Ummm...WHAT THE?!?

This is the funniest photo I've seen in a while. I laughed out loud when I saw it, just as someone was walking past my cubicle (yes I have a cubicle). Rather than looking up to see what I was laughing at I think they assumed it was at them as they put their head down and quickened the pace.

Semester's out!

I have finished my second last semester of uni. In the next few days I will probably be doing a more detailed post about the project we completed this semester and also making the 260 odd pages of documentation (don't worry, only around 100 pages is actual report, the rest is appendices) available for anyone insane enough to read it. The end of semester also means that this site is OFFICIALLY UNDER LIVE DEVELOPMENT. So be warned, there may be some unexpected behaviour. The reason for the live development is I'm trying to get together a beta release of my ... more

Firefox and Flickr: Bad behaviour

I have come across some interesting bad behaviour from Firefox and the Flickr site. I recently started using Flickr after holding out for quite some time. And when I finally get around to doing my photo album upgrade and turning it into a right, proper WordPress plugin I will be trying to ensure people who use it can host their photos on Flickr if they wish. Anyway, back to the bad behaviour. I have twice seen this in the past two days and I can't for the life of me figure out why it might be happening. When I load ... more

Procrastinatory: It's a Word!!

I tried the experimental use of a word last night...turns out it's an actual word (although not according to Google - can they get anything right?). I was being very procrastinatory last night. This is one of the things I was doing:

Children without sex or birth, and interstellar space travel. These are the times we live in (almost).

Update: Interstellar space travel may be a little while off yet. See here. Yesterday was an interesting day in scientific news. First I read that it is now possible to use the Sun's energy to propel a craft through space. This is an interesting idea, and even more interesting are the details of the project. It is a privately funded project and the rocket taking this 'sailing ship' to space is an ex-intercontinental (are you allowed to put two prefixes on a word?) missile launched from a submarine. A solar sail is pushed directly by photons, light particles from the... more