Tag: funny

I don't think you know what that word means…

2 April 2014

Spotted in Buxton: I don't think they know what "geek" means.

Some things you're not allowed to do in Peter and Paul's Fortress

29 July 2013

When I visited Things you're not allowed to do in Peter and Paul's Fortress, St.Petersburg, back in 2006, there was a list of things you weren't allowed to do. Can you work out what they are?

A postbox in Sheffield

27 July 2013

Recently in Sheffield, I saw this poster on a phone box:

The Out Takes

12 December 2012

I've done some really nice hiking club videos, but I rarely show the stuff that's neither picturesque nor insightful. This had to be put right. (watch in HD if you can) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fkMXpEvOzOk Part of my video a week thing.

Who can guess your security question?

16 February 2012

I was recently importing some legacy mail accounts of mine out of their silos on assorted free webmail sites. In fact, I was stunned to find that some of my Hotmail addresses still had email in them and figured that it was probably worth keeping, if only for the amusement value of "this is what […]

Happy Valentines Day – xkcd loves you!

14 February 2012

Woo, it's Valentines day! (also known as "single people be lonely day", "puke at people's facebook status day", "don't try to eat out at a this evening resturant day", "bad colour schemes day" and a plethora of other things!) xkcd can, once again, neatly sum up my take on it: This is what I was […]

The hysteria begins: OMG WTF SNOW!!

4 February 2012

As my Facebook and twitter feeds are filled with people apparently trying to make sure that all of their friends are aware it has snowed, and the news networks busily rolling out stories which imply that 3 inches of snow will be the most historic event (of the last 6 months) and that this is […]

Reality TV for [almost] sane people: Tallafornia Swipe

1 February 2012

I want to apologise in advance. If reality TV – even if someone is satirising it – isn't your thing, stop reading now. Tallafornia is Ireland's answer to Jersey Shore. If that doesn't mean anything to you, I suggest you save your soul, stop reading and go to a happy place right now. Tallafornia is […]

Hackers and Repetition

17 January 2012

Sometimes reddit throws up some fantastic stuff about life and work. This graph really highlights what's frequently referred to as the first hacker virtue "Laziness". Instead of being content to do a task manually, they want to sit around and do less of that, thus the second hacker virtue "Impatience" comes in to play. The […]

The Skyenet Song

23 September 2011

When I went to the Isle of Skye, Marek sent me this: Speed, torrent stream, like your link is GigE, Sweden! the pirates cry; Carry the call with low latency Over IP to Skype. I smiled.

The Internet is Serious Business

22 September 2011

A sign I saw in Munich. SRS BSNS

An analysis of the physics depicted in My Little Pony

8 September 2011

My Little Pony, as you've never seen it before. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muVfidujxRg Yes, pun intended.