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The M&M in me
2007-08-01 20:54:00 Funny how one just thinks of something random at the most unlikely of places and times. Well, I was in the shower and this question just came to me… What does M&M (as in the chocolate) stand for? Well, looking on the web, it stands for Murrie and Mars. Murrie being Bruce Murrie, the son of ...
God is a number
2007-08-01 18:02:00 Nightlight Productions, the makers of the FireFTP, a FireFox FTP extension (which I happen to use almost daily) came up with this factual page. It shows you (in real time), the number of births, deaths, deaths from cancer, heart disease, infant deaths, suicides, mothers dying in childbirth, murders, imprisonments, rapes (reported), abortions, marriages, divorces, ... More About: Number
Breaking news: The whole internet crashes
2007-07-30 18:17:00 Officials confirm that all online data has been lost after the Internet crashed and was forced to restart. The global world is forced to go back to pen and paper, using owls for communication and trade with stone currency until problem is fixed. Time frame until problem is solved — indefinite. Extra stationery supplies and owls ... More About: News , Breaking News , Breaking , Whole
I am Simpsonized
2007-07-29 14:18:00 I love the Simpsons — can’t wait to see the movie. Here is how J, me and Miles will look in a Simpsons cartoon. Thanks to Kristarella for the Simpsonize Me link.
The temptation of an iPhone
2007-07-29 05:46:00 I have resisted the temptation of buying an Apple iPhone. Well, J won’t let me get one anyway but nevertheless I think can be proud of myself as I would never have lasted this long in my younger days. I do have to go to the AT&T shop to have a look at one though. ... More About: Iphone , Temptation , Temp
How lucky we are ?
2007-07-25 17:09:00 My sister-in-law and her family did something extra special this summer. She and her family raised money for her sponsored child (as part of the Children’s International program) and went to visit her in Mexico (Guadalajara). For those of you who don’t know what Children’s International is, it is a non-profit organization tailored towards uniting ... More About: Lucky , Luck
Beer Buzz (Part 2 of 2)
2007-07-21 12:12:00 As continued from yesterday… How well do you know your beers? Can you match the labels to their brands? Put your mouse over the black highlight below to reveal the answers. 10. Heineken 11. George Killian’s Irish Red 12. Miller High Life 13. Molson Canadian 14. Moosehead 15. Murphy’s Irish Stout 16. Newscastle Brown Ale 17. ... More About: Beer , Buzz , Part
Beer Buzz (Part 1 of 2)
2007-07-20 07:01:00 How well do you know your beers? Can you match the labels to their brands? Sorry for the bad quality image as it was scanned. Tune in tomorrow for Beer Buzz Part 2. Put your mouse over the black highlight below to reveal the answers. 1. Bass Pale Ale 2. Bavaria 3. Becks 4. Budweiser 5. Corona ...
Good bathroom manners
2007-07-18 13:48:00 This sign in a public bathroom says it all. I just hate using public bathrooms as some people just do not have good hygiene and manners to clean up after themselves. They should add to the sign to remind those people to wash their hands before exiting the bathroom too! More About: Bathroom , Good , Anne , Manner , Manners
Sponsor Yoshi for Blogathon 2007
2007-07-18 01:46:00 My fellow blogger friend Yoshi at Hello! Yoshi is participating in this years Blogathon 2007. I actually thought of doing it but had already made prior plans for the weekend — maybe I’ll do it next year. On the 28th of July, Yoshi will be blogging every half hour for 24 hours straight starting ... More About: Sponsor
Being taken to the dry cleaners
2007-07-17 14:26:00 Picture this… You are an owner of a dry cleaning store. Somehow one of your customer’s suit jacket/pants gets lost by mistake. You offer a refund of the dry cleaning bill ($10) and the cost for a new suit. The customer refuses, and sometime later, goes to court to sue for $67 million to cover ... More About: Being , Cleaners , Dry clean , The D
Born Survivor
2007-07-16 17:16:00 The Discovery Channel has some pretty interesting shows. Several days ago, I happened to catch the popular Man Vs. Wild TV series (they were running an all day marathon of the documentary). The documentary is about Bear Grylls, an adventurer who served three years with the Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the British ... More About: Survivor , Vivo
The Junk In Your Trunk Day
2007-07-15 00:28:00 It was quite a productive day yesterday. J had registered for the Annual “Junk in your Trunk” sale where you can bring as much junk that will fit in your car and sell it. Weather was very good and not too hot. I can’t believe how much junk J and I have collected during the ... More About: K Day
Hello Hello
2007-07-13 05:32:00 “You say yes, I say no, you say stop, and I say go, go, go Oh no - you say goodbye, and I say hello Hello Hello - I don?t know why you say goodbye I say hello” - Paul McCartney Just to tell everyone that I am back. This last 4 months or so has been a ...
