Monday, May 28, 2007

TV helicopter catches man with mistress

From Stuff: A man who took his mistress to the beach made the mistake of waving to a film crew on a helicopter covering Italy's bicycle race and was discovered by his wife. According to media reports, the man was...


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Thursday, February 22, 2007

World's First Sonic Boom Alarm Clock

ThinkGeek has a new Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock with Bed Shaker: Even Ninjas need their sleep. For a Ninja, sleep is a time of renewal, contemplation, and rejuvenation. And when a Ninja sleeps, it is a very deep sleep. Most...


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Sunday, September 24, 2006

Jordan Management Consultants

Here's a fictional letter written to Jesus that's been floating around the internet for some time: TO: Jesus, Son of Joseph Woodcrafters Carpenter Shop Nazareth, 35922 FROM: Jordon Management Consultants Jerusalem, 26544 RE: Staff Team Evaluation: Thank you for submitting...


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Thursday, July 27, 2006

An attempted robbery

A machete-weilding man attempted to rob a gun shop in Penrose, Auckland this morning. He got shot....


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Sunday, July 16, 2006

BOFH

The latest Bastard Operator From Hell: "I think you'll find that our contract..." "...mentions nothing about subcontracting your services to another company," he counters smartly. "I know - I had the company solicitors give your contract the once-over. As impressed...


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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

SNIFTA

Generation XY has been running a competition to find a nickname for Wellingtonians, in a similar name to the JAFAs from Auckland. The winner is: SNIFTA for So Not Into Funding The Aucklanders....


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Saturday, July 8, 2006

Cultural Significance

There's a new Bastard Operator From Hell episode out today: "WHAT THE F*** IS THIS?!" the Boss shouts angrily, crashing into Mission Control full tilt. "What's what?" I ask. "This!" he cries, thrusting a couple of sheaves of paper at...


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Friday, June 23, 2006

Are you a redneck?

From New Zeal: Are you a Democrat, Republican or Redneck? The answer can be found by posing the following situation and question: You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with...


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Friday, June 9, 2006

US Visa

One of the guys in my group at work is probably heading over to the United States for a while to help with one of our major customers. As we're not sure how long he'll be there, we decided to...


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Thursday, June 1, 2006

Power naps

Here's an interesting business concept - MetroNaps. You've probably heard of the concept of a 'power nap' - sleeping for a short amount of time (normally around 30 minutes) during the middle of the day - to reduce fatigue and...


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Sunday, April 2, 2006

Weird Cats

For those don't know, I quite like cats. But some of these are just strange...I much prefer these ones.High Res Version (1.6MB)These are/were the Sumatran Tiger cubs at Australia Zoo about 18 months ago. They're somewhat larger now......


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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

How evil are you?

Here's an interesting little quiz...You Are 20% EvilYou are good. So good, that you make evil people squirm.Just remember, you may need to turn to the dark side to get what you want!How Evil Are You?Hat Tip: Samantha Burns...


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Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Bin Laden either dead or alive

Generation XY often has some really funny pictures, but I really like this example of insightful journalism....


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Saturday, February 25, 2006

The Bastard Operator From Hell

For those of who haven't read any of the BOFH episodes before, I would highly recommend it. Many of the jokes are fairly technical, but quite funny regardless. It's written by a guy called Simon Travaglia, a fomer System Administrator...


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Saturday, February 18, 2006

Wisdom for Grads

Scott Adams, the author of the Dilbert cartoons, has some wisdom for new graduates to prepare them for the workplace.I especially like:Your hard work will be rewarded. Specifically, your boss’s boss will reward your boss for making you work so...


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Monday, February 13, 2006

Classified ads

A while ago I found some interesting classified adverts that someone had placed on the net - can't remember where now, but thought you might find them interesting.First up we have an interesting job opportunity.Why waste excess food?Do you have...


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