The Underhanded C Contest sounds like a lot of fun.
It’s a similar setup to the International Obfuscated C Code Contest, but the aim is pausible deniability when creating malicious code. The goal of this year’s contest is to write a simple piece of valid, portable C code that runs vastly more slowly on one Operating [...]
My new corporate overlord, Bill Gates, describes what he does all day. Sounds like he pretty much just answers email. And is the world’s only remaining Tablet PC advocate.
Who’d have thought that he’d end up slap bang in the centre of Merlin’s target demographic.
Today in Zero Population Growth news:
Dr. Eric R. Pianka was given a standing ovation at the 109th meeting of the Texas Academy of Science for suggesting that 90% of the human population should be culled by airborne distribution of the Ebola virus.
If you prefer to be more passive in your efforts to thin the herd, [...]
Well, today was in interesting day.
Sane discussion on the matter will have to wait until I haven’t spent the previous several hours in the pub.
A dead swan found in North East Fife has tested positive for H5 avian ‘flu. Tests are being done to find out whether it’s the Flupocalypse-Now H5N1 strain.
So, essentially, “We’re All Gonna Die!!!!” (But at least the Fifers will go first… >_>)
Five teenage girls from Ohio followed the instructions on that “create your own Super Mario blocks” website and left 17 power-ups around their home town. Instead of being hailed as heros, they’re facing potential criminal charges for leaving “suspicious packages” lying around.
Dumb cops; don’t they want giant mushrooms and extra mans?
The Portage County Hazardous Materials [...]
Unfortunate hairstyles which have lead to me being compared to various people over the years:
1) John Bon Jovi - 1994
Hairdresser-avoidance related near-mullet, combined with a whole summer’s worth of sun-bleaching.
2) “Like, a blonde Elvis or something” - 1995
Extreme bedhead while running late one day.
3) David Gilmour - 1997
After playing a Pink Floyd song at a [...]
In time honoured blog tradition I present: The best websearch strings which brought people to this site last month.
internet hilarity
big pharma jackie law
i hate asian shopkeepers uk
killbot
my beloved peasant village
tubgirl full set (!!)
unhealthy pizza (I especially like this one. They specifically didn’t want the little-known “Healthy pizza”)