Seeing as pretty much everyone is out sailing with their their latest boat from this years Browser Wars (even the big guys, thought I still think it was with more style in the past), I thought I'd stick out my oar as well.
I've had no problems yet. I didn't like the the new theme, so I went back to the old one (that's why they have the bloody themes section). I do like the x's on every tab, so left them there. There are plenty of ways to change things back, or simply improve, so I've little idea what all the fuss is about.
I can understand some niggles, but teething problems are expected for it to be a fully rounded product. Less bitching, more fixing! (Meh.. yeah ok, but I'll defend my loves against others!)
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Suicide Ain't Painless
Came across an interesting article today, talking about how the suicide rate in the UK is falling. Most interesting bit was, what I hope was a typo:
"The latest figures we've seen also demonstrate that one person takes their life every 90 minutes, and we hope that continues to fall because it's still the second highest cause of accidental death in the UK after road traffic accidents."
Accidental death? Surely if there's one thing that suicide isn't, it's not accidental. Misguided maybe, but then who's to say? We have the right to life, but not the right to death?
The Suicide Act, 1961 decriminalized the act of suicide, though raised an interesting legal loophole.
A person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the suicide of another, or attempt by another to commit suicide shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years".
So basically, the person wanting to die gets off scot-free (though probably with a section - assuming they fail), and the abettor ends up 14 years in the clanger. Laughable! Has the added advantage of being able to kill two birds with one stone (almost literally) if you can coax someone in to help with whom you hold a grudge.
"The latest figures we've seen also demonstrate that one person takes their life every 90 minutes, and we hope that continues to fall because it's still the second highest cause of accidental death in the UK after road traffic accidents."
Accidental death? Surely if there's one thing that suicide isn't, it's not accidental. Misguided maybe, but then who's to say? We have the right to life, but not the right to death?
The Suicide Act, 1961 decriminalized the act of suicide, though raised an interesting legal loophole.
A person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the suicide of another, or attempt by another to commit suicide shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years".
So basically, the person wanting to die gets off scot-free (though probably with a section - assuming they fail), and the abettor ends up 14 years in the clanger. Laughable! Has the added advantage of being able to kill two birds with one stone (almost literally) if you can coax someone in to help with whom you hold a grudge.
Reader niggles
Bah! Been messing about with Google Reader today, and found two pretty big niggles.
The first one, is that the reader tries to eat up ALL of the feed! I've no idea if it does this every time, or (knowing, Google's love of privacy policies) stores it all their side and gives you the updated version. Either way, it just makes no sense! Information is all good an' all, but why do I need to have year old forum posts there? All it does for me is worry about how much bandwidth I'm stinging AL's server for every time I just want to catch up on the latest forum posts.
The second one, is their share option. I've also got into del.icio.us this week, so can see the value of social bookmarking, but I don't want my real bloody name so associated with my google account and little way to change that (other than changing my name in the account). Is only first name, but still.
I've no problem with a beta tag, but yet again, I except these things all shiny when released. If not, at least some give me some control over how the service works for me.
The first one, is that the reader tries to eat up ALL of the feed! I've no idea if it does this every time, or (knowing, Google's love of privacy policies) stores it all their side and gives you the updated version. Either way, it just makes no sense! Information is all good an' all, but why do I need to have year old forum posts there? All it does for me is worry about how much bandwidth I'm stinging AL's server for every time I just want to catch up on the latest forum posts.
The second one, is their share option. I've also got into del.icio.us this week, so can see the value of social bookmarking, but I don't want my real bloody name so associated with my google account and little way to change that (other than changing my name in the account). Is only first name, but still.
I've no problem with a beta tag, but yet again, I except these things all shiny when released. If not, at least some give me some control over how the service works for me.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
It just doesn't add up..
Quit out (and promptly forgot about it) of AoD in a drunken fit last night, so spent most of the day waiting for my nursemaid to log on and give me all my stuff back. Given me lots of time to browse, and came across this great watch blog.
This has to be one of the ugliest things I have ever seen. Yet Sinclair still managed to shift 10,000 Wrist Calculators! The bastard things don't appear to have even had a clock! Pure madness!
This has to be one of the ugliest things I have ever seen. Yet Sinclair still managed to shift 10,000 Wrist Calculators! The bastard things don't appear to have even had a clock! Pure madness!
Now that's what I call a bug!
That's what I call a bug! Too funny to even find many words for it myself - go look at Google's latest flop for yourself.
More about it on news.com.com and blognewschannel.
More about it on news.com.com and blognewschannel.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Snoozing rigs the sexual politics!
