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  • Akinator, the Web Genius
    Akinator, the Web Genius is a game of twenty questions where the person asking the questions rarely loses.  I found the link on a forum and was VERY surprised by his accuracy. Think of a character, real or fictional and Akinator will almost certainly guess who, or what, you were thinking of.  Some of the characters [...]
  • Refilling Ink Cartridges
    So, the time had finally come to replace my trusty HP DeskJet 5650’s colour ink cartridge.  It was the HP 57 cartridge that I needed so off I popped in the car to Argos to be greated with this price: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6813002/Trail/searchtext%3EHP+57.htm £37.99 for a colour ink cartridge!!!  I was bewindered.  It is afterall just a small [...]
  • Pirated Windows 7 Review
    No blogs for a long time, 2 months actually.. That’s so bad! Anyway, I feel a little guilty and hits are starting to drop off from this site, soooooooooo, I thought I’d share this little gem with you which made me chuckle this morning. A Review of the Pirated Windows 7 Blogging frequency will improve when [...]
  • BBQ Rules
    We are about to enter the BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on BBQ etiquette. When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:  Routine…  (1) The woman buys the food.  (2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.  (3) The woman prepares [...]
  • Extra man puzzle
      Look at this image and count the number of men.  Then when it switches their heads, count again. This will drive you mad for hours and even though I have been given a solution to it, it doesn’t make sense to me and is driving me CRAZY! Check it out and see if you can work out [...]
  • Facebook cheat code
    Today I read a fun post on a Facebook forum which told me to do the following: On any Facebook page type in: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, and then press enter It will add some nifty effects! lol..  This may be recognised by many as an old Konami cheat code and it’s pretty cool that [...]
  • Doorbells
    I noticed tonight that literally 4 in 5 peoples doorbells don’t work. Why the hell is this! What possible part of upkeep of a doorbell can be so difficult that 80% of the population cannot undertake it! Eeh It also makes me look like an arrogant impatient bastard when I ring a doorbell, then knock straight after [...]
  • Webcam tales :)
    Hahaha!!! Haven’t I just had the peep show of a lifetime… Story is: Siobhan, my girlfriend, told me of this kid who was keep trying to strip for her on webcam and get her to send him pics etc etc. Obviously the right thing to do was to log in to her MSN and see [...]
  • Most people have an above average number of feet
    [i]From [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7581120.stm]bbc.co.uk[/url][/i] [b]The "average" salary is £24,000, but most people earn less. Most people have an "above average" number of feet. In his fourth lesson of a weekly series, author Michael Blastland cracks the myth of the average.[/b] Lesson Four: Averages [b]The story[/b]: Productivity in the UK is below average for the G7 group of leading economies. Put [...]

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