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Slovakian Authorities Giving Away Free Semtex

Shaun — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:22:17 +0000

Hurry up because stocks are limited.

A bemused gentlemanflying from Slovakia to Ireland got a phone call from the police in Bratislava telling the 49-year old electrician that he had Semtex in his suitcase after a failed undercover internal operation to test security procedures.

They hid Semtex (or more specific 90grams of RDX) in eight unsuspecting suitcases. Seven were detected by airport security but the other made it back to Dublin.

Nearby homes and businesses to Dorset Street were evacuated so the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit removed the device.

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Call for apologize to Alan Turing’s death

Shaun — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:02:34 +0000

Alan Turing was the greatest computer scientist ever born in Britain. He laid the foundations of computing, helped break the Nazi Enigma code and told us how to tell whether a machine could think.

He was also gay. He was prosecuted for being gay, chemically castrated as a ‘cure’, and took his own life, aged 41.

The British Government should apologize to Alan Turing for his treatment and recognize that his work created much of the world we live in and saved us from Nazi Germany. And an apology would recognize the tragic consequences of prejudice that ended this man’s life and career.

Even without knowing it, everybody in the world has Alan Turing to thank for contributing greatly to both freedom and computing.

Every British citizen should sign this, there aren’t any excuses which can pardon you from making Number Ten pardon this pioneer of Computer Science.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/
(2nd Sep 09 - 22,779 signatures)

Update: 11th September 2009
Gordon Brown has released a statement on behalf of Number 10 about the petition, cause and Alan himself:
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20571

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Tax Rise To Dent The Rich

Shaun — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:18:25 +0000

Alistair Darling has announced a plan where he will tax everybody who earns over £150,000 a staggering 50p.

Screenshot was taken from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8011321.stm 15:22 on Wed 22nd Apr 2009.

I’m not entirely sure whether this taxable amount will be taken anually or monthly, but even worst case scenario means £6 a year will be syphoned off from Britain’s elite and hardest working. That means for one lunch a year, they’ll have to skip buying a chicken wrap from Subway and bring something from home.

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Party Tent City

Shaun — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:17:59 +0000

If you saw my post on Yvette’s Boutique, you’ll know how much I love Web 1.0 websites that are chock-full of content.

Today I stumbled upon Party Tent City.

I don’t know what this means but I’m sure it’s incredibly useful:

10×10 can be expanded to a 40×60 with nothing wasted except the tarp. We have hundreds of sizes like 6×8, 10×10, 10×20, 20×20, 20×30, 20×40, 30×30, 30×40, 40×40, 40×50, 40×60 & 50×50

If you’re just looking for camping advice, look no further than his advice section where he goes on to say

You want plenty of help so the wind doesn’t grab the tent as a kite until you can get it locked down securely.

And would you believe:

Zip Codes where you can just pick up the tents with no shipping costs. 77001, 77002, 77003, 77004, 77005, 77006, 77007, 77008, 77009, 77010, 77011, 77012, 77013, 77014, 77015, 77016, 77017, 77018, 77019, 77020, 77021, 77022, 77023, 77024, 77025, 77026, 77027, 77028, 77029, 77030, 77031, 77032, 77033, 77034, 77035, 77036, 77037, 77038, 77039, 77040, 77041, 77042, 77043, 77044, 77045, 77046, 77047, 77048, 77049, 77050, 77051, 77052, 77053, 77054, 77055, 77056, 77057, 77058, 77059, 77060, 77061, 77062, 77063, 77064, 77065, 77066, 77067, 77068, 77069, 77070, 77071, 77072, 77073, 77074, 77075, 77076, 77077, 77078, 77079, 77080, 77081, 77082, 77083, 77084, 77085, 77086, 77087, 77088, 77089, 77090, 77091, 77092, 77093, 77094, 77095, 77096, 77097, 77098, 77099, 77201, 77202, 77203, 77204, 77205, 77206, 77207, 77208, 77209, 77210, 77212, 77213, 77215, 77216, 77217, 77218, 77219, 77220, 77221, 77222, 77223, 77224, 77225, 77226, 77227, 77228, 77229, 77230, 77231, 77233, 77234, 77235, 77236, 77237, 77238, 77240, 77241, 77242, 77243, 77244, 77245, 77248, 77249, 77251, 77252, 77253, 77254, 77255, 77256, 77257, 77258, 77259, 77261, 77262, 77263, 77265, 77266, 77267, 77268, 77269, 77270, 77271, 77272, 77273, 77274, 77275, 77277, 77279, 77280, 77281, 77282, 77284, 77287, 77288, 77289, 77290, 77291, 77292, 77293, 77297, 77298, 77299, 77401, 77402

