http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/Are you thinking what I'm thinking..... Probably not! en-EUMokoFeed10http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/3a/ecc4333a1b8da9cd1052d38da1d0b7_160x200.jpghttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/09/14/go_fourth_and_multiply~2979763/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2007-09-14:/2007/09/14/go_fourth_and_multiply~2979763/Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:55:25 +0200 <p>Had to laugh at <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6990802.stm">this article</a> on the BBC.</p> <p>What is it with comunist countries? China is capping the number of kids you can have, whilst Russia is handing out prizes if your skiving off work & humping on the right day produces an offspring!</p> <p>Just imagine the scene... Russian family planning clinic:</p> <p>Planner: Velcome family, please take a seat, and tell me your problems</p> <p>Svetlana: Vell I vould like very much new food processor.</p> <p>Vlad: Da, und I vould like very much new american SUV car.</p> <p>Planner: Da, I understanding! Hmmmm (flicks through large desk calendar). You need to drink many wodka & dance horizontally on 15 Oktober unt 30 Nowember. Svetlana - you have sister? Maybe inwite in 30 to join in just in case you already carry potatoe in oven. If you have 2 infant on correct days, maybe also vin cuddly toy!</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/09/14/go_fourth_and_multiply~2979763/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>russian-sexfamily-planninghttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/09/14/go_fourth_and_multiply~2979763/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/09/03/blow_away_chatup_lines~2920017/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2007-09-03:/2007/09/03/blow_away_chatup_lines~2920017/Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:02:12 +0200 <p>I'm endeavouring to stop being such a saddo and get out more, hoping to maybe even catch me one of them strange women folk, as it's been a while since the last one escaped... </p> <p><img src="http://demo.internet-dept.com/nick/foot.jpg" alt="foot in mouth" title="Foot in Mouth!"></p> <p>Trouble is I'm a little shy when it comes to meeting new people, especially ones that I may be interested in stalking.</p> <p>So any tips / chatup lines would be most appreciated, especially ones you have personally used or that worked on you.</p> <p>The only ones I know would result in a well merited slap in the chops! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/09/03/blow_away_chatup_lines~2920017/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>chatup-lineshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/09/03/blow_away_chatup_lines~2920017/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/09/02/lifes_a_beach~2909989/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2007-09-02:/2007/09/02/lifes_a_beach~2909989/Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:01:12 +0200 <p>Took some pics yesterday morning for a customer on Bournemouth beach. It was a beautiful morning, so I got some nice shots of the beach & sea too that I though may brighten up your day:</p> <p><img src="http://demo.internet-dept.com/nick/bmth_beach.jpg" alt="beach" title="Bournemouth beach from Southbourne"></p> <p><img src="http://demo.internet-dept.com/nick/sea.jpg" alt="sea" title="A yacht at sea - love the colours"></p> <p><img src="http://demo.internet-dept.com/nick/iow.jpg" alt="iow" title="Hazy Isle of Wight"></p> <p><img src="http://demo.internet-dept.com/nick/seaguls.jpg" alt="guls" title="A flock of gulls"></p> <p><img src="http://demo.internet-dept.com/nick/beach_path.jpg" alt="beach path" title="The Beach Front"></p> <p><img src="http://demo.internet-dept.com/nick/sparkle.jpg" alt="sparkle" title="Was just stunning!"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/09/02/lifes_a_beach~2909989/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>beach-photosbournemouth-beachseahttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/09/02/lifes_a_beach~2909989/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/08/20/new_annoying_list~2839671/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2007-08-20:/2007/08/20/new_annoying_list~2839671/Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:41:01 +0200 <p>Here's a new list for everybody to copy & paste into their blogs. </p> <p>1) On a scale of 1 (not at all) to 10 (incredibly), how bored are you today? </p> <p>2) What is the star sign of your last missed call's last missed call? </p> <p>3) List the last 3 places you scratched on you body? </p> <p>4) Name 2 activities you cold be doing, instead of filling out pointless lists? </p> <p>5) List 3 good reasons not to cut & paste lists into your blog? </p> <p>6) How many ligth bulbs does it take to change a lightbulb?</p> <p>7) I place lists into my blog because....</p> <p>8) What is your favourite grayscale tone?</p> <p>9) WHY?</p> <p>10) Yes, but WHY???</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/08/20/new_annoying_list~2839671/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>listshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/08/20/new_annoying_list~2839671/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/11/time_to_come_clean~2615234/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2007-07-11:/2007/07/11/time_to_come_clean~2615234/Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:14:41 +0200 <p>So how many hours a week do you spend blogging / reading others blogs?