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About Me
I like music, Lego, and farting around on the internet. This is home to my discoveries, opinions and ephemera.
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In Which I Fix My Girlfriend’s Grandparents’ WiFi and Am Hailed as a Conquering Hero.
“But then one gray morning did Internet Explorer 6 no longer load The Google. Refresh was clicked, again and again, but still did Internet Explorer 6 not load The Google. Perhaps The Google was broken, the people thought, but then The Yahoo too did not load. Nor did Hotmail. Nor USAToday.com. The land was thrown into panic. Internet Explorer 6 was minimized then maximized. The Compaq Presario was unplugged then plugged back in. The old mouse was brought out and plugged in beside the new mouse. Still, The Google did not load.”
The 80mph speed limit is a waste of time
Charlie Brooker on a brilliant form over the changes to the speed limit.
It seems particularly appropriate to look back on this today, what with the Top Gear buffoons having said more idiotic stuff recently. If you want to see the whole show, this is from the If you prefer a milder comedian, please ask for one video.
Perhaps the funniest thing of all, is that despite his out-of-character explanation at the end, the Daily Mail still thought it necessary to get their pitchforks out
And while we’re on the subject of genuinely funny people explaining the concept of humour to the dozy cast of Top Gear, Steve Coogan’s written an excellent piece on Top Gear in the Guardian
Steven Frank’s iPad Unboxing Video:
This skates the line between being a work of satire, and yet so close to the real thing that at times it’s almost indistinguishable from the real thing.