The Foo is Offline
2007-03-19 03:36:00 The Foo is currently offline indefinitely due to an unexpected occurrence. Thinking good thoughts and wishing him to be back blogging soon enough. -J More About: Offline , Line
The Foo Logs is hosting a Blog Carnival
2007-03-11 06:01:00 I’ll be hosting my first blog carnival on March 18th. It’s called The Personal Development Carnival . As I am always interested in improving myself, I think this carnival is a good fit for me. What is a blog carnival? It is where someone takes the time to find good blog posts on a given topic ... More About: Hosting , Blog , Blog Carnival , Host
The world?s tallest traffic bridge
2007-03-09 20:30:01 This goes into my book of great engineering and architectural feats: The world’s tallest traffic bridge. Designed by British Architect Norman Foster in collaboration with French bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux, the bridge is located in Millau, southwest of France. It helps traffic over the river Tarn within the Masif Central mountain range. Opened in 2004, the bridge has 4 lanes for traffic, stands at 270 meters (886 ft) above the ground and 2,460 metres (8,071 ft) in length. Just to put in perspective how tall it is, it is 23 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower (at its highest point) and 38 meters (125 ft) shorter than the Empire State building. The total structure weighs approximately 36,000 tonnes, took 3 years to make and cost approximately 394 euros ($524 million). More About: World , Traffic , Tall , The World , Ridge
Tandy 5000 anyone?
2007-03-09 08:29:01 Doesn’t this bring back memories. Can’t believe how much computers use to cost. This one’s a “lightning fast 20 mhz” and is dated 1989. More About: Andy , Anyone
JohnChow.com is Viral
2007-03-07 20:28:01 I happened to stumble upon a blog several months ago, it’s called John Chow .com. I had seen some of his innovative Google ads on some blogs I read daily and couldn’t help but click through to his site. Thought I’ll also grab the chance of reviewing his blog too. John Chow hails from Vancouver, Canada and is a self proclaimed “Dot Com Mogul”. His site talks mostly about how he makes money off his blog, tips to help one do it, ways to increase traffic and also miscellaneous stuff about cars, food and technology. He is an established internet entrepreneur owning the successful Tech Zone, a site that reviews, rates and compares computer products. At first glances I wasn’t too interested in the site until I started reading some of his compelling posts. Articles like “The Importance of Deep Linking”, “Better Anchor Text= Better Search results”, “10 Blogging Mistakes to Avoid” are a few out of the many good articles t... More About: Viral
Morning doodles
2007-03-07 20:28:01 I wish could doodle like this. More About: Morning , Doodles , Doodle
At the Pet Store?
2007-03-07 20:28:01 My time at the pet store (yesterday) didn’t start too well, when I had to chase down a sales associate to ask for something I couldn’t find at the pet store. He was laughing and walking around the store entertaining his girlfriend. Me: Hi there, I can’t seem to find the litter locker refill cartridges. Sales Associate: Ummm, what exactly is a litter locker? I showed him the litter locker that was on display on shelf nearby. (Yes, I had to show a person working there where an item was) Sales Associate: Ummm, isn’t that what you are looking for? Me: No, that is the actual litter locker, I can’t seem to find the refill cartridges for them. Sales Associate: Oh, lets see whether I can find them. The guy proceeds to look around the same shelves that I had been looking at for in the last 15 minutes. He picks up a random item - happens to be a cat litter box filter. Duh! Sales associate: Is this it? Me: Maybe you might want to ask your manager where the... More About: Store , Stor
Cold showers
2007-03-06 02:25:12 Hope I didn’t yell, shout or scream too much. I was taking a nice long hot shower yesterday when the water turned ice cold half way through it. In my soapy and cold state, I put my robe on and walked out the bathroom angrily. It had seemed that my water heater had gone out on me. “Perfect timing! With freezing weather outside, in one of the worse weathers of the season, my water heater dies on me…” I mumbled. It has never happened to us in the past 6 years, so I was prepared for the worst. I ended up resetting my heater and by the end of the night, everything was back to normal again. Thank goodness! It just looked like Mr. Water Heater needed a little kick in the butt. Cold showers aren’t for the faint hearted. If you want to torture or get back at someone, have him or her have a nice shower and turn the heater off half way through (or flush the toilet if the water pipes are connected). You’ll hear the screams like it’s Halloween. More About: Show , Howe , Shower , Showers
Buffets are bad
2007-03-05 14:24:02 J and I tried a new restaurant for dinner yesterday. It was a buffet style “all you can eat” Chinese restaurant. They had an wide assortment of Chinese dishes, seafood and dessert to choose from. With over 80 different dishes, it’s probably one of the biggest buffets we have been to. Fried noodles, Coconut shrimp, Honey Chicken, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Beef with green peppers, Stir Fried green beans etc. .. they were De-Li-Cious! The steamed crab was one of the most popular dishes and the moment the cook brought it out and placed in inside the warming tray, you could just see the diners flock to it like vultures (with an almost riot-like pushing and shoving to get to the front of the line). It took just a couple of minutes from the time the cook came out, placed it on the warming tray, till it was gone. Those who didn’t get it, waited around the tray till the cook came out with his next batch and they were prepared to wait for a long time, selfishly pilling... More About: Buff , Buffet , Buffets
101 Dumb Moments in Business
2007-03-04 02:22:01 I was reading the Business 2.0 magazine today and was amused at their list of “101 Dumb est Moment s in Business: The year’s biggest boors, buffoons, and blunderers”. It was a pretty long list but nevertheless a good read. 4 stood out for me: TextTrust Typo Dam thatt spel-cheker, part too… TextTrust, a company that uses a combination of software and human editors to scour the Web for spelling errors, issues a press release on the most commonly misspelled words it has found “on the 16 million we pages it has spell-checked over the past year.” NTT Hackers. You are entering an easily hackable page. Would you like to continue? After NTT, Japan’s leading telephone company, introduces a system called Net Cash to protect customers from identity theft while shopping online, a hacker steals the ID numbers from more than 80,000 accounts. The information is used to spend $28,000 of NTT customers’ money. Tearing Picasso a new one… After strikin... More About: Men , Moments
The Foo Logs Blast from the Past!