</p> <p>The truth please, no place for denial here. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/11/time_to_come_clean~2615234/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>blogaholicsblogtimehttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/11/time_to_come_clean~2615234/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/10/can_you_think_of_nothing~2612116/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2007-07-10:/2007/07/10/can_you_think_of_nothing~2612116/Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:02:32 +0200 <p>I was trying to have a little snooze earlier today, and tried to completely clear my mind (enter sarcastic comment here re what a small task that must have been etc). </p> <p>I have to say, I found it virtually impossible to achieve for any length of time. I started to imagine a white disc, growing larger and pushing out all other thoughts.</p> <p>Does anybody have any better ideas - and do you find it easy to achive? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/10/can_you_think_of_nothing~2612116/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>concentrationmind-clearancehttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/10/can_you_think_of_nothing~2612116/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/06/an_amazing_find~2584377/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2007-07-06:/2007/07/06/an_amazing_find~2584377/Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:51:57 +0200 <p>I've been blown away recently by a singer called Regina Spektor. Whatever you do, listen to the first 2 songs listed below:</p> <p><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=p62rfWxs6a8"> Samson</a> - just beautiful :-)</p> <p><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTDRztaCCw"> Fidelity</a> </p> <p>She's a classicaly trained Russian pianist living in New York. Her music / lyrics, and the way she plays with sounds / words is really unique, and gets right under your skin once you've had a couple of listens.</p> <p>Her live stuff is equally as impressive as her recorded. She bashes out songs at a rate of knots - so has already 2 albums, and stacks of other stuff when you listen to her live. </p> <p>Watch this space, she'll be big! Here's a couple more links:</p> <p><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9pKujuTgtL0"> Us</a> </p> <p><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nGmMYEe4llI"> Raindrops</a></p> <p><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O6iMA7Te-vw&mode=related&search="> Statue of Baby Jesus - live</a></p> <p><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ_oVSOSRSU&mode=related&search=">Music Box</a> (fogive the home vid!)</p> <p>Too may to post, but you should get the idea.... enjoy & don't blame me when you can't stop listening to her! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/06/an_amazing_find~2584377/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>pianonew-musicregina-spektorhttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/06/an_amazing_find~2584377/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/05/beach_reconstruction~2575568/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2007-07-04:/2007/07/05/beach_reconstruction~2575568/Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:52:23 +0200 <p>Well this happened in late Jan, but it's definately interesting - they have been replacing the sand along Bournemouth beach over the winter with sand dredged from Poole harbour. They transport it in a massive ship, pump it ashore via a huge pipeline, then buldoze it into place.</p> <p>It's a 5 year olds dream! Here are some pics I took of it happening by the pier, enjoy!</p> <p><img src="http://demo.internet-dept.com/nick/overview.jpg" alt="View from above" title="View from above"></p> <p><img src="http://demo.internet-dept.com/nick/3_bull.jpg" alt="3 Bulldozers in the water" title="3 Bulldozers in the sea!"></p> <p><img src="http://demo.internet-dept.com/nick/in_the_sea.jpg" alt="!" title="Brave, or stupid?"></p> <p><img src="http://demo.internet-dept.com/nick/gush.jpg" alt="watery sand" title="Watery sand comes gushing out!"><img src="http://demo.internet-dept.com/nick/sunset.jpg" alt="cool" title="Cool!"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/05/beach_reconstruction~2575568/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>beachbulldozersbournemouthhttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/05/beach_reconstruction~2575568/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/05/if_blogs_are_cyberpets_better_call_the_r~2575442/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2007-07-04:/2007/07/05/if_blogs_are_cyberpets_better_call_the_r~2575442/Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:12:42 +0200 <p>Yes that's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Blogs. I've been sorely neglecting mine, so have popped back to give it a quick bath & some new food & water. Sorry boy!</p> <p>Will try to be a better poster in future... or I may have it taken away from me. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/05/if_blogs_are_cyberpets_better_call_the_r~2575442/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>bad-blogginghttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2007/07/05/if_blogs_are_cyberpets_better_call_the_r~2575442/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/28/where_should_ones_castle_be_suituated_th~1377457/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2006-11-28:/2006/11/28/where_should_ones_castle_be_suituated_th~1377457/Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:12:23 +0100 <p>I was on the train the other day (that's another rant in it's own right), and overheard a couple of students discussing the fact that some paper had a list of the best places to live in the UK and Bournemouth came in 8th.</p> <p>Now they were probably from some deprived hellhole such as Harogate or Oxford, but anyway, it got me thinking, where are the better 7 places? Maybe I'm selling myself short and should be considering a move.</p> <p>If you know, I'd love to hear what the top 7 are, or even just your oppinion of where is the best place to live in the UK (Londoners need not apply!).</p> <p>Also, I'd also like to know what qualified the person who researched this to be able to give the masses such an assured definitive of what the top 10 are... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/28/where_should_ones_castle_be_suituated_th~1377457/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>places-to-livetownsgreat-placeshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/28/where_should_ones_castle_be_suituated_th~1377457/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/20/in_the_line_of_fire~1350760/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2006-11-20:/2006/11/20/in_the_line_of_fire~1350760/Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:22:34 +0100 <p>I went into Bournemouth yesterday evening to watch the Xmas lights be turned on. </p> <p>The square was packed with about 400 people, with an alpine bar, food stalls / a mini ski slope & climbing wall. Entertainment was courtesy of the local radio station, 2CR - a band doing acoustic covers (not bad), then a Robbie tribute, who looked like maybe Robbie will in 10 years time when he's eaten way too may pies.</p> <p>I paid a stonking £3.50 for a limp hotdog (& had to pester the guy for more onions, he gave me so few), and listened in disbelif to him tell a girl that sausage & bacon in a little baguet would cost her £5!</p> <p>Anyway, a poorly disguised Santa turned the lights on, and there were fireworks from on roof of Debehnams, directly in front of the square. That's where the fun begun. </p> <p>The first fireworks were ones that go up a bit, then pop into 2 horizontal flares. Trouble was that they didn't go up very far before splitting, and rather than going straight up, went over the crowd! One in particular, bouncing down the roof of the alpine bar. Thankfully they mostly went out just before head hight, but the hot ash still landed in the crowd. </p> <p>There were some others that were nice & 'fizzy', then some green fireballs. Again, rather than going up, these came stright down from the roof of debenhams (about 5 stories up), into the crowd! We all stood there firstly in disbeleif, then in panic, as we watched several green fireballs coming directly at us in quick succession!</p> <p>There were only about 20 or so of them, so they stopped just as people really stated to panic, and it looked like there was going to be a stampede.</p> <p>Thankfully nothing hit me or my mates, but some people must have been hit - as far as we could tell nobody was hurt, although as the fireworks ended (with a big bang that made everybody jump out of their skins), people just left, in shock and withouth any applause.</p> <p>Of course the authorities can't be blamed for faulty fireworks, but really they should have stopped them after the first ones went wrong.</p> <p>It's no fun watching a golfball sized fireball heading towards you at high speed I can tell you! It felt more like being in a war zone than in Bournemouth town centre. I could imagine parents with small children being particularly distressed / angered by this. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/20/in_the_line_of_fire~1350760/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>xmas-lightsfaulty-fireworkshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/20/in_the_line_of_fire~1350760/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/17/tough_as_a_penguin~1340325/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2006-11-17:/2006/11/17/tough_as_a_penguin~1340325/Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:44:18 +0100 <p>Well it's Friday afternoon, and I would feel bad about this if I hadn't seen what emporer pengins put themselves throught on planet earth last week.</p> <p>Try your hand at this little game (embedded in a powerpoint) I managed a best distance of 192.1</p> <p><a href="http://blog.internet-dept.com/pinguin_1.pps">Penguin Game!Click here to download, enjoy!</a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/17/tough_as_a_penguin~1340325/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>penguin-gamepenguinshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/17/tough_as_a_penguin~1340325/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/16/being_sold_a_dud~1336284/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2006-11-16:/2006/11/16/being_sold_a_dud~1336284/Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:27:32 +0100 <p><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=962986"><img src="http://data2.blog.de/media/986/962986_3f6c9c41ff_s.jpg" alt="05_06_06a[1]" title="05_06_06a[1]" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="144" height="180"></a></p> <p>My draining adverts post the other day got me thinking about all of the stuff they have already invented and marketed to us that we don't actually need. The list is long friends - here are some of my favourites:</p> <p>- George Foreman style grills (yes people, normal grills also allow fat to drain away!)