Woke up with weird red eyes today. Not the dope-smoking, strained veins red eyes.. this was more like the red eyes you get from lots of crying. It's not from crying though, it's from drunken sleeping (scotch hangover, if it matters). Is just odd. Almost 2 hours since I awoke now, and is only just fading. Throat, heart, liver, kidney, brain are all on the booze hit list.. don't tell me it hits my eyes as well? :P
Thanks to Wired's Sex Drive, I found a pretty interesting artice from Reuters today (what day isn't there? :P). They reported on some syndrome called sexsomnia, which basically means you get sexually active in your sleep.
Looking a bit more into it (and not stabbing that far - I am hungover after all), turns out it's more a period of sexually activity during sleep and wakefulness, rather than full on shagging as you dream about the wood elves. Though there is some quite horny thoughts in that idea, it doesn't ring my bell. I dunno.. I HATE having sex when I'm not fully awake. I more or less accused one girl of sexual abuse when she once tried it one me whilst I was still napping. It's not that I don't enjoy it it than state, it's that I can't fully. I dunno.. is weird.
Bah, she'll always get hers with me around anyway, I just wanna get mine with my wits about me!
Thanks to Wired's Sex Drive, I found a pretty interesting artice from Reuters today (what day isn't there? :P). They reported on some syndrome called sexsomnia, which basically means you get sexually active in your sleep.
Looking a bit more into it (and not stabbing that far - I am hungover after all), turns out it's more a period of sexually activity during sleep and wakefulness, rather than full on shagging as you dream about the wood elves. Though there is some quite horny thoughts in that idea, it doesn't ring my bell. I dunno.. I HATE having sex when I'm not fully awake. I more or less accused one girl of sexual abuse when she once tried it one me whilst I was still napping. It's not that I don't enjoy it it than state, it's that I can't fully. I dunno.. is weird.
Bah, she'll always get hers with me around anyway, I just wanna get mine with my wits about me!
Tears of a clown
The porn bots are getting boring.. this makes me so sad!
That hottie Kirsten sent me one a few days ago, and it was really creative. You could almost hear the wheels spinning in the mind of that little creative sugar as she did her pretty little best to entice those young horny young men.
sooo yeah...i've been so lazy today guys!!!! layin in bed all day :( My pussy is so moist just layin around waiting for my gf to cum over hehe....we are gonna put on one hell of a show...we got some new toys, and some sexy see thru thongs and bras hehe....we will be talking to all our members through the chat rooms while we are performing!!! how awesome is that??? you can meet us, talk to us, and even tell us what you wanna see us do on LIVE cam...all for FREE!!!! it's 100% FREE to sign up and become a member....and my site has thousands and THOUSANDS OF THE WEBS HOTTEST AND SEXIEST AMATURES TO OFFER YOU...and yes! you can meet and chat with every single performer...it doesn't get much better than this.....you will now be able to talk to the women that turn you on so much hehe....cum meet me and watch me fill every hole of mine all week long...
MY PERSONAL CAM
That's pretty inventive, ain't it?
Look what I get sent today!
Hey, Im on this great site where you can watch me or other real live amateurs FOR FREE! It has hundreds of the hottest girls or guys online and right now they are giving away free access! Check it out for yourself here!
Don't miss out on the action! Enjoy hundreds of real live amateur girls performing from their own homes LIVE. Enjoy Instant Free Access Today!
MY PERSONAL CAM
That is horrible. No style.. nothing that leaps out at me that this is a real woman ('sides, methinks my charm just ain't that good that someone I'd never spoken to would hit on me everyday) - isn't that the whole point? Fool the dumbassess and stuff.. com'on you sexy ass porn botters, at least try!
That hottie Kirsten sent me one a few days ago, and it was really creative. You could almost hear the wheels spinning in the mind of that little creative sugar as she did her pretty little best to entice those young horny young men.
sooo yeah...i've been so lazy today guys!!!! layin in bed all day :( My pussy is so moist just layin around waiting for my gf to cum over hehe....we are gonna put on one hell of a show...we got some new toys, and some sexy see thru thongs and bras hehe....we will be talking to all our members through the chat rooms while we are performing!!! how awesome is that??? you can meet us, talk to us, and even tell us what you wanna see us do on LIVE cam...all for FREE!!!! it's 100% FREE to sign up and become a member....and my site has thousands and THOUSANDS OF THE WEBS HOTTEST AND SEXIEST AMATURES TO OFFER YOU...and yes! you can meet and chat with every single performer...it doesn't get much better than this.....you will now be able to talk to the women that turn you on so much hehe....cum meet me and watch me fill every hole of mine all week long...
MY PERSONAL CAM
That's pretty inventive, ain't it?
Look what I get sent today!
Hey, Im on this great site where you can watch me or other real live amateurs FOR FREE! It has hundreds of the hottest girls or guys online and right now they are giving away free access! Check it out for yourself here!
Don't miss out on the action! Enjoy hundreds of real live amateur girls performing from their own homes LIVE. Enjoy Instant Free Access Today!
