Archive for December, 2005

The Ladder, And The Thoughts Thereof

Friday, December 30th, 2005

A poem I wrote once, and in fact entered into a competition, winning me third prize overall and first in my age range. And like many of the best poems it is about love.
THE LADDER, AND THE THOUGHTS THEREOF
Occasionally, in irony,
Love is what I hate
For it is the one emotion
I cannot succeed in or recreate.
Often [...]

Microsoft to be fined £1.4 million daily

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

“Microsoft was yesterday threatened with fines that could rise to €2m (£1.4m) a day as the European Commission escalated a confrontation with the world’s largest software makers over a landmark competition ruling.”
Independant Online Edition
Power to the EU! Finally, they’re making a stand against Microsoft. Microsoft have previously been legally attacked by the U.S. Department of [...]

Redefined (Choir) Sing Classic Nintendo Themes

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

Either you’ll find this video hilarious and ace, or you’ve been born in the wrong generation and have no idea what in the world these guys and girls are singing.
If you want a laugh, click here to watch Redefined (a choir) singing and acting out the themes of various classical Nintendo computer games, including Mario, [...]

Space Tourism

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

Imagine the scene, if you will…
“… the countdown begins.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1…..the VSS Enterprise, your spaceship, is released from the mother ship. Almost immediately, as your astronaut pilot ignites the engine, you will hear the roar of the rocket behind you as the enormous power accelerates you at 4G to a speed faster than [...]

Sex from the Geek’s Point of View

Monday, December 19th, 2005

“Hacking is like sex. You get in, you get out, and hope that you didn’t leave something that can be traced back to you.”

“Penetration tester [...] you will play an exciting and fundamental role [...] Live penetrations of locked down hosts…” — From a job posting on securityfocus.com

“How C++ is like teenage [...]

Home For Christmas

Monday, December 19th, 2005

Yeap, my university’s eventful first semester is over. It was not like I expected in all honestly, it was much more in fact. Everyone’s friendly, and talking about that I’ve met some really good people. My corridor friends (Andy, Callum, Iain, Steve) are all pretty good guys, along with everybody else I’ve met, from my [...]

‘lo 2 to all u, liek n00bz

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Ok. So I’ve been watching too much Pure Pwnage again.
Anyway, I’ve not blogged for awhile due to University work again. Loads of it, we gave in a group project today (myself, Martin and Andy) which was done rather last minute. I have a maths test tomorrow. Maybe I’ll be abducted by aliens before hand. [...]

Bobbikk’s Blog

Monday, December 12th, 2005

‘The University Based Adventures of Bobbikk (and Friends)‘, the blog of one of my friends, has been made public for your opinions, comments and complaints. Hereafter I disclaim myself from any nasty comments placed upon his blog, any defacing of his blog and any UFO invasion of his house. I realise it’s highly unlikely anyone [...]

It’s almost Christmas!

Friday, December 9th, 2005

I do wonder how many other blogs there have been with that title.
Anyhow - it is indeed almost Christmas. I’m cheerful and I still have some Christmas presents to buy, which is always challenging. I wonder what my parents would like. If I was female, I suppose I could scare by sending them a note [...]

Firefox versus Internet Explorer

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

Yes. It’s the geeky argument of Mozilla Firefox versus Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Firefox wins in my opinion (primarily due to me being awesome), and also wins in most other peoples’ opinions who have tried it, according to the ‘Internet Explorer vs. Firefox‘ video clip on Rocketboom.com.
Other reasons beside my awesomeness include better security than Internet Explorer [...]