Thermal » Internet http://thermalblog.co.uk Its just a lot of hot air... Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:19:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Bug Me Some More http://thermalblog.co.uk/bug-me-some-more/ http://thermalblog.co.uk/bug-me-some-more/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:19:52 +0000 Chris http://thermalblog.co.uk/?p=1671 There are some awesome webcomics out there, with XKCD being my No.1, but with the dozens I Stumble across, there are few that keep my attention for any length of time.

Recently I was lucky enough to find the Bug strip, by Adam Huber, and it hooked me instantly. I spent the next hour after finding it crawling the archives and it was time well spent. It’s beautifully drawn, and the simple expedient of using the bug characters makes it stand out from the raft of stick-men XKCD clones. It also helps that Adam has a wry sense of humour, and is somehow able to get his bugs to display their emotions so clearly. Real life observations mixed with a touch of the absurd, like the downside to being  a vampire shown below, keep you coming back for more. So far it’s being published pretty much daily (he must be mad) so pop over & get bugging…..

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]]> http://thermalblog.co.uk/bug-me-some-more/feed/ 2 An Inconvenient Truth http://thermalblog.co.uk/an-inconvenient-truth/ http://thermalblog.co.uk/an-inconvenient-truth/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:02:41 +0000 Chris http://thermalblog.co.uk/?p=1662

Wait for all the screaming Apple fanboys to protest. I’m no Microsoft apologist, but if they came up with a product this expensive, yet so functionally inadequate, you’d never hear then end of it from the muesli-knitting, goatee-wearing Mac brigade.

In all the (mostly critical) articles I’ve read about this high tec brick, the most common defence from the Apple-opolgists  is; “Yeah, but you wait for the next version, it will have all those features and more! And be extra shiny!”.

Right, so why buy this one, and are you now finally admitting that Apple have been siphoning cash out of your wallet for years with upgrades that could have gone in the original product?

(Are you impressed that I made it this far without referencing its name to female sanitary wear? Whoops……)

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]]> http://thermalblog.co.uk/an-inconvenient-truth/feed/ 10 Living In The Future http://thermalblog.co.uk/living-in-the-future/ http://thermalblog.co.uk/living-in-the-future/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:36:07 +0000 Chris http://thermalblog.co.uk/?p=1649 Occasionally amidst all the dross, caption catz, and lols on the interweb, you come across a website that’s an informative, amusing and downright interesting way to spend a few minutes and I was lucky enough to find one today.

Back in 1972, Geoffrey Hoyle (son of Sir Fred Hoyle) wrote a children’s book about 2010:Living In The Future.

Being that we have now reached the future (so to speak) what better time to see what came true, and what didn’t, and that’s exactly what Daniel Sinker did at this site: 2010: Living In The Future – The Book.

The site’s well worth a read, and Daniel’s commentary is very amusing, whilst always affectionate. Geoffrey Hoyle did get a few things spot on, while a few were somewhat wide of the mark, though I do fancy that dedicated bacon oven and the throwing toast machine…..

So after you’ve read that; what are your predictions for 2048? Jumpsuits are a given ;-)

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]]> http://thermalblog.co.uk/living-in-the-future/feed/ 0 Slip Sliding Away http://thermalblog.co.uk/slip-sliding-away/ http://thermalblog.co.uk/slip-sliding-away/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:31:08 +0000 Chris http://thermalblog.co.uk/?p=1633 Click here to view the embedded video.

For all that’s holy why did they get out?

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]]> http://thermalblog.co.uk/slip-sliding-away/feed/ 7 Face Time http://thermalblog.co.uk/face-time/ http://thermalblog.co.uk/face-time/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:14:23 +0000 Chris http://thermalblog.co.uk/?p=1616 I know it’s human nature to see faces in abstract shapes, hence the many appearances of Jesus in a bagel (really, if you were omnipotent would you limit your tricks to food based pop-ups? I’d be firing lightning bolts at TV evangelists on a daily basis)but some of these are quite special: Faces In Places.

Happy socket wants to kill you.....

Smile!

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]]> http://thermalblog.co.uk/face-time/feed/ 8 Another Proud Milestone http://thermalblog.co.uk/another-proud-milestone/ http://thermalblog.co.uk/another-proud-milestone/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:20:02 +0000 Chris http://thermalblog.co.uk/?p=1606

I’m looking at the spam comments. Over ten thousand… What a waste of time and effort on everyones part. Mind you, I mainly blame the morons who click on spam links, buy ‘viagra’ etc. from them and make it worthwhile. Bah to the lot of you.

Still, many thanks for the 6,831 decent comments left by all of you and can you believe I’ve written over 1100 posts? And a couple of them were worth reading too.

Hopefully my blogging frequency will pick up in the year to come, and my new toy should help:

Mmm, shiny.....

Blogging in front of the telly!

It’s a tool, not a toy honest…..

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]]> http://thermalblog.co.uk/another-proud-milestone/feed/ 4 A Good Comeback http://thermalblog.co.uk/a-good-comeback/ http://thermalblog.co.uk/a-good-comeback/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:31:35 +0000 Chris http://thermalblog.co.uk/?p=1598

Lots more like this at Yahoo! Answer Fail – you hope some of these are faked, but……

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]]> http://thermalblog.co.uk/a-good-comeback/feed/ 5 Overbite http://thermalblog.co.uk/overbite/ http://thermalblog.co.uk/overbite/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:17:26 +0000 Chris http://thermalblog.co.uk/?p=1587 Scar your kids against aquatic life forever….

sharkhat

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]]> http://thermalblog.co.uk/overbite/feed/ 3 Please Wait, Copying Files http://thermalblog.co.uk/please-wait-copying-files/ http://thermalblog.co.uk/please-wait-copying-files/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:52:07 +0000 Chris http://thermalblog.co.uk/?p=1584 Oh my God, how true is this? The most worthless dialog of a worthless operating system summed up by XKCD.

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]]> http://thermalblog.co.uk/please-wait-copying-files/feed/ 2 Aporkalypse Now http://thermalblog.co.uk/aporkalypse-now/ http://thermalblog.co.uk/aporkalypse-now/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 14:28:55 +0000 Chris http://thermalblog.co.uk/?p=1576 oinksip

We’re all doomed! Maybe…..

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