6 posts tagged with wired
Reality Check
It was during the intro of I Am Legend that I was reminded of a book I picked up some years ago, entitled Reality Check.
Reality Check is based on the popular and amusing futurism section in Wired magazine. It makes bold predictions about when we will see some of the wonders suggested by pundits, thinkers, science fiction
The London Underground
No points for guessing what happens to the tv, which wasn’t working properly in the first place, when you get so frustrated with bad reception that you throw the aerial across the room a couple of times. Needless to say, I’ve had plenty of time to do other things. So the photo link I mentioned before is … view full post
Long Bets
Aahhhh, here I sit still…damn you, internet!!
Damn you New Line Cinema for wasting your time and money on stupider prequels.
Damn me for being condescending again.
At least here is something worth checking out: The purpose of the Long Bets Foundation is to improve long-term thinking. Longbets.org is a public arena for enjoyable … view full post
Referrer spam
It appears that I have become a target for referrer log spammers. Wired.com wrote an article about this last year:
Referral logs, intended to collect information on who visited a website and how they happened to arrive there, are being stuffed with bogus links. Curious bloggers who click on a logged link
www.thephatjoeshow.tv
Phat Joe, that guy on tv with the big lips, has a new website: www.thephatjoeshow.tv, and naturally I would have something to say about it.
The first thing I noticed were the ‘Font size‘ and ‘Tool Box‘ widgets featured prominently in the right-hand column. Clicking on either of the ‘A‘ graphics alongside the ‘Font size‘ item … view full post
News24.com
Another week, another sloppy local website attempt. This time, it’s the new freshly-baked 1-day old News24.com website that fails miserably to live up to international standards.
A very possible reason could be that they fall under the M-Web banner, who have shown in the past just how incapable they are of producing usable websites (see … view full post