Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Robot humour

Okay, so some of McSweeney's lists are okay, such as this one of 'Jokes Made by Robots, for Robots' with jokes like

"What's a robot's favorite cereal?
Rob-os.
(Note: Rob-os are made of the tears of human children.)" &


"Why did the robot order a milkshake?
To blend in with the general human population, making it easier to infiltrate society and—in time—conquer it."


(ties in nicely with How to Survive a Robot Uprising)

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

The beauty of Pandora

Apparently some side-project of the Music Genome Project (which sounds like a bit of a wank to me), Pandora is an internet radio station that suggests, in my experience, pretty damn well, music similar to the artists, songs or albums that you provide. For a couple of years now I've been liking the Reel Big Fish; Save Ferris; Cherry Poppin' Daddies etc and looking for some slightly more recent bands...Pandora has now solved my problems...and become my new best virtual, and artificially intelligent friend.

I very much recommend that you check out Pandora for yourself.

Monday, January 08, 2007

So I'm a guy...with a diary

Obviously though, you already knew that. For a start those of you who read this blog know me well enough to know I don't have breasts, and this is, in itself, really a diary anyway.

But now the BBC knows I'm a guy too...and I'll get to the diary in a bit.

According to the test at the link above: I'm an average guy, able to spot emotions quite well but completely unsympathetic to them...oh, and with average gender-hormone levels. Glad the BBC could tell me that over the web.

As for my diary, I've decided that a good diary is the next step to getting properly organised, but I can't think of a format for the information. I need to put my classes, readings, and work shifts as well as other stuff all into those little cells my Moleskine weekly diary gives for each day. I've been trawling blogs and articles related to the GTD cult and as yet, no fish. Just a matter of time I guess.

Oh yeah, and yet with a shaky start, the 3rd Season of Arrested Development is a fantastic, awesome, incredible ride - much re-watching pleasure in store.

edit: oh, and apparently I'm a 'Resolver' (according to here)