A link I came across for the voting for the Top 100 web applications in a variety of categories... I personally don't care who wins, but I will be trawling thru these lists for some gems for my personal use...
What are the best 100 Web 2.0 sites and services? We don't know. But you do.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Rail / Road Stupidity
Every time I see a train crash it sends shivers up my spine... given I spend 3hrs a day on trains, it really chills me when you see train crashes and you realise that a train is nothing but an aluminium tube on rails going at 100km/h.
Yesterday's crash in Victoria is a case in point... when we drove on horse and carts and trains were steam powered life was much simpler then. Now we have express trains and we have Double-B semi trailers both doing 100+ km/h and they cross paths over a dinky little rail crossing. Surely we should be looking at over passes these days... or at least move the barriers further back than 10 feet from the tracks... To think a truck doing such speeds can get so close to a train is so negligent from a design point of view that its criminal.
Rail and Road Engineers take note... don't leave anything to chance. Put the barriers and warning lights back 100m and you will remove such a large amount of risk to make these sort of incidents virtually impossible to reoccur.
Yesterday's crash in Victoria is a case in point... when we drove on horse and carts and trains were steam powered life was much simpler then. Now we have express trains and we have Double-B semi trailers both doing 100+ km/h and they cross paths over a dinky little rail crossing. Surely we should be looking at over passes these days... or at least move the barriers further back than 10 feet from the tracks... To think a truck doing such speeds can get so close to a train is so negligent from a design point of view that its criminal.
Rail and Road Engineers take note... don't leave anything to chance. Put the barriers and warning lights back 100m and you will remove such a large amount of risk to make these sort of incidents virtually impossible to reoccur.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Vote against cloning, or else, Pell warns
Cardinal Pell warns to vote against cloning "or else"...
Or else what George?
Vote against cloning, or else, Pell warns - National - smh.com.au
Or else what George?
Vote against cloning, or else, Pell warns - National - smh.com.au
Funny Date
At some point today wherever you are in the world, it would have been 03:04am on the 05/06/07.
I was getting some of my little sleep that I mentioned below, but at least the world didnt end for those of you freaked out by freaky numbers.
I was getting some of my little sleep that I mentioned below, but at least the world didnt end for those of you freaked out by freaky numbers.
Day of the Zombie
Today is a horrendous day... not because of some dire event other or anything like that, just that I had only 3-4 hrs sleep last night, was on the train at 5:20am to be at a breakfast meeting at 7am and have a number of important meetings today and a cocktail function starting at 5:30 that will probably mean I wont be home until 9:30pm tonight! I then have an 8am meeting tomorrow morning, so the potential for a good night sleep is tonight is restricted!
The reason for my lack of sleep is comical however... got home last night realising I needed to get up at 4:30 this morning and was looking for a very early night... ate dinner, started to chat to Niki about the home refinance and was planning to be in bed a short time later. Then a knock on the door startled us and it was my next opponent in Blood Bowl! I had totally forgotten I had booked a game for my local league to be played on Monday night! Flustered and apologetic I invited Mark in and thought "there goes my sleep". A game goes for typically 2-3 hrs, so I thought we could be done by 11pm, but alas it was a very tense game, lots of action, and some unusual events (Pitch Invasions, Riots) plus the game was played in the pouring rain which effected the rules and added complexity and to top it off Mark was a patient player who planned his moves over in his head before doing much on the board.
End result, I won 3-2 at 12:30am this morning!!
Dashed to bed, couldnt sleep because I was impatient about getting to sleep and then the next thing I know the alarm is going off... 4:30am! Rise and Shine!
It is now 11:30am... have had 4 coffees already (3 at breakfast, one from the shop) and I am worried that I may fall asleep at the cocktail function tonight....
Self inflicted I know, but it was all my fault... I had in my head the game was on Thursday... whats that thing they say that you can only remember 7 things in your active memory? I think I was trying for 8 and blew a gasket :)
The reason for my lack of sleep is comical however... got home last night realising I needed to get up at 4:30 this morning and was looking for a very early night... ate dinner, started to chat to Niki about the home refinance and was planning to be in bed a short time later. Then a knock on the door startled us and it was my next opponent in Blood Bowl! I had totally forgotten I had booked a game for