</p> <p>- Leaf blowers (genius!)</p> <p>- Different types of disposable nappy depending upon what the child is doing.</p> <p>- Plug in air fresheners</p> <p>- Automatic gates / garage doors (take longer to open than if you got out, did it yourself, and got back in again)</p> <p>- Fruit corner yoghurts</p> <p>- Dual engine cars </p> <p>- Organic food (contentious?)</p> <p>- Antistatic wipes on a stick (dusters people)</p> <p>- Flags that clip onto car windows (remember the world cup?)</p> <p>Please add any you can think of to the list! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/16/being_sold_a_dud~1336284/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>marketingadvertsthings-we-don-t-needhttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/16/being_sold_a_dud~1336284/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/15/old~1334753/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2006-11-15:/2006/11/15/old~1334753/Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:46:36 +0100 <p>Got this in email the other day - made me smile! Old? me? who do they think they are telling me what to think? I remember when......</p> <p>>> BORN BEFORE 1986?<br> >><br> >> According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who<br> >> were kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have<br> >> survived, Because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured<br> >> lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked.<br> >><br> >> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors<br> >> or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans. When we rode our<br> >> bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey<br> >> dokey's' on our wheels.<br> >><br> >> As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags<br> >> and riding in the passenger seat was a treat.<br> >><br> >> We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it<br> >> tasted the same.<br> >><br> >> We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice with<br> >> sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always<br> >> outside playing.<br> >><br> >> We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and<br> >> no-one actually died from this.<br> >><br> >> We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went<br> >> top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.<br> >> After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve<br> >> the problem.<br> >><br> >> We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long<br> >> as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and<br> >> no one minded.<br> >><br> >> We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No<br> >> 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile<br> >> phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet chatrooms.<br> >><br> >> We had friends - we went outside and found them. We played elastics<br> >> and rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt! We fell out of<br> >> trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits.<br> >><br> >> We played knock-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the<br> >> owners catching us. We walked to friends' homes.<br> >><br> >> We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on<br> >> mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner.<br> >><br> >> We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in<br> >> packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. The idea of a parent<br> >> bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of...they actually sided with the law.<br> >><br> >> This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and<br> >> problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an<br> >> explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and<br> >> responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. And you're one<br> >> of them. Congratulations!<br> >><br> >> For those of you who aren't old enough, thought you might like to<br> >> read about us.<br> >><br> >> This my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and it might put<br> >> a smile on your face:<br> >><br> >> The majority of students in schools & universities today were born<br> >> post 1986....<br> >><br> >> AIDS has existed since they were born. CD's have existed since they<br> >> were born.<br> >><br> >> Michael Jackson has always been white.<br> >><br> >> They can never imagine life before computers.<br> >><br> >> They can't believe a black and white television ever existed.<br> >><br> >> And they will never understand how we could leave the house without<br> >> a mobile phone.<br> >><br> >> Now let's check if we're getting old...<br> >><br> >> 1. You understand what was written above and you smile.<br> >> 2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a<br> >> night out.<br> >> 3. Your friends are getting married/already married<br> >> 4. You are always surprised to see small children playing<br> >> comfortably with computers.