Monthly Archives: May 2008

HP Pavilion Entertainment PC dv2700

I’ve had 3 days with my new laptop and am impressed by the quality, performance and functionality of the new HP Pavilion dv2000 series.
HP have always been a “sub-par” mass-producer of stock personal computers, worse even than Dell, ever since their acquisition of Compaq which incidentally was one of my first home computers. But, given [...]

Flight of the Conchords

The New Zealand comedy pair Flight of the Conchords regularly transcend space, time and beyond in their bizarre and often dry efforts at contemporary humour.

The Square Root of 3

Straight from Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay…
I fear that I will always be,
A lonely number like root three,
A three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath a vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine
For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic
I [...]

Homemade Ford balloon ad

Watch the Boeing Cortina take off and float away!
Kudos go out to Patrick Nufer (via Facebook) for spotting this clip.

Relationships 101 in scenario/action format

When she stares at your mouth, kiss her
When she pushes you or hits you, grab her and don’t let go
When she starts cursing at you trying to act all tough, kiss her and tell her you love her
When she’s quiet, ask her what’s wrong
When she ignores you, give her your attention
When she pulls away, pull [...]

Sony Cybershot DSCT70B

After a morning’s research into a new digital still camera I have decided on the Sony Cybershot DSCT70B.
Sticking with the Sony Cybershot family I will be passing on my current DSCT50 to family so I can make the most of the DSCT70B’s bleeding-edge technology.
Touch-screen design
From the start I’ve been buzzing about touch-screen interfaces, it’s very [...]

Rule for mobile phone conversations

I have a firm rule regarding mobile phone call and text conversations, they are as follows…
Text messages
If a conversation is not concluded by the 10th text message (that’s 5 replies) then a phone call is justified.
Phone calls
If a phone call lasts less than 20 seconds in length then a text message would have been more [...]