MY PERSONAL CAM
That is horrible. No style.. nothing that leaps out at me that this is a real woman ('sides, methinks my charm just ain't that good that someone I'd never spoken to would hit on me everyday) - isn't that the whole point? Fool the dumbassess and stuff.. com'on you sexy ass porn botters, at least try!
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
I Love Banking!
I'm happy to announce that the lucky winners of this weeks Skewed Logic awards are the lovely bankers of Nationwide. I urge anyone who does not have an account there, should do themselves a favor and consider nailing bricks into their feet before opening one.
I have this problem often with little faeries or imp or some similar creatures of trickiness. Basically what happens, is these little monsters come into flat and hide my stuff (almost like a Borrower, except they're just in it for the shits and giggles rather than the use). One of them took advantage of me the other day whilst I was drunk, and hid my wallet.
So anway.. I want some cash today, but have no card (and not enough in the bank to use an ATM, so would have had to have gone in anyway). In I goes with my passport and enough proofs of address and other misc info to open up a new account, and it goes something like this:
Me: Hey there sugar. I don't have my card with me today, but I got all this stuff proving who I am without a doubt, so press your buttons and give me my cash.
Bitch: Have you reported your card stolen?
Me: It's not stolen, it's somewhere in my flat.
Bitch: Have you reported it lost?
Me: It's not lost, it's somewhere in my flat.
Bitch: I'm afraid I can't give you your money without that bit of plastic.
Me: What happens if I report it lost?
Bitch: We cancel your old card, and send you out a new one within 8-10 working days.
Me: Which means if I do find my card (which I will) it'll be worthless, and I'll be screwed for cash unless I come in here with all this paperwork crap?
Bitch: Yes.
Me: ...
Bitch: Next please.
So home I go. Find card within about five minutes, and go back. Get the same teller (lucky lucky me!).
Me: I'm not even going to pretend to be nice. Here's my card, give me money.
Bitch: (tap tap tap) Sign here please.
Me: Are you fucking kidding me?
Bitch: Excuse me?
Me: You don't want to see my passport? Don't want me to enter a PIN?
Bitch: If you could just sign the form please.
Me: One moment. So if my card gets stolen, someone can walk in here and clean out my account with just that, yet if I come in here with all that paperwork (which I wish I'd brought back with me and this screen wasn't here so I could smack it 'round your face), it's no go.
Bitch: I'm sorry sir, but it's company policy, and I'm going to have to refuse to serve you if you are going to be abusive. Could you sign the form please?
Me: (signs while muttering about faeries and bitches and bankers).
I can't even draw some kind of conclusion about this.. it just makes no sense!
I have this problem often with little faeries or imp or some similar creatures of trickiness. Basically what happens, is these little monsters come into flat and hide my stuff (almost like a Borrower, except they're just in it for the shits and giggles rather than the use). One of them took advantage of me the other day whilst I was drunk, and hid my wallet.
So anway.. I want some cash today, but have no card (and not enough in the bank to use an ATM, so would have had to have gone in anyway). In I goes with my passport and enough proofs of address and other misc info to open up a new account, and it goes something like this:
Me: Hey there sugar. I don't have my card with me today, but I got all this stuff proving who I am without a doubt, so press your buttons and give me my cash.
Bitch: Have you reported your card stolen?
Me: It's not stolen, it's somewhere in my flat.
Bitch: Have you reported it lost?
Me: It's not lost, it's somewhere in my flat.
Bitch: I'm afraid I can't give you your money without that bit of plastic.
Me: What happens if I report it lost?
Bitch: We cancel your old card, and send you out a new one within 8-10 working days.
Me: Which means if I do find my card (which I will) it'll be worthless, and I'll be screwed for cash unless I come in here with all this paperwork crap?
Bitch: Yes.
Me: ...
Bitch: Next please.
So home I go. Find card within about five minutes, and go back. Get the same teller (lucky lucky me!).
Me: I'm not even going to pretend to be nice. Here's my card, give me money.
Bitch: (tap tap tap) Sign here please.
Me: Are you fucking kidding me?
Bitch: Excuse me?
Me: You don't want to see my passport? Don't want me to enter a PIN?
Bitch: If you could just sign the form please.
Me: One moment. So if my card gets stolen, someone can walk in here and clean out my account with just that, yet if I come in here with all that paperwork (which I wish I'd brought back with me and this screen wasn't here so I could smack it 'round your face), it's no go.
Bitch: I'm sorry sir, but it's company policy, and I'm going to have to refuse to serve you if you are going to be abusive. Could you sign the form please?
Me: (signs while muttering about faeries and bitches and bankers).
I can't even draw some kind of conclusion about this.. it just makes no sense!
Friday, October 20, 2006
Tiny Explosions
Bleh.. tiny things, but as they've gotten rid of the 'Beta' tag from the Google Personalized Homepages, you'd hope everything would work.
