wade womersley – york based software engineer
I watched Derren Brown – How to Control the Nation last night as I wanted to see how his subliminal video (or as he calls it, PWA) would really work and while I know subliminal messaging can be easily ignored if you expect it, I wanted this one to work (it’s always more fun when … Read More “Derren Brown – How to Control the Nation” »
Drug dealers Software developers Refer to their clients as “users”. Refer to their clients as “users”. “The first one’s free!” “Download a free trial version…” Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff). Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code). Strange jargon: “Stick”, “Rock”, “Dime bag,” “E”. Strange jargon: “SCSI”, … Read More “Drug Dealers vs Software Developers” »
An upcoming product from a company called TheyFit, is designed to deal with a problem many a European man has had (and some from other countries too but we like to boast the most): condoms that are made to measure, lots of sizes, just like bra’s. There will be 70 sizes in total available and … Read More “Bra-Size style Condoms for Europe” »
If I still lived in my old house I’d have this – a penis chandelier. Made by a Dutch company called Rock and Royal, it would undoubtedly be a talking point for any guests. The company actually does a lot of weird chandeliers so this isn’t that strange, taking a look at their Impressions page … Read More “Chandelier, Penis Chandelier” »
Yes, the man at work who loves pretty graphs and hover effects has started his own blog at http://restafarian.com. Should be an interesting read on days where we discuss the finer points of hover graphs in 3D with side gauges.
This weekend is my superb fiancée’s birthday (well today it is, but it’s a weekend so it becomes a weekend affair.) Last night we went to eat at Browns in Leeds, I had rare lamb, and I mean rare, I’ve never had it so uncooked before, was good though! It came with broccolli and potatoes … Read More “Food, Theme Park and a day to go still” »
The days of true weightlessness on earth are drawing ever closer. NASA has created an anti-gravity field! …just it only works on mice for now. In the picture below, mouse b is floating without the use of anything but magnets – yes magnets. It turns out superconducting magnets can repel water without almost absolute-zero temperatures. … Read More “Anti-Gravity Mice” »
It’s cute, it has to be posted:
Google has a great feature called Google Suggest, if you didn’t know, it’s where as you enter a search term, it provides a dropdown of things you may be searching for – kind of like auto-complete. It is a really useful feature as often people do search for almost exactly the same string. Sometimes however, … Read More “Google loves to help, just not always how you expect” »
Next year me, Jared, my mother and my sister are supposed to be going to see Jared’s mother for a week (in the states) then driving down to Florida and staying there for a week. That way the parents get to meet and then we get some sun and fun in Florida… …I say supposed … Read More “Oasis of the Seas – Next Holiday Planned!” »