Essential lolblogs

You need to add these sites to your feed reader or make sure you check them everyday. Guaranteed to give you a laugh at least once a day, no matter how bad it’s going.

I Has A Hotdog (Funny pics of dogs with captions aka loldogs)
I Can Has Cheezburger (Funny pics of cats with captions aka lolcats)
Fail . . . → Read More: Essential lolblogs

London Visa News

News on the London front! I still have quite a few months left on my visa, but my 12 months of allowed work are nearly used up. This means I can still stay in London but won’t be allowed to work.

My job wants to keep me on, so I will basically have to come back to . . . → Read More: London Visa News

Opshop in London

Went to Opshop last night. Was good fun, and had a view from the top balcony. Photos . . . → Read More: Opshop in London

Beyond “The King of Kong”

If you haven’t watched The King of King, I highly recommend it.

It’s a documentary about 2 men from entirely different backgrounds and circumstances facing off for the world record of the classic arcade game Donkey Kong. It might sound boring, but it’s 1% about the game, and 99% about human behaviour, obssession, celebrity, redemption, underdog versus . . . → Read More: Beyond “The King of Kong”

Baby Blacks give Ireland beating; David Moore pinged for high tackle

The New Zealand Under-20 rugby team is playing in the inaugural IRB Junior World Championship and just thrashed Ireland 65-10.

I watched some of the coverage at the TVNZ site (they have full footage of both halves here).

There was a flanker playing for Ireland called David Moore. While I skipped through the video I managed to see . . . → Read More: Baby Blacks give Ireland beating; David Moore pinged for high tackle

Opera 9.5 is out

Opera is my favourite browser, and the final release of the newest version has just been released to the public.

It’s blazing fast, and comes with a lot of stuff out of the box such as:

Integrated ad blocker (right click on a page and choose Block Content…, then you can click on what you want to block)
Mouse . . . → Read More: Opera 9.5 is out

Green Tea Pills are like, whoa

So my workmate offers me a green tea pill this afternoon. I like green tea, and a green tea pill sounds healthy and good enough (if not a strange way to be getting your green tea).

He then checks on the bottle, and notes a warning saying “Do not take after 4pm” and tells me about it . . . → Read More: Green Tea Pills are like, whoa

Oh hai

It’s been a while! The old blog is broken while I updated the software, but for now I’ve plumped for a good old WordPress install.

A lot’s happened since the last post on the old blog, which was posted just before I went to Cardiff to watch the All Blacks choke in the World Cup semi . . . → Read More: Oh hai