Found this on the Know Your Money Blog, and I instantly thought this was one of those spoof/photoshop humour thingys about really bad ideas for Wii games. It seems I was wrong. This is for real! As we have recently got a Wii, I'm interested in finding out what are the worthy games, so something like this is invaluable. As long as you don't pass it by as some crazy spoof. Ramsey rip off in time for
Do you know one thing the same about all platformer games? Aside from directional controls and a lot of jumping and running around, all of them have objectives. Yes, objectives, but the Pointless Platformer game breaks through that norm as we get to feature today this game, which as the name suggests… doesn’t have any [...]
Hey, it's been a while since Hollywood had pointlessly retreaded old ground, and we've got a week to go before the next big, pointless remake hits theaters. In case you're feeling like you're having withdrawal:MTV is remaking The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Why? Whyyyyyyyy? Anyone wanna take guesses now for the casting?
I can gossip here, right? It's just running group gossip...but I'm curious what you think. OK, remember Aussie Girl who got married after two weeks? Well, Brazilian Doctor Woman told me she got a ride home from Aussie Girl. Miss Thing drives a Mercedes...a Birthday present that her Husband bought her in the two week dating period! Let me say this again, they were dating TWO WEEKS, and he bought he
On the bus to Richmond Station after a job interview, I watched several Red Cross charity muggers harass passers by.Why are these unpleasant and often abusive people allowed to harass us? If the Government had any guts, it would treat them like aggressive beggars are treated.The people who go chugging are paid between £8 and £10 per hour, which is more than many of the people they stop. They don
Our man in... Singapore: Ben Kiggell has an article posted on Times Online about the things you should do and not do in Singapore.Eat hereA meal at one of the many open-air hawker centres is a great way to try local food. For a top-end experience, we love Flutes at the Fort (www.flutesatthefort.com.sg).Must doThe Botanical Gardens are amazing. Less obvious, but a real gem, are the walking tours de
This following piece was inspired by my little bro's loss of direction in life, looking for a summer job and not landing one, he just kept on saying, i feel piontless, it is all pointless....and there it hit me.......My life is pointlessMy life is crueli saw someone i knowworking i am sureHe smirked at me on his wayHe was with another foolBut its no fun for thatCuz i have got no planI'm pointless,
The Board of ICANN recently approved a recommendation that could see a whole range of new names introduced to the Internet's address system. "The Board today accepted a recommendation from its global stakeholders that it is possible to implement many...
I'm feeling a little overwhelmed today.
And not because of all the stickers stuck to the side of my dishwasher. I'm not really sure when it became acceptable to plaster fruit stickers there.
I'm not sure I'll even be scraping them off. I'd kind of like to see just how many will get stuck on there.
Apparently the gremlins think they are pulling a fast one on me. As if I don't notice these
We knew this was coming, didn't we:Children will learn by downloading information directly into their brains within 30 years, the head of Britain's top private schools organization has predicted. Chris Parry, the new chief executive of the Independent Schools Council, said "Matrix-style" technology would render traditional lessons obsolete. He told the Times Educational Supp
Photo: Iain AlexanderToday our water supplier delivered a freebie to the door. It’s a plastic bag type thing with tiny holes in it that’s filled with absorbent polymer and silica sand. We’re supposed to put it in the toilet cistern so that it uses less water when it flushes. It’s called a Save-a-Flush. What a daft idea! What on earth is the point in manufacturing more plastic goods in or
According to a new survey it has been reported that a staggering 74 percent of Americans prefer in-flight data not in-flight phone calls, the main reason for this is because sitting next to somebody during your flight listening to their chit chat on the phone which in many times can be quite loud.
The new [...]
Friday already?? I guess its too late to start the week… oh well, there is always next week.
Stay away:
Nothing to say here. Just don’t touch Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR). By the way the 52 week high at one point was $48… uhh yeah.
Keep rolling:
Its called Haliburton (HAL) aka money maker. Spotted it here, here, and probably [...]
I'm a regular user of EA's online game site. PogoThis evening I received an error message. So I wrote a VERY long post to their support division. And internally... I really don't think I'm going to let this one lie... especially if I get crapped on by some outsourced tech support pre-fashioned script.My letter to EA:I'd like to preface this mail and request that the tech that reads is please read it carefully and pass it up the line to a supervisor rather than handing back the stock answer.One of your games crashed on me while loading. I received the following error message:------Not Enough Memory AvailableExplanation:Your browser does not have enough free memory to run the game.The game applet requires approximately 3MB of free memory to run, in addition to your browser's normal memory re
Child psychologist Tanya Byron might have surprised everyone by taking a very sober view towards gaming and giving the UK Government what many consider a fair and smart review of the gaming industry. But now she made headlines by hosting a show on BBC 2 called Am I Normal?, an investigation into game addiction. That’s [...]
