July 2008

Friday Fun – Amazing Computer Animation

31 July 2008

Will actors one day be replaced completely by computers I wonder? Looking at these 3 videos you might think that time isn’t very far away! WPvideo 1.10 This is incredibly detailed. WPvideo 1.10 Ahhhhh, a warm fuzzy feeling one. WPvideo 1.10

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Should we drink Raw / Unpasteurized Milk?

27 July 2008

This year I came across people advocating the drinking of raw milk for health reasons. Just to be clear this is milk that is unpasteurised (or unpasteurized if you’re American). The argument is that pasteurisation (heating the milk to 71.6ºC for 15 seconds) damages the milk and destroys some nutrients and fatty acids etc and [...]

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Friday Fun – Cat Videos

25 July 2008

I got sent this great video of a cat murdering a printer: WPvideo 1.10 Which made me think about checking out some of the best cat collection videos, here’s a couple: WPvideo 1.10 Saved the best one till last: WPvideo 1.10

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Booo… ESA Rejected my Astronaut Application

24 July 2008

ESA hate me: Dear Mr McNulty, On behalf of the European Space Agency, I wish to thank you for your application and interest in joining the European Astronaut Corps. I regret to inform you that after very careful consideration, it has been decided not to retain your application for the post of Astronaut. However, should [...]

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Annual Culture Injection – Manchester Jazz Festival

21 July 2008

I would never say I’m the most cultured person in the world, but occasionally it’s nice to soak up the cultural offerings that living near a city like Manchester has to offer. I’d say once a year I thing about doing something for cultures sake alone. As this whole week is Manchester Jazz Festival I [...]

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Friday Fun – Economic Models explained with Cows

18 July 2008

SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. NAZISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you. BUREAUCRATISM You have 2 [...]

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European Space Agency Astronaut Example Test Questions

15 July 2008

ESA have published a set of example psychological tests to familiarise people with the 2nd phase of the Astronaut applications. Apart from it being interesting doing astronaut testing, it’s actually a lot of fun too. I even had my 7 year old daughter doing “astronaut maths” with me! The English questions are pretty straight forward [...]

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Crossfit Update

13 July 2008

Thought it was time I did a Crossfit Workout update, now that I’ve been back at the gym for about 6 weeks. Basically I’m still on my way back to full form. The elbow is holding up nicely and each week I’m able to lift more without pain. When it does hurt a bit, it’s [...]

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Friday Fun – Movies in a Minute

11 July 2008

Watching Spiderman 2 on UKTV Gold this week, there was a 60 second animated movie spoof in the adverts that had me laughing. Searching for it, I found several, here are 3 of the better ones Movie In A Minute – Action Movie WPvideo 1.10 Movie In A Minute – Sci Fi Alien Invasion Movie [...]

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Solution to WordPress Blank Screen of Death

8 July 2008

As I posted last week, getting my blog hacked forced a wordpress upgrade to v2.5.1 however it also caused a problem I had previously been unaware of, the WordPress Blank Screen of Death. This is basically where under some circumstances, you get a blank plain white screen instead of the page you were looking for. [...]

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