As I mentioned before, found a use for their tabs, so thought I'd fill up another one with testing gadgets. Came across one to change the Google logo, but turns out it doesn't work well with the tabs.
Above is the logo on a page without this gadget.
This is the changed one.
Surely this is not intentional? I don't want to have it on every page for really such a tiny visual change I'd get bored of in a few days. Unimportant, but worth a mini-rant.
As I mentioned before, found a use for their tabs, so thought I'd fill up another one with testing gadgets. Came across one to change the Google logo, but turns out it doesn't work well with the tabs.
Above is the logo on a page without this gadget.
This is the changed one.
Surely this is not intentional? I don't want to have it on every page for really such a tiny visual change I'd get bored of in a few days. Unimportant, but worth a mini-rant.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
What have I done to myself? :(
Bah.. those bastards don't let me go! I'm sure I was aware this would happen, but didn't think I'd do it - I'm starting my become obsessed by my myspace! One page of crappy html.. urgh! Who cares!
Depresses me.. it really does :( Many many years ago I started my little journey into the 'net on Bolt.com, and it was basically a younger version of what myspace is now. I was so glad when I got into MUDs instead, as.. urgh! It's just not me - or at least, not the me I want to show ;).
Anyway, seems to be a lot of crap about myspace.. all those template things and yucky mess! Found a nice little gem - a myspace rss feed generator. For some very odd reason, there isn't a native myspace one *ponders*. This works just as well though.
On a side note I found a weird, but odd, oversight from the lovely google people (Kugra is a bit of a google fanboy if not before mentioned).
Their personalized homepages recently got a sexy tabbing function. I hadn't found a use for it before, but not wanting to clutter up my main page with myspace taint :(, it's suddenly become VERY useful! Oddly though, the uk version DOESN'T have the tabs, though it does share all the other features (new content carries over). Very weird!
Depresses me.. it really does :( Many many years ago I started my little journey into the 'net on Bolt.com, and it was basically a younger version of what myspace is now. I was so glad when I got into MUDs instead, as.. urgh! It's just not me - or at least, not the me I want to show ;).
Anyway, seems to be a lot of crap about myspace.. all those template things and yucky mess! Found a nice little gem - a myspace rss feed generator. For some very odd reason, there isn't a native myspace one *ponders*. This works just as well though.
On a side note I found a weird, but odd, oversight from the lovely google people (Kugra is a bit of a google fanboy if not before mentioned).
Their personalized homepages recently got a sexy tabbing function. I hadn't found a use for it before, but not wanting to clutter up my main page with myspace taint :(, it's suddenly become VERY useful! Oddly though, the uk version DOESN'T have the tabs, though it does share all the other features (new content carries over). Very weird!
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
..I've changed my mind, and opened up the doors!
Or not :(.
Oh dear lord, I sound like a Myspace user. Oh wait, don't care :) Totally, being self obsessed rocks!
Yeah.. so I went and did it :(. Estrella forced me into it, and I've just spent the day pissing about with it. I swear.. I gotta stop making promises to myself, cos I always break them! Hell, that's why I never bother with the new years resolution crap.
Had a real fun day at the doctors the other day anyway. Got there 10 minutes early, and have to wait 40 minutes 'til hes ready! Managed to choke myself as well.. swallowed some saliva down the wrong way, and couldn't breathe. After coughing and gasping for what felt like five minutes (and trying to do it so no one could see :P I was fine, was looked like I was dying) I spent the next 10 minutes scared I'd cough and start it up again. Was glad at that moment that I didn't have to see my doctor, as it looked like I had just found out my first child had died (weepy eyes from suffocation and shit).
I seem to get those red eyes often. I either need to be sober more often, or learn to cry more (meh.. is sorta fun sometimes :P).
Oh dear lord, I sound like a Myspace user. Oh wait, don't care :) Totally, being self obsessed rocks!
Yeah.. so I went and did it :(. Estrella forced me into it, and I've just spent the day pissing about with it. I swear.. I gotta stop making promises to myself, cos I always break them! Hell, that's why I never bother with the new years resolution crap.
Had a real fun day at the doctors the other day anyway. Got there 10 minutes early, and have to wait 40 minutes 'til hes ready! Managed to choke myself as well.. swallowed some saliva down the wrong way, and couldn't breathe. After coughing and gasping for what felt like five minutes (and trying to do it so no one could see :P I was fine, was looked like I was dying) I spent the next 10 minutes scared I'd cough and start it up again. Was glad at that moment that I didn't have to see my doctor, as it looked like I had just found out my first child had died (weepy eyes from suffocation and shit).
I seem to get those red eyes often. I either need to be sober more often, or learn to cry more (meh.. is sorta fun sometimes :P).
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