Somehow a 5 year old boy has got a patent for sticking two brooms together. The full story can be read here : and the most shocking part? "Mr Houghton, who by chance is a patents lawyer, was so impressed he decided to help Sam apply for a patent." By Chance?!?! fuck off!
Gaming executive mercenary Peter Moore, who has made moves from Reebok into games, where he then shifted from Sega to Microsoft to EA, now reckons games will make the world a better place. Here’s what he told attendees at the MI6 marketing conference in San Francisco:
Games have the power to make people happy and to [...]
Something truly amazing has happened to me in the last month. Let me explain.For about 32 seconds, I had ambitions of becoming a famous blogger who had thousands of people visiting her site daily (much like Pioneer Woman...but without the cooking and the photos...just the fans) to read her latest madcap adventure and then comment with much adoration and glee. I'd have companies contacting me for fabulous giveaways and people would come in droves to see what was going on over here.Then I realized it was work. (insert screeching record sound here) And I already worked full time at home, plus I homeschooled. So it wasn't working. Per se. Plus, I never wrote anything - because I was feeling like everything had to be witty and thoughtful and (gasp!) really well written. That's a lot of pressur
Crazy how there’s every type of USB flash drive out there and this is another example. Zana will be selling wood-engraved USB flash drives that features silver and precious stones for about $59 which will get you about 1GB of storage space.
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Why are sticky notes so popular?
This is a question I ponder every time I have to pick up yet another sticky note that has fallen off my computer monitor. If I’m away from my computer, the sticky notes seem to have no problem hanging on. However, if I’m anywhere in the vicinity they immediately fall.
I [...]
I'm not really sure what to write about today. Nothing really strikes my fancy. Maybe it's just too early. Maybe if I give myself a little time to wake up, I'll think of something that's worth sharing.
Right now, I just want to go back to bed.
What if 90% of all metaphysical speculation is pointless? What if none of that 90% is real, and is just eating up time and resources? What if all the stories of gods and alien visitors are just that -- stories? What if there are no Higher Selves guiding us along a clear-cut path? What if there are no interdimensional travelers in complex spaceships? What if everything that isn't clear, or capable of becoming clear, is meaningless?What if instead, this stuff is real, but all of our speculation still serves no purpose? What if in order for something to matter, to be of use, it must be fully quantified? Sure, speculation leads to testing which leads to fact, but what if instilling faith is really a way to enforce ignorance?
Team Pakistan remain one of a handful of nations yet to score a point in A1GP after two “chaotic” Chinese races in which driver Adam Khan posted a pair of 14th places.
There were plenty of positives to take away from an improved performance, however, as Khan scored his results on the back of qualifying 21st of 22 for the sprint race and 17th for the longer feature event.
Khan, from Bridlington in Yorkshire, showed maturity in the sprint race by avoiding the chaos of an early crash to jump from 21st to 15th, gaining one extra place by the flag.
In the feature event he made a racy start, taking the Czech and Lebanese cars, but overcommitted and ended up on the grass where he was hit by the Australian car and had to pit for a new nose cone and front wing.
He emerged in 18th, overtook Portugal, and then benefited from retirements ahead of him to finish in 14th.
Afterwards, he said: “I had a great start, unfortunately there was a bit of action mid-field, and two cars spun
In the rush to create high-markup accessories for the iPhone, one company is hawking the Pogo Stylus: a pointing device for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch — two products expressly designed to be used without a stylus.
Is there really a market for this? I imagine the pudgy fingered might take a look, as might people who have become accustomed to poking around their smartphone with a little pen. But the whole point of Apple’s multitouch is doing away with pointing devices. But the market for iPod accessories is worth more than $1 billion annually, so companies are taking a throw-it-out-and-fingers-crossed approach.
Available now from the company’s website for $25.
Congratulations to Pointless Banter for winning the 2nd International Blog Cup!
It was won on the last day of voting when it all looked set for Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Soda’s win. We could also say the cup was won in the last few hours of the day (see bandwidth chart below). Kevin showed once again that he has a strong base of supporters from MySpace.com and as you can see, most of his voters started voting just five hours before the end of voting.
Congratulations to both finalists again and good luck to everybody competing in the 3rd International Blog Cup that will start on 1st of December!