<br> >> 5. When you see children with mobile phones, you shake your head .<br> >> 6. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some<br> >> other friends because you think they will like it too...<br> >><br> >> Yes, you're Getting old!!</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/15/old~1334753/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>funnygetting-oldhumbughttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/15/old~1334753/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/15/draining_adverts~1332450/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2006-11-15:/2006/11/15/draining_adverts~1332450/Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:46:53 +0100 <p>Anybody seen the recent advert for stuff to put in your dishwasher to clean out it's pipes, and the drains?</p> <p>It goes along the lines of 'even though the inside of your dishwasher may look clean - there's all kinds of grease, dirt & germs in the pipes & drains' (insert brand name here) tackles this blah blah snore....</p> <p>I hadn't realised that my little multicoloured dishwasher tablets - that manged to leave the interior of the dishwasher, and the dirty dishes all sptoless & shining like new would be renedered powerless as soon as they left the building (so to speak). And that their magic cleaning powers didn't work on pipes / drains. </p> <p>It makes you wonder what completely useless products they will dream up and try to sell us next? Here's a few I thought of, but I'd love to hear yours!</p> <p>- Something that makes your sewers smell like a pine glade in spring and a great environment for your kids to play in.</p> <p>- Floor cleaner that penetrates the carpet layer, and cleans the floorboards / floor beneath.</p> <p>- Ceiling cleaner</p> <p>- Pet slippers</p> <p>- Door handle germ removal spray</p> <p>Please do drop me your ideas!</p> <p>Somebody needs to take the credit cards / rolled up £50 notes off these fools, teach them what a 'u bend' is for, then re-focus them on putting </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/15/draining_adverts~1332450/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>dumbdishwasherdrainingadvertshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/15/draining_adverts~1332450/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/14/wheely_good~1327452/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2006-11-13:/2006/11/14/wheely_good~1327452/Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:19:46 +0100 <p>This little video should put a smile on your face - or maybe you'll just find it tiresome...</p> <p><a href="http://blog.internet-dept.com/Howtostacktyres_1.wmv">click here</a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/14/wheely_good~1327452/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>wheelfunny-videotirehttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/14/wheely_good~1327452/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/14/can_t_keep_a_bad_thing_down~1327426/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2006-11-13:/2006/11/14/can_t_keep_a_bad_thing_down~1327426/Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:07:32 +0100 <p>Yes my little hombres I'm back!</p> <p>I won't bore you all with the details of my absence - let's just say 'they can rebuild him' </p> <p>Glad to see that although my friend list has seriously deminished, my favourites are still going!</p> <p>Blog on! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/14/can_t_keep_a_bad_thing_down~1327426/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>backhttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/11/14/can_t_keep_a_bad_thing_down~1327426/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/01/26/a_reminder~508254/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2006-01-26:/2006/01/26/a_reminder~508254/Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:09:10 +0100 <p>We all need a reminder now and again.</p> <p><a href="http://blog.internet-dept.com/reminder.pps/">click to download reminder</a></p> <p>(it's a powerpoint slideshow) </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/01/26/a_reminder~508254/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>reminderhttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/01/26/a_reminder~508254/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/01/24/lazy_link~500224/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2006-01-24:/2006/01/24/lazy_link~500224/Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:00:31 +0100 <p>Hi Smurfs</p> <p>Been busy, hope to get back blogging again soon. </p> <p>To keep you all occupied in the interim period, here's a wicked site that makes you into a guitar god!</p> <p><a href="http://www.guitarshredshow.com/">you rock!</a></p> <p>It's a good idea to skip most of the cartoony bits if you have a life.... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/01/24/lazy_link~500224/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>guitarwebsiterockhttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/01/24/lazy_link~500224/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/01/07/start_as_i_mean_to_go_on~448297/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2006-01-07:/2006/01/07/start_as_i_mean_to_go_on~448297/Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:05:44 +0100 <p>Ive been reading a great little book of quotes, and thought I'd share some that have made me titter with you all:</p> <p>Abstract art is a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled, to the utterly bewildered. – Al Capp</p> <p>This is either a forgery, or a damn clever original! – Frank Sullivan</p> <p>Money can’t buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. – Spike Milligan</p> <p>What is the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money. – Henny Youngman</p> <p>In the midst of life we are in debt. – Ethel Mumford</p> <p>Women prefer men to have something tender about them… especially legal tender. – Kay Ingram</p> <p>If you drink, don’t drive. Don’t even putt. - Dean Martin</p> <p>I took a speed reading course and read War and Peace in 20 minutes. It’s about Russia. – Woody Allen</p> <p>I wish that people who have difficulty in communicating would just shut up about it. – Tom Lehrer</p> <p>A lecture is the process by which the notes of the professor become the notes of the students without passing through the minds of either. – R.K. Rathbun</p> <p>‘Shut up’, he explained. – Ring Lardner</p> <p>Sociology is the study of people who do not need to be studied by people who do. – E.S. Turner</p> <p>Whenever the cannibals are on the brink or starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a fat missionary. – Oscar Wilde</p> <p>Hope you liked them. If you know any good ones, tell me. I may well post some more later.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/01/07/start_as_i_mean_to_go_on~448297/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>quoteshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2006/01/07/start_as_i_mean_to_go_on~448297/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/23/a_blog_is_for_life_not_just_for_christma~411321/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2005-12-23:/2005/12/23/a_blog_is_for_life_not_just_for_christma~411321/Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:29:37 +0100 <p>How many sayings could you crowbar the work Blog into?</p> <p>All Blogs are equal, but some are more equal than others!</p> <p>Now this is not the end of the blog. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning?</p> <p>The Answer to the Great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything... Forty-two blogs.</p> <p>Blogs are only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.</p> <p>Blogs who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.</p> <p>veni, vidi, bloggi</p> <p>I'm sure you can all do better??? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/23/a_blog_is_for_life_not_just_for_christma~411321/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>blogquoteshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/23/a_blog_is_for_life_not_just_for_christma~411321/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/23/lump_of_cole_aamp_satsuma_for_all_of_you~411283/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2005-12-23:/2005/12/23/lump_of_cole_aamp_satsuma_for_all_of_you~411283/Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:16:23 +0100 <p>Thought I'd wish you all a Merry Christmas, and thank you for your brilliant postings that have given me so much pleasure over the last 2 months of my life!</p> <p>Here's my present to you. Enjoy these, 3 of the best ever! (download them for best results)</p> <p><a href="http://blog.internet-dept.com/mastercard.asf">This always makes me laugh</a></p> <p><a href="http://blog.internet-dept.com/mobile-phone.mpg">So does this!</a></p> <p><a href="http://blog.internet-dept.com/ned.mp3">Just sooooo good it makes me cry!</a></p> <p>:-) </p> <p>Ho Ho Ho, </p> <p>St Niicboy *</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/23/lump_of_cole_aamp_satsuma_for_all_of_you~411283/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>merry-christmascoalfunnyhttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/23/lump_of_cole_aamp_satsuma_for_all_of_you~411283/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/23/pics_of_the_year~410255/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2005-12-23:/2005/12/23/pics_of_the_year~410255/Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:21:27 +0100 <p>Just been sent this by a mate. There are some great shots in there (you'll need to filter some of the American stuff).</p> <p><a href="http://blog.internet-dept.com/best_pictures.pps">It's in a powerpoint presentation - Enjoy</a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/23/pics_of_the_year~410255/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>picshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/23/pics_of_the_year~410255/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/14/real_modern_art~386536/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2005-12-14:/2005/12/14/real_modern_art~386536/Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:08:35 +0100 <p>Take a look at the flash version of this great project.</p> <p><a href="http://zoomquilt.nikkki.net">with a name like zoomquilt you know it's going to be good! click</a></p> <p>You move back & forward by clicking your mouse & moving it up / down.