Without hesitation, you must visit
http://www.PartyTentCity.com

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Isn’t It Ironic

Shaun — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:23:59 +0000

I have absolutely no idea where we were driving to but Ironic by Alanis Morisette came onto the radio. For years I had just listened to this song and let it be but that day was to be different. I got angry with Alanis. Not because she’s a ghost faced emo with a huge chin, but because a large portion of the song is ironically, not ironic.

Let’s take a look at the lyrics and discuss whether they’re ironic or not:

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and d (more…)
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Fast Food of Choice for Geeks

Shaun — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:32:50 +0000

This evening Duncan and I created what we believe will become the healthy fast food of choice for geeks.

You will need:
1 x Kangaroo steak
3 x Packets of noodles
Dried chilli flakes, salt and pepper to taste.
Olive oil to fry the ‘Roo.

It will be delicious, as so:

food, geek, kangaroo, noogles

Hey ho! It’s Sooty and co.!

Shaun — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:38:01 +0000

Come on, who doesn’t remember and absolutely adore Sooty and Sweep?

For those who actually played outside during their childhood (why would you do that?), Sooty and Sweep is a kids TV show which from the 1950s which still runs to this present day. Infact, in June 2008 some geezer called Richard Cadell bought the rights to Sooty and they will be releasing Sooty again. Who’s taking bets that it’s awful?

Who also hates little cousin Scampy too? What an annoying little vermine. Sweep was my favourite character. He just wanted bones and sausages

Anywhere here are the lyrics for Sooty & co. for nostalgia:

Hey ho! It’s Sooty and co.!
Everybody say “hello” (hello!)
There’s Sooty, and Sweep, a panda called Soo,
And little cousin Scampy, too!

There’ll be fun galore with the terrible four,
Just you wait and see!

It’s Sooty and company! Sooty and company!

Here’s a full episode:

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Thundercats (2010)

Shaun — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:46:52 +0000

Whilst browsing IMDB doing very important research (wasting time), I stumbled upon what might be a goldmine of information.

They’re planning on releasing a Thundercats movie in 2010.

There is no further information on IMDB Free and I am not an IMDBpro subscriber so don’t have any more information.

Check it out Thundercats (2010) @ IMDB

I hope it doesn’t dissapoint me (like X-Men and Transformers did).

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Yvette’s Botique

Shaun — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:13:01 +0000

Lady and gentlemen, I am proud to announce to you that Yvette’s Boutique is now open till 6PM!

Bridal gowns, tuxedos, pageant stuff, red hats, casual and cruise wear and more!

You could even click the delightful link entitled
“HAVE YOUR
PORTRAIT PAINTED !!
YVETTE’S WILL
PAINT YOUR
PORTRAIT IN OIL ON
CANVAS !!”

If you go there now, you can even get “30% off select shoes !!”

No but seriously, visit the website below. I am not responsible for any seizures, vomiting or crashed web browsers.

http://yvettesbridalformal.com/index.htm
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Jesus….. my eyes.

awful, funny, humor, humour, javascript, web design

Unfortune Cookies

Shaun — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:30:08 +0000

I ordered chinese food to be delivered last night, to find they had inserted some fortune cookies with my order.

Once I had eaten my dinner, I opened my first cookie to be greeted with wise words of wisdom and influence that would no doubt influence me to be a better person.

“If you can dream it, then you can achieve it.”

I opened my second tasty snack with my head held high in the knowledge that I can achieve.

Only to have my dreams dashed.

“Remember, no matter how hard you try, there is always a million people better than you.”

Oh thanks..

I think I’ll go cry myself to sleep.

chinese food, fortune cookies, words of wisdom