Forthcoming Attractions

I have so many ideas floating in my head, so I thought it would be a good idea to put them down on paper so that you guys can get an idea of what to expect in the future and also so that I dont forget to actually write them.

So without much ado...

FRESHLY BLENDED FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS:

• My Top Ten Web Comics (I've had this for awhile)
• Spin-off Reviews of some of the Comics
• Good Coding practices (For the enthusiasts)
• Some pictures I took with my phone (refer post 06/11/2006)
• Downloading from the web (Just my opinion)
• How Football Manager can Sodemise your Brain! (Im still not sure about this one??)
• and much much more...

I hope that wet your appetite a bit.

Life SUx!

Life rEALLY suX! As soon as something good seems to be happening - and I mean 'seems to be' as it never really works out - something else far worse than you could ever imagine comes along a rubs, No massages your face with its warm wet hairy ass! I know its not a pretty picture but that is how it is.

Hours of FUN!

Oh My Gosh! How far technology has come.

Awhile back I was robbed and lost my beloved cellphone. So after a very long month with no cellphone I got myself a new cellphone - pretty much the same like my previous phone, except, this one had a camera. Yip, I was the proud owner of a camera phone.

But that is pretty standard these days, what blew me away was this nifty self-timer thing on the phone for your camera. What happens is that you start the timer and then you can turn the phone around and take a picture of yourself - AMAZING!

Talk about hours of fun for everyone, all the different angles you can take of yourself, all the funny faces you can make or (my favourite) see how may different faces you can make before the phone catches you.

LITERALLY hours of fun!

Iliterate SMSes

ok,dis gona b a shrt1, im abit prssd4tym.As d wrld seems2b passn meBY, i thawt it apropi8 2discus a recnt craze,bt its bn arnd4like eva -SMS, mor specifcly -Shrt-txt (SMS="shrt-txt msg service").

U c i only used 195 charcters in dat paragraf -if i had used propa eng, it wud hav bn 271 charctas lng.

its a revlation, ppl cn rite shrt msgs2ne1in d wrld via a celfon. its SOO eZ! evn a chld cn use it. &dats jus IT, kidz as yung as6hav fones -so wile thy@ skool,lernin2read&rite -in ther spare tym thy sms fam&frnds using dis ATROCIOUS! shrt-txt language -AND we wonda y kidz in grade7 stil cnt read proprly. isnt it obvious!?

im nt sayn smses r bad, (i use them evryday) i thnk parents shud jus thnk b4thy giv ther 6yr old a fone, sure its safer nw dat thy cn alwys cal or find ther child wen thy nd2 -bt hey kidz cn alwys swtch d fone off and lets nt evn gt in2al d OTHA stuf thy cn accss or dat cn accss thm.

al new tech has its +ves & -ves, its up2d parents2weigh thm up corectly.

Writers Block

I have let everybody down, I said I would update and post more articles more often, and what happens? Almost another month since my last post - disgusting! I am ashamed of myself. This isn’t really an article, rather a gripe unto myself.

But in my defense, I am a IS major and writing isn't really my foray. It’s actually very difficult to think new and innovative articles and when I eventually do come up with an article I deem good enough, I seem to take forever to type the final result. I really admire those who do this for a living.

Subsequently, as a result of my - writers block is what I think they call it, I find it very tempting to steal a few ideas from other articles I have read. After arguing long and hard with myself about the ethical and morale values involved here, I have decided that writers write articles with the aim of provoking thought in their readers minds and I feel it would be an injustice to their talent if I do not act on this and add fair comment on their articles, you know say what I think about the idea raised.

So although I try to think up my own ideas, I sometimes give into laziness or just a damn good article and will rather render a commentary.

Yes I know this has been a very boring post, but it’s my blog and can do with it as I wish. I’m just letting you know that if you read an article that sounds familiar to you, that I’m not plagiarizing, I’m just adding comment.

It Just Upped & left!???

For the last month or so I have been writing a review of my 1st Bundesliga (the German First Football Division) season with my beloved BV Borrusia Dortmund in the latest edition of the now legendary Football Manager (FM) series - Football Manager 2006 (FM2006).

