Every so often I check through my website's stats looking for hotlinking. Mostly it isn't a big problem but sometimes websites or forums can really put a strain on my server, particularly if it's a site with a lot of traffic such as Fark forums or … [Read more]
Madeleine McCann – parent’s guilt is being inflicted on us
If you happen to be one of the few people on the planet who don't know what happened, Madeline McCann vanished from an apartment in Portugal. That's as much can be said with any certainty from an observer such as myself; that the little girl … [Read more]
How to get tdnam sellers to renew your domain names for free!
What if your business was buying and selling domain names? How good would it be for your overheads if you could cut the cost of renewing domain names to zero? Pretty darn good, right? Here's how it can be done on TDNAM.com, Godaddy's domain name … [Read more]
Man abuses 13 victims – walks from Court a free man
In a shocking display of injustice, a paedophile who admitted 24 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency on 13 different victims, including an 18-month-old toddler, walked free from court today. Jehovah's Witness, Michael Porter, of … [Read more]
Jessica Alba herpes?
It seems sometimes that dreams really do come true. Sometimes nightmares do as well, and if the rumour mill is to be believed, Jessica Alba has herpes, joining other notable herpetic glitterati, such as Paris Hilton. Apparently, Jessica used to … [Read more]
Mother jailed for 4-year-old’s horrific murder
A mother and her boyfriend have been jailed for murdering her four-year-old daughter in West Yorkshire. Sharon Wright, 23, and 22-year-old Peter McKenzie-Seaton were both given life terms for killing Leticia Wright and each will serve at least 23 … [Read more]
New Zealand flatworm
I was shifting some turf I had stacked upside down last year to decompose when I spotted some shiny black eggs I'd never seen before. Rooting around some more I found a New Zealand flatworm. I've never seen one before so I was somewhat mystified as … [Read more]
America moves another step closer to a dictatorship – on the abyss
Well, there I was wondering what I'd write about and there it was, right before my eyes - Bush, the President of the United States, dragging his country another step towards the coveted dictatorship, all under the guise of 'fighting terrorism' of … [Read more]
Microsoft wants to dig through your hard drive to sell you stuff
Microsoft has filed another patent, this one for an "advertising framework" that uses "context data" from your hard drive to show you advertisements and "apportion and credit advertising revenue" to ad suppliers in real time. Yes, Redmond wants to … [Read more]
Stranger, Stranger in a strange land
I was listening to the old U2 album - October, and thought they should release this song in protest at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It seems very fitting. Stranger, Stranger in a strange land, He looked at me like I Was the one who should … [Read more]
Tallest man in the world meets the shortest
The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun today shook hands with He Pingping who claims to be Earth's shortest. Astonishingly, two men actually come from the same region of Inner Mongolia. Bao Xishun, a herdsman, is from Chifeng, while He Pingping was … [Read more]
Toxic Toothpaste
The pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today warned that fake tubes of its Sensodyne toothpaste on sale in the UK contain a chemical used to thicken anti-freeze. The counterfeit 50ml tubes of Sensodyne Original and Sensodye Mint contained … [Read more]
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