wade womersley – york based software engineer
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!” »
We have Eurotrash, the Japanese have a whole collection of random TV shows, most recently is Ancient Dogoo Girl who’s magical breasts are the source of her power (and yet somehow this promo is still SFW, barely.)
I don’t know what to say other than, it has to be read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Balls My Balls (オレたま, Ore Tama?) is a Japanese manga written by Shigemitsu Harada The fate of the world rests in one man’s testicles. In a freak sealing accident, the Queen of Terror is sealed into Satou Kohta’s testicles…
Ah Friday’s, it’s always a good day in the office, everyone (at least in the dev team) know it’s Friday, and most weeks, Dan’s behaviour is a tell tale sign. Friday also means pub lunch day, something to look forward to…usually – however today was a sad day, our usual pub, the Wellington, let us … Read More “Hidden things, lack of fries and pointless data” »
…but never go to the gym without some kind of energy source. A piece of advice I keep meaning to pay attention to but it’s a case of “do as I say, not as I do.” I got home from work, had a drink of juice, quickly ate a Snickers then straight off to the … Read More “It goes without saying…” »