doing the second instalment, but I had this idea buzzing around my head and I couldn't wait!

Something funny for a Monday morning

A little XKCD-style cartoon I knocked up in five minutes, which I think some of you might enjoy!


If this goes down well, I might even do some more!

A classic Dilbert...

Check out yesterday's Dilbert strip...



A classic!

Find your blog's reading level

Found this great website that discovers your blog's reading level. I've checked both Far Beyond the Edge of Reason and Easierbuntu and they are both College (Undergrad). Unsurprising for Easierbuntu perhaps, but I didn't think Far Beyond is terribly intellectual. But then it's probably based on word length and I do like long words!

If you have a blog, try it and see how readable it is!

Movie Reviews

A weird image...

Was just visiting the page for Digsby, a new IM client. Unfortunately it's in private beta, so you need an invite code to use it, so I have sent off an email requesting one. While I was at the site, I saw the CAPTCHA for registering:


I guess some people might be offended by this! Good thing I'm not religious!

A great Dilbert strip

I love Dilbert, but today's strip has to be one of my all-time favourites - enjoy!

I'm sure this happens a lot!

ApplyYourself:

In order to send a letter of reference to a university admissions committee, you have to sign our crazy EULA

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Flying spaghetti monster defeats anti-evolution FL school

Efforts were afoot recently on the Polk County School Board to begin teaching the "concept" of intelligent design in science classes as an alternative to evolution. But that was before the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster arrived and shamed the school board into backing down. Read more about this somewhat merry holiday tale...

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Bad Day at the Office

If you ever think you're having a bad day at the office, spare a thought for these people...

The 5 Least Surprising Toy Recalls of All Time

The one I really don't get is the Kinder Eggs - I used to eat them all the time as a child. What is so dangerous about them? Only if you're daft enough to just cram everything in sight in your mouth could you choke to death on it.

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'Doctor Who' slammed by Christian groups

I found a link to this article on a feed I subscribe to, and I just had to Digg it. Seriously, do these people not understand the concept of fiction? Are there people who are offended by fictional messiahs like Paul Atreides in Dune? Although I'm an atheist, I do respect the rights of others to believe otherwise, but it's very hard to when they come out with crap like this.

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Thick people

Here's a favourite sketch of mine - the Thick People Agency in Chris Morris's Jam!