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Well aparently many of the blogs that sell text link ads, and blog for money, have been reduced, by google, to a PR0. My Tip Tail blog just went from a PR03 to a PR00. This blog was at a 02 the last few days, but today, big fat zero.
My only blog that has PR is crabbie tail, and it has no ads on it. I was going to put some up but I’m actually glad I didn’t so I can see the effects for myself.
What is my opinion of PR now? It’s pointless. It’s meaningless. If google is going to penalize blogs and other sites for selling links, then the content of the sites is no longer a measure for a good site. Nor is the popularity based on link backs, or hits to the site… the only determining factor is selling text link ads?
Then there are some really good blogs out there that are getting slammed into PR0. Which effectively tells me not to put any merit whatsoever in google’s PR.
John Chow has a good post about the latest google PR, and there is a lot of discussi
My son is an avid Star Wars fan. He’s got Lego’s, Action Figures, and Transformers all created, or inspired by, the marketing Juggernaut that is
LucasFilm Ltd.
At dinner recently he was again explaining to me how cool and unique the Star Wars saga was, and how he had not heard any other story quite like it. I decided to have a little fun at his expense.
I told my son that I thought Mr. Lucas had creatively tweaked some parts of the Bible. My son was not amused and was questioning my blasphemy of Lucas and his empire. He asked me to support my claim (not in those words). The list below is what I came up with on the fly, but I’m sure I could find more if I tried. I explained them to him in detail, but I’ll spare you the step by step conversation.
Anakin Skywalker (Jesus) = Immaculate conception (born without the aid of a sperm donor)
Midiclorians (The Holy Spirit) = Possessed by certain individuals giving them clarity of thought, strength, wisdom, etc.
The Fo
Sometimes there’s just nothing inparticular to write about, folks. Hence the lack of new entries over the last few days. Believe it or not, there’s no drama on my end… no broken bones, no burglaries, house-fires, deaths in the family or extraterrestrial abductions complete with marathon gang-probing sessions. That, and I just had a damn good pull an hour ago, so my balls are nice and empty, just like I like ‘em. As lame as an “I haven’t been writing a lot lately, so I’ll write an explanation about why I haven’t been writing as a new entry!” entry is, while I’ve got your ear, allow me to direct your attention to some shit I’ve been fiddling around with. Hang on to your rubber underpants, kiddies… I’m taking this motherfucker to a whole ‘nother level! Notice – if you will – the brand-spanking new Google Translation button just under the banner over there. It probably doesn’t translate for shit (I’m hoping for an anus-load of comical ‘Engrish
I have rushed home on my hour break. Sad, sad Mr. Honeybell went to work last night on about 3 hours of sleep. So I'm here to hang out with the Monkey Boy while he gets some sleep. And straighten my hair. And practice the speech I'm giving in Public Speaking today. Hell, I have a whole hour, maybe I could work on that world peace thing too.In any case, It's National De-lurking Day! (hence the button)So even though this is like, the lamest post ever, you still have to comment. So There!
The EU is considering a proposal that would ban websites that post instructions on bomb-making. The proposal is interesting because it does not appear to focus on criminalizing the websites. Instead it puts the burden on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block access to these sites. While the EU says this is a not an infringement on speech, the ISPs are balking. First it would be a tremendous technical hassle for them and if they failed to successfully block the sites they could be held liable...(read more)
Here's a strange one for you. Remember SAFA's Dia DAP? Yeah, us neither. Nevertheless, a quick search tells us that SAFA's 3one digital audio player is an identical clone to their own, not-so-memorable DAP. Same 79 x 48 x 10-mm dimensions, same 320 x 240 pixel display, same audio and video support, same MiniSD expansion, price, and battery. In fact, the only difference appears to be a circular central controller instead of a diamond. Probably the weakest justification for padding a product portfolio we've seen this side of Creative.(Via Engadget.)
Here's a strange one for you. Remember SAFA's Dia DAP? Yeah, us neither. Nevertheless, a quick search tells us that SAFA's 3one digital audio player is an identical clone to their own, not-so-memorable DAP. Same 79 x 48 x 10-mm dimensions, same 320 x 240 pixel display, same audio and video support, same MiniSD expansion, price, and battery. In fact, the only difference appears to be a circular central controller instead of a diamond. Probably the weakest justification for padding a product portfolio we've seen this side of Creative.(Via Engadget.)
