Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Sunday, 28 September 2008
Normal Service Will Resume Shortly
Sorry
I'm in the middle of a maddening computer problem that has involved returning my computer to factory settings during which all my email for the past five months has been lost.If you've sent me a recent email and I haven't responded, I apologise for being unable to do so.
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Chez Szondy
Saturday, 27 September 2008
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Unsettling the Settlement
The very good news? Mr. Brown et al won't try this until after the next election, which, given the polls, puts it on the same shelf as airborne pork.
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Britain,
New Labour,
Royal Family
Kiddie Cards
Unlike the Collars of Obedience that come next.
It's Bigger on the Outside
Leaving pots calling kettles aside, this sudden burst of common sense can only be praised–especially as I've seen tins of beef consomme that had more imagination than Rowling and I suspect that Tennant had no desire to be trapped inside the reverse-Tardis of the literary world.
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Britain,
Doctor Who
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Bandwidth Recovered
Right. I've got a new router installed with a new security system. Now the swine who's been downloading Lawrence of Arabia in HD every morning at 3AM can find someone else's wireless bandwidth to sponge off.
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Chez Szondy
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Bentely SenseS
The driver connects with the vehicle in the same way a rider connects with his horse.In other words, I can expect it to be stubborn at the jumps, throw me into a thistle patch, then come up and bite me before giving me a sound kick and then running off for parts unknown.
And the suspension is as mushy as hell.
Monday, 22 September 2008
Sunday, 21 September 2008
Saturday, 20 September 2008
Friday, 19 September 2008
The Beginning of the End
Great. One minute I'm shopping for a car and the next I'm trapped in an automotive remake of a Bert I. Gordon film.
Evolution Mobile Bar
I have just found the next thing I'm putting in the car against the day of the zombie apocalypse.
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Drink,
Technology
Thursday, 18 September 2008
Bottom News
From Nature News:
Genetic study investigates the origin of the anusCancer cure coming as soon as they can get their head out of their...
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Science
The Thinner Red Line
I've always said that any nation whose central government spends less than half of its budget on defence has lost sight of its priorities. And if you think that spending 51 percent on defence is insanely large, then you're spending too much on everything else.
"Erasing" Hard Discs with Thermite
When you really, really want to keep that data private.
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Computers
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Release the Hounds
If he got a grant for this, I'm putting in a request that Belgium be expelled from NATO.
Major Boothroyd, Call Your Service
How they will produce reels of digital microfilm that can be used as plot devices in cheap B movies has yet to be determined.
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Cold War,
Technology
Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Call Your Service
Not as good as a volcano, but with a death ray and a a pool full of piranhas, I'm sure it will do.
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Cold War,
United States
Sharia Law Established in Britain
No doubt it is all in the name of improving "community relations", but aside from the profound effect this will have on the very basis of Common Law and that the Jihadists will see this as a victory, this is a bit like preventing a fire by throwing paraffin all over the place.
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Britain,
Dhimmitude
Peugeot Blade
Allegedly, the propeller in the back is supposed to "improve efficiency", though I suspect that it's real purpose is to pick off any birds that the grill and windscreen fail to take out.
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Motor Car
Monday, 15 September 2008
Sunday, 14 September 2008
The Man with the Flower in his Mouth
You may have to squint a bit.
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BBC,
Britain,
Television
Saturday, 13 September 2008
Friday, 12 September 2008
Nuclear moon
Nice design, but since it only generates 40 kilowatts it won't be much use powering laser defence batteries, so i don't imagine that Shado will be very interested.
Loose Lips
The dramatic drop in violence in Iraq is due in large part to a secret program the U.S. military has used to kill terrorists, according to a new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward. Bob Woodward's book, "The War Within: Secret White House History 2006-2008," came out Monday. The program -- which Woodward compares to the World War II era Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb -- must remain secret for now or it would "get people killed," Woodward said Monday on CNN's Larry King Live.Nice to see you're keeping it under your hat then, Bob!
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Afghanistan,
Jihad
Di-Cycle
Great. Now we'll see the waterways clogged with self-righteous traffic hazards as well.