The review was to accompany an article here in my blog, documenting my growing addiction to this great game (Dont worry I will still submit an article on this topic later on). When I finally finished my review after numerous edits and re-writes, I was going to upload it on to a FM2006 fansite (the Dugout) where all FM Addicts and fans would be able to enjoy it.

I had been a big fan of this site ever since I heard about it back in 2002 and had visited it on many occasions to get hints and tips on the game, but I had never submitted anything myself - this would have been my first time.

Anyway enough history, So I had finished the review and was going to upload it onto the site when to my SHOCK AND HORROR!! The site was gone! I couldnt believe it, it just upped and left, didnt even say good bye. Now what am I suppossed to do?

And this aint the first time this has happened either, I've had many of my favorite sites discontinued - the main reason I believe for these internet killings is that most of these sites are free sites and the creators justr cannot afford the server charges it costs to host these great sites. This is very serious -its like they're endangered animals, except they're endangered websites...

So when you see those annoying banners asking you to support the site by making a donation, don't turn your back on them and click the next link - you wouldnt kick a starving child in the road, so why would you do it to a website which keeps you in touch with your friends, helps you learn new things or allows you to enjoy your interests.

Do the right thing - make a donation.

Find out how to donate here, or download the demo of FM2007 here.

Student Syndrome

There is a theory going around, and im not backing this at all - it's only a theory. That students leave everything to the last minute.

I mean that is TOTALLY absurd! Why would people who have been in educational institutions for more than half their life still leave things to the last minute, when they know (from past experiance) how much stress (mental and physical) it causes. Silly really; who makes up such things?

In my case it may appear that I leave things to last minute, but actually Im preparing myself for rough and tough real world out there - yes, after tertiary education people get jobs and start contributing to society. (Note: Puking in road, does not count as contribution to society)

Well lets get real here, none of us (students) are really oblivious to the 'real world', we all know its out there and know that someday we will all have to leave our comfort zone and go and join it. And in this real world, how often are you are actually given ong periods of time to go and study or research topics/tasks - the answer; very rarely. People are briefed on what they must do and how to do it once, they are then expected to go and do the job.

So by me not studying many days before a test or examination, I am not showing laziness I am showing initiative, I mean if I can't pass a test with only one nights worth of work than a big help I'm gonna be in the workplace.

So there, theory dismissed. I am actually revolutionising the way firms should select new employees - I personally like the way some firms do not request CV's or references and rather have the prospective canidate fill out a single application form.

You can read a bit more about students syndrome here.

How time has Flown by.

OMG! (Oh my God!) I cant believe it has been almost a full month since my last post! What have I been doing??

Well it hasnt quite been like that, its been more like...

But its all over now so hopefully I'll be able to update much more often now, in fact you just need to wait a few more hours, I got one article in production right now.

Thanks for reading my blog, Later

Irony, Murphy's Law, whatever!

Whatever you like to call it, I don't care - it just plain annoys me!

I wake up in the morning, hear the rain outside my window, switch on the TV and see the weatherman say that its going to rain today and listen to the same on the radio. So I put on my thick raincoat along with my heavy water-proof shoes on.

And! blow me over and roll me down a hill, it bloomin' well shines so bright the sun had sunglasses on as he spat down on me.

Murphy's Law broadly states that "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong" and in some case has been extended to include "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong and the worst possible way" although im not sure about this corollary.

Sod's Law, an earlier irish predecessor to muphy's law refers to these situations as bad luck or misfortune - an example of sod's law would be: "Adolph Coors III, who was allergic to beer, was the heir to the Coors beer empire – being allergic to beer is bad fortune for many, but it is Sod’s Law that someone allergic to beer would inherit a beer empire. " Adoplh Coors would in this be refered to as an "unlucky sod".

And another interesting fact; In French, Sod's law is rendered by the phrase: “c’est bien le Diable que…” (literally: “it really is Devil that…”) - those french really know how to express themselves don't they.

In conclusion, the point im trying to make is that Murphy is a constant pain in my side and although it is really funny when it happens to someone else, it aint so funny when it happens to you.

Its all Rigged!

I am really getting fed up with all these top 100 thnigs that come out on TV and in magazines nowadays. They all say "You decide", "Only your votes count", etc... But i just cant believe that people would vote like that.