Hey everyone! Joel from CCS here, pinch-hitting for Diesel in the summation of our humor-blogs reviews. I guess when one is on the brink of becoming a world-famous author and hanging out with famous people one has little time for such frivolities as posting blog reviews.No matter, we shall press on fearlessly.The first blog that was reviewed this week was Pointless Banter. Pointless Banter was an unqualified success with our reviewers, earning Kevin a solid 68 (raking in the 92nd percentile of all reviewed blogs, and no, I swear to God I am not at all jealous.)Some reviewers wished that there were fewer advertisements on the site, and some commented on Banter's penchant for posting pictures of hot (and some not-so-hot-at-all) scantily clad women, making the blog a probable NSFW destination. The general consensus, though, was that Kevin was a funny guy and his material should be read by anyone looking for a laugh:CategoryScorePointsContent6.8948/70Writing6.783/5WebDesign5.113/5Inta
Well this is a disappointment: Victoria Beckham is wearing a bra. There’s absolutely no need for one. I mean, her torpedo-like breasts do not budge and her razor sharp nipples are able to penetrate through multi-layers of clothing. So basically Victora is pretending to cover up even though it’s impossible! To me that’s just not sexy! Lose the bra will ya!?
Pointless Drivel tied The Reasonable Ego for the top score so far. Pointless Drivel seems to be one of those blogs that people love or hate. Most of our reviewers loved it, but there were enough haters to keep Mr. Fabulous from running away with the Humor-Blogs crown. CategoryScorePointsContent6.7147/70Writing7.364/5Web Design7.144/5Intangibles63/5Read Regularly5.716/10Frequency105/5Total69 Percentile Rank: 100 Some quotes from our reviewers:I liked the naughty and irreverent style of humor. That's appealing to me. The line about "Chocolate Chip Super Chunk Spunk Cookies" was a classic! Way too much yellow. Sidebar is pretty cluttered too. Design a "links" page for all that crap or find out how to make it show/hide. One thing I hate, hate, HATED was the referring to himself in the third person.Overall, it was decent. I might return once every week or two, but I'm not planning on adding it to my blogroll or feed subscriptions. It's possible it will grow on me though.I
Go to any photography forum or discussion group, and you’ll ultimately end up finding a heated discussion on some silly topic. I don’t know if it never gets old, or if there are just a lot of new photographers who haven’t had the opportunity to participate in these discussions. Either way, it’s almost nonstop. I’ve even seen a few forums that have banned certain discussions because people take it too far.
Here are a few of my favorite pointless discussions complete with my own snide remarks. I try not to take sides in these types of discussions, because it’s just too much effort for what it’s worth.
Film VS Digital
It’s called personal preference! One is not better than the other! Each has it’s own strong points and weak points, and I know a lot of photographers who shoot both. I don’t shoot film (never have), but I’m guessing that if I had started in photography 10 years prior I’d be shooting both.
Canon V
An article in The New York Times this morning said: “The search for three missing American soldiers abducted after an attack south of Baghdad continued Monday as the Qaeda group that claimed responsibility for the ambush said the soldiers would never be found.” According the group Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia: ‘“What you are doing searching for your soldiers will be in vain and lead to nothing but fatigue and unrest. Your soldiers are in our hands. If you desire safety do not look for them.”’ The Times article put forward the belief that: “The statement suggested that the group was reveling in a manhunt that required a hefty deployment of resources.” In its supposition, the toilet paper is perhaps painting or suggesting the statements of the group as “reveling,” because the toilet paper itself revels daily in its attempts at painting everything Iraq wrong; excepting deaths of course. Where The Times sees revelry, others like me see the possibility t
England International Football Friendlies – What Is The Point Of Them?“Pavarotti is not judged by how he sings in the shower.” Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard makes the point that people shouldn’t be evaluated unless they are giving it their all. This clearly doesn’t happen in international friendlies.The ever decreasing relevance of international friendlies has been illustrated by the FA’s decision to reduce their schedule of friendly matches from 20 to 18 over the four-year period from 2008. England Assistant-Coach Terry Venables believes this is a positive step. “You end up concentrating on a match that isn’t important rather than one that is.”A recent example of this is England’s 1-0 defeat by Spain. “As much as we needed to prepare for our qualifier against Israel we had to ensure we did not leave ourselves too open to a beating by Spain.” The weight of expectation for England to win every game they play means that room for experimentation is small; results
Ann Coulter is writing a new book...and what is the spoiled rich brat from Connecticut whose idea of debating is to call people names calling her new book;"If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans."Sounds like something a girl said to me in the third grade. Welcome Ann to age 8.I'm sure it will sell millions to all of those who are not interested in learning anything, just interested in hearing or seeing someone agree with their own idiotic views...you know, Republicans.(Two can play at this game, Ann)