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Netherlands,
Technology
Balvenie 1964 Single Malt Scotch Whisky
I'm sure it tastes like a dram of heaven, but I think I'll give it a pass. With my luck I'd turn around and the next thing I'd see would be my Scotch being decanted into a bowl of sangria.
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
At Least the Vogons Deliver
Fine. Good. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a massive hangover and I have to take my somewhat dented Lamborghini back to the dealer, return a great deal of stuff to the shops, make a lot of apologies to various editors, and get in touch with my solicitor about when my case comes up for trial.
Bloody CERN.
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Science,
Switzerland
Men Without Chests
I really must press this one in my scrap book as a perfect example of not thinking through the implications of one's arguments.
Update: And if you think this is an isolated case, take a look at this "Be Green or it's Room 101 for you, m'lad" argument that the 148,000-member American Psychological Association is advocating.
Kim on Ice
Fellow reclusive "unwell" dictator Fidel "Maximum Leader" Castro said in a statement,
BBRRAAAAAAIIIIINNNNSSSSS!!!!!!Update: North Korea says that Dear Leader is not ill.
In a sense, this may be correct.
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Dead,
North Korea
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
The Brannock Device
Thus does civilisation advance.
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Technology,
United States
Memory Drain
Don't worry. I shan't include London's other 6000 I had a pint in.
Poop Power
Now watch them do something typically daft and ban chicken farming.
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Environmentalism,
Netherlands,
Technology
Monday, 8 September 2008
Cool Undies
A brilliant idea, but unfortunately it seems to consist only of a tunic. Now if they could come up with a pair of liquid-cooled boxers, I might be able to do something about this heat rash of mine.
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Technology,
United States,
US Army
Kids: Join the Spies!
Children as young as eight have been recruited by councils to "snoop" on neighbours and report petty offences such as littering.Somewhere the shade of Churchill is weeping.
Bike Bilge
Cyclist may be aggravating road hogs who block traffic, terrorise pedestrians and feel free to disobey the road rules at will because they are possessed with a staggering self-righteousness about Saving the Planet™ by dressing in Lycra shorts, logo-plastered tee shirts with the pockets the wrong-way 'round and pointless "streamlined" sunglasses in a weird fantasy that they're Lance Armstrong before putting their ludicrously over-priced and impractical machines on top of their Prius's so they can motor thirty miles out into the country where they swarm in tangled packs that make it impossible for anyone to travel more than eight miles an hour on narrow roads without shoulders and exponentially increase their chances of being run over or putting an honest citizen's car into a ditch to avoid flattening the little time-wasters, but at least they're "chic".
Space Couture
They're dashing, I'll grant you, but I still prefer to go with a classic.
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Space,
United States
Sunday, 7 September 2008
X the Eliminator
I'm not saying that a kid's cartoon is high art, but the example shown has streets more craft and discipline than any blighted conundrum show of today that takes 48 episodes just to establish the characters and you're lucky if the plot progresses an inch before cancellation.
Bear in mind that in the '60s superhero cartoon series there was almost never an origin story, so each character had to be defined in every episode within 20 seconds.
I'd like to see J J Abrams try that one.
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Vidblog
Saturday, 6 September 2008
Friday, 5 September 2008
Hot Cars=Hot Women
This probably explains why my 1973 AMC Gremlin was less of a babe magnet than I'd hoped.
May Their Michelin Rating Plummet

That is one hotel that will never see my custom.
Ever.
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Britain,
British Army
Arctic Iron Lady
It's meant as a compliment, I'm sure, but I've always found Lady Thatcher a bit too left-wing for my tastes.
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Alaska,
Election,
United States
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Television Tomorrow
Orientation for demobbed soldiers... of the FUTURE!
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Future Past,
United States
SX02
Now if it could be configured to play Mechwarrior...
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Technology
Sharks & Cream
Follow the money, baby.
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Britain
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
No Pleasing Some People
Heads, you win...
XR3
Winner of the 2008 How to Alienate Your Customers award
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Motor Car,
United States
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