I’ve read the nature vs nurture debate in plenty of forums, but never actually read any reports. Personally I lean towards genes (and I certainly don’t side with the ‘THEY CHOOSE TO GO AGAINST NATURE OMG!!1!’ nutbags). Anyhow, here’s a report. These usually spark my interest and lead to half an hour of hot Google [...]
Archive for August, 2005
Getting the gay
Posted in General on August 30, 2005 | Comments Off
Stunningly evil
Posted in Geekery on August 30, 2005 | Comments Off
Somewhere in the middle of my mindless blog-trawling day I found this article by Robert X. Cringely. Stick with it until the end, the idea he postulates is truly a product of demented genius.
Robot stereo
Posted in Geekery on August 30, 2005 | Comments Off
Some guy on Flickr created this amazing-looking thing. He’s posted virtually no information about how it was done, which is a real shame. He’d definitely get a lot of hits if he whipped a site together.
Port
Posted in General on August 29, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Justin has turned me onto port, something I haven’t partaken in since being frightened by the turpentine-like brews favoured by my father. I figured I should do some research on it and found a decent interview over at Grape Radio. It turns out that port was introduced to winelovers in the early 1800s by British [...]
It’s altogether possible that I’m just jealous.
Potentially Not Safe For Work, but fascinating/intriguing/disturbing none the less. Naturally I’m reading it at work because I’m a rebel who plays by my own rules.
Bug-squishing
Posted in Macs on August 27, 2005 | Comments Off
Something I’ve just heard about and heartily approve of is Report An Apple Bug Friday. Amazing how many niggling things people can find if they put their minds to it.
Eeek! Arrgh!
Posted in General on August 26, 2005 | Comments Off
My entertainment for the evening comes courtesy of Awful Plastic Surgery, where you can see the results of foolish celebrities trying to fight nature and remove all expression from their face or bodies…
Surrounded by zombies!
Posted in Music on August 26, 2005 | 4 Comments »
I spent some time this morning heading down to the Police Credit Union to sign up for a new account and found out I was missing the essential form, the Papa Smurf of forms, without which all my other forms were just so much twaddle. It was alright though, because I was in my car [...]
Kermit's finger
Posted in Film on August 24, 2005 | 1 Comment »
This is naturally the kind of thing to happen when I’m unable to spend cash, but it looks like the Muppet Show is finally coming to DVD, in its entirety. I yearn! So much yearning do I have!