2007-03-03 02:21:01 Here is a blast from the past — digging up some old posts from the old dusty Foo Logs archives that were well received and ones that you may not have read yet. I saw this done of a few blogs and thought it was a good idea to revive some old worthy posts. Hope you enjoy them! The other side of socks Don’t Quit The power of three words The Science of Stupidity I Say Tomato, You Say Tomahto What is the meaning of Life? My first computer and computer game The Science of Hot Sauces Company names becoming (or have become) common household verbs and nouns More About: Last , Blast from the Past , Past , Blast
The Biological Clock
2007-03-03 02:21:01 I have often wondered how the body works with having an internal clock, commonly known as The Biol ogical Clock . It is fascinating to think that my body can adjust itself to waking up within 5 minutes of setting my alarm clock every morning or if I am in a different time zone, my body reminds me that I have the same 24 hour biological clock as if I was at home (can be called jet lag) e.g. I will start getting tired at 6pm in London because it is actually 11pm in Ohio where my biological clock is used to. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, this 24 hour clock is known by scientists as circadian rhythms (derived from the latin words circa dies or ‘about one day’). Related research focusing on circadian rhythms found that it could be related to a part of the brain called hypothalamus, a man made pacemaker, and a protein called cryptochromes, located throughout the human body that detect change in light and resets the body’s clock. These circadian rh... More About: Logic , Lock , Logical
Online backup and storage with IBackup
2007-03-03 02:21:01 IBack up is one of the leading online backup and storage provider in the market today. A subscription based online service, it allows you to backup Windows, MAC and Linux computers interactively or schedule regular online backups with their handy scheduling tools. Critical user data like Microsoft Outlook, My Documents, financial and other files can be backed up seamlessly with easy to use wizards. With IBackup, all backups are compressed and done incrementally, ensuring that network bandwidth is reduced. It also comes with Web Manager, the ability to organize your backed up files online and IDrive, a software that allows you to map your IBackup online storage account as a local drive on your computer. This allows you to drag-n-drop, open, edit and save files just as if it was on your local computer. If at any time you are disconnected, the file transfer resumption feature lets you continue where you left off when your internet connection is reestablished. Other features that come... More About: Storage , Online
Life of Pi
2007-02-27 08:17:04 Pi, has always fascinated me. There are so many ways you can explain it, so many ways you can break it down and has a lot of history behind it. For those who need a memory refresh, Pi is a mathematical constant, an irrational real number. It is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter and is approximately equal to 3.14159. J asked me a trivia question (she had heard over the radio) about Pi on our trip back to her family this weekend. See whether you know the answer to it. What state in the USA has a law against rounding down the number of Pi to 3? (Move your mouse over the black blurb to reveal the answer) Kansas While I am at it, how many digits of Pi can you remember? I had a friend that could remember Pi to 50 decimal places. (Move your mouse over the black blurb to reveal Pi to 50 decimal places) 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510 More About: Life , Life of Pi
If only this were true ?
2007-02-23 02:14:02 If only this were true, I’ll be a multi-millionaire, as I have get a couple of these emails daily i.e. of me winning the UK Lottery. I don’t know what the point is for someone sending this. There are no blatant advertisements, no URLs, no images etc. (not that I am asking for it). I can see email spam trying to push products and services down your throat but this is just pointless. Seriously, if I am to be informed of lottery winnings, it’ll have to be from something either than a free service like charter.net or yahoo.com email. These spammers are definitely lacking some intelligence and common sense. And don’t they know to spell check? … look at the words “noitfy” and “stelings” (in bold) in the email message. As Charlie Brown would say… “Good Grief!” —–Original Message—– From: UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY [mailto:afrogge@charter.net] Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:51 PM Subject: LUCK... More About: This , True , Only , Were
Shutdown Day is coming
More articles from this author:2007-02-22 14:13:02 Can you shut down your computer and not touch it for 24 hours? Denis Bystrov and Michael Taylor has come up with an experiment to see how many people can do it. They are naming it The Shut down Day and it’ll “officially” be on March 24th. I’ll try, but it’ll be tough. Take Our Poll from PollDaddy.com More About: Down , Ming , Shutdown 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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