</p> <p>Enjoy <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/14/real_modern_art~386536/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>zoomquiltcoolhttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/14/real_modern_art~386536/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/14/anarchic_programmers~384923/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2005-12-14:/2005/12/14/anarchic_programmers~384923/Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:30:32 +0100 <p>I get the feeling that some of the technical geeks who created this website were a little on the anarchic side. Have you ever noticed the cheeky message they've left us all in the top left hand side of the text box where we write our postings? </p> <p>Maybe they are trying to tell us about their state of mind whist programming, or maybe it's a warning about what you become if you blog too much (Moondancer beware!).</p> <p><img src="http://data1.blog.de/blog/n/nickblog/img/blog_fkd.jpg" border="0" alt="FUKD!"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/14/anarchic_programmers~384923/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>fukd-http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/14/anarchic_programmers~384923/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/11/toast_that_bird~377601/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2005-12-11:/2005/12/11/toast_that_bird~377601/Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:57:07 +0100 <p>A little more Bernard Manning than Matthews, but it's great fun! The blighters can kill you too, so better be quick. </p> <p><a href="http://blog.internet-dept.com/turkey.pps">download it (it's a power point with a game in it!)</a></p> <p>Goodbye rest of the day!</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/11/toast_that_bird~377601/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>turkeygameshoothttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/11/toast_that_bird~377601/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/10/must_have_been_an_excellent_goal~376157/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2005-12-10:/2005/12/10/must_have_been_an_excellent_goal~376157/Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:01:53 +0100 <p><a href="http://blog.internet-dept.com/roon.htm">goal! (click)</a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/10/must_have_been_an_excellent_goal~376157/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>goalfunnyhttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/10/must_have_been_an_excellent_goal~376157/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/10/driveby_surgery~376152/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2005-12-10:/2005/12/10/driveby_surgery~376152/Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:59:35 +0100 <p>Last Thursday I had a cyst removed from just under my eyebrow. I got to the hospital at 3:30, had surgery (in a proper operating theatre), under local anaesthetic. It took the surgeon about half an hour to wrestle the little bugger out, and I was out of there by 5:50, 5 stitches, feeling a little queasy but in fairly good shape all things considered.</p> <p>One week later, the stitches are out, and there’s just the tiniest scar on my eyelid. I have to say I was incredibly impressed by the professionalism of all of the NHS hospital staff. They were pleasant, caring and very good at their jobs. </p> <p>The mad thing is that the cyst was caused by a ‘foreign body’ that had inflamed all of the surrounding tissue. I think it may have got embedded in there when I did a ‘face plant’, (fell off my bike face first) about 16 years ago! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/10/driveby_surgery~376152/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>hospitalface-planthttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/12/10/driveby_surgery~376152/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/11/29/potted_rugger_lesson_please~346768/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2005-11-29:/2005/11/29/potted_rugger_lesson_please~346768/Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:09:37 +0100 <p>I've just been invited on a jolly by a customer this weekend, to go & watch a game of Rugby in Bath, then to a pub crawl.</p> <p>Sound good, only I have to admit, I don't really know too much about Rugby. </p> <p>Could anybody give me some pointers so I don't sound like a total ignoramus, even though I am ;0) </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/11/29/potted_rugger_lesson_please~346768/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>rugbyhelphttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/11/29/potted_rugger_lesson_please~346768/#commentshttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/11/28/losing_things_within_a_1_meter_radius~344178/tag:nickblog.blog.co.uk,2005-11-28:/2005/11/28/losing_things_within_a_1_meter_radius~344178/Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:37:59 +0100 <p>I don't know if it's just me, but just recently a couple of times I've managed to put something I've been using down (e.g. a screwdriver / pen), stay in exactly the same position, and when I need it again have completely lost the damn thing.</p> <p>Of course after about 5 minutes of furiously searching, I manage to find it but it's bloody frustrating! </p> <p>Perhaps i'm missing something from my diet, and the part of my brain that remembers where I put things is undernourished? Perhaps I took too many drugs when I was younger? Perhaps I should just be a bit more tidy! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/11/28/losing_things_within_a_1_meter_radius~344178/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>losthttp://nickblog.blog.co.uk/2005/11/28/losing_things_within_a_1_meter_radius~344178/#comments