Yesterday I thought it might be nice to let the budgie out for a little flap around the lounge. Alas, Bob the budgie is not often allowed out in case he gets eaten by cats. So he is rather unfit. Flapping in circles, trying to find somewhere to land, he got ever lower as he [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Budgie vs chicken soup
Posted: 31st December 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RamblingsTags: budgie, soup
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Inception (it’s not really confusing) Review
Posted: 30th December 2010 by By Adrian Willings in ReviewsTags: Inception
I’ve been wanting to see Inception since it first hit the big screen, but we rarely go to the cinema any more because money is tight and we’re lazy. Still, with Crimbo coming around, I added it to my wish list and got my wish granted – full on blu-ray goodness. I’d heard a lot [...]
Note to self – turn water OFF first…
Posted: 24th December 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RamblingsTags: water, wet age
Thanks to the lovely cold weather we’ve been having lately our pipes froze and we could no longer do our laundry (the washing machine is plummed into the garage). Once the pipes finally defrosted the sodding pipe burst off. I got rather a soaking. Managed to get it back on, but then today it did [...]
Merry Christmas to our lovely readers
Posted: 24th December 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RamblingsTags: Merry Christmas, modern toss
To anyone that’s enjoyed Age and Annie’s Ramblings – Merry Christmas. If you haven’t, stuff you. (picture borrowed from Modern Toss)
Battlefield Badcompany 2: Vietnam (PC)(Review)
Posted: 24th December 2010 by By Adrian Willings in ReviewsTags: Battlefield Badcompany 2: Vietnam
Battlefield Badcompany 2: Vietnam is the standalone expansion for Battlefield Badcompany 2 (hence the name). For those of you that remember Battlefield 2142 Northern Strike, it’s not like that at all. It is essentially a separate game with separate servers and a new look. As you might gather from the title, the new game is [...]
Kittens shot with lasers…not as funny once you know the whole story
Posted: 22nd December 2010 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: Kittens shot with lasers
Shooting Kittens with Laser Blasters – watch more funny videos Not so funny (or cute) when you learn the whole story… Veterinarians suspect that the kittens had a condition called myotonia congenita, also known as “fainting goat” syndrome. But the source of their internet fame has now claimed both kittens’ lives.
Evil panda thief and other assorted pictures
Posted: 22nd December 2010 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: panda
Shocking… A researcher dressed in a panda costume put a panda cub into a box to be taken to a physical exam at the Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan province, China, Dec. 3. The cub is being trained for reintroduction to the wild. Reuters More Photos from 2010 from The [...]
Drop rel=”nofollow” for better SEO
Posted: 22nd December 2010 by By Adrian Willings in SEOTags: nofollow
I was always lead to believe that adding links to other sites without a “nofollow” was a bad idea as it drains pagerank from your site and could hurt your SERP if you linked to a dodgy site. I have recently discovered this is a half-truth. Linking to potentially dodgy sites is risky and if [...]
Paranoid web-browsing and short links
Posted: 22nd December 2010 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: google chrome, paranoia, shortened links
I’ll admit, short links have always made me paranoid. Sure, they’re convenient, especially on Twitter, but you don’t know what you’re getting do you? Someone sends you a shortened link and you have to trust them. Trust that they aren’t sending you to a phishing site, a porn hub or a website chock full of [...]