Take those 100 hottest/sexiest polls that you find in magazines so often, now I understand that not everybody has the same taste or liking, everyone is different. So that would explain the odd surpirise entry or ommission.
And of course there are the you-have-way-to-much-spare-time-on-your-hands people who vote like a million times for something or someone they want in the list.

So I definately disagree with these polls, especially those that say "... in the world" or "... in the country" because most of the time its people repeatedly voting for their favorites.

So to prove a point, I voted at least about 70 times for Jennifer Walcott (pictured) in the recent FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll. And to my horror, she still didnt make it into the 100. So all I can conclude is that they just put in who they want for their own reasons (Sponsors, etc).

But honestly, surely Jennifer is at least good enough to make into the nineties!
BOTTOMLINE - Its all Rigged!

DISCLAIMER: Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against FHM, I think its a great magazine - I only used them because I read it so often, it was just an instinctive choice.

The worst sensation in the world!??

It was raining today, quite hard.

Unfortunately when i woke up early this morning (around 6am) either it didnt look like it was gonna rain today or it was just too dark for me to tell? but i sure didnt wear the right shoes for the weather!
So now thanks to my self-induced porous shoes, I have been trouncing around in WET SOCKS! all day. This must be the worst sensation in the world! or atleast a close runner-up to having rotten potatoe evenly spread across your face with a butter knife.

Oddly enough, the resultant smell after I took my shoes off probably runs a close 2nd to rotten potatoes, in the worst smell on earth catergory. Funny how these two stick together?

"The Vortex of Unproductivity"

This powerful phenomenom is truely a Beast of the academic world.

I have LOADS!! of work to do, with deadlines piling up like a mountain -and what do I do? I ever so calmly stroll around the house in my slippers, make me a nice hot cup of tea, maybe some toast and then... sit in front of the TV/read a book (fiction)/play so FM2006/read the latest issue of "52"/watch anime on the PC, the list is endless. however? I dont know if anyone picked this up, but I didnt see "get down & do some work" in that list.
Odd, wouldnt that be logical thing to do, especially if im part of a team and am totally accountable for all my tasks?

I thought I was just lazy... But no, its all mother natures doing! and Im not alone, millions of people (ok! maybe thousands of people) are trapped in it as well.

Well until scientists figure out a method of prevention for this phenomenom - I say prevention as if your already stuck in the vortex, then there is no hope of getting out by yourself, its in the hands of a more powerful being, deciding whether you've overstayed or not.



For a more scientific look at this phenomenom, I recommend you check out the "research" those dedicated few at Piled Higher and Deeper are doing.

Just in time!

My choclate melted today in my pocket, luckily i was hungry and found it just in time before it had any chance of becoming a permanent resident in my pocket along with a 20c piece stuck to inners of my pocket by a fused combo of pocket lint, a frutus and some listerine. At least my pocket smells like tropical pine with a hint of mint now. Sure beats me jeans pocket which kinda smells like off apple & banana - funny thing is I only left a banana in there, wierd!?

Team work

Thats one thing I like about team work, if a meeting has been scheduled to discuss things with the project manager and problems inevitably arise - the person who unfortunately had to go and visit his mother at the hospital or had an appointment which he organised two weeks in advance which he had to attend, will ALWAYS be blamed for all problems that occur in the meeting - good luck to him if he ever attends another meeting.
Its just natural to blame others - human nature.

Faceless

This is gona be my new Avatar, pretty cool hey (the dude has no face!)
He's one of the characters in DC comics new Maxi-Series - "52". Very much a gimic in my opinion, spininng off after what happened in "Infinite Crisis" this title is released weekly, yes!, a comic every week for 52 weeks thats a whole year!

Another cool thing they have added into this enticing offer is a mini-documentary of the history of the DC Universe (DCU), which is must for all, especially if new to the DCU as they constantly refer to past events and underlying assumptions.

Bottomline is they just want to make money, preying on the poor comic book fan - ok got to go, they been bugging me to come and fetch the latest few issues of 52 as they have been festering there for the last few weeks as I have been patiently waiting for payday to arrive.

My First Time

Hi All

Wow, so this is how a Blog looks - Amazing! As you probably have guessed this is my first Blog. A virtual dashboard for my thoughts and ponderings...

Will keep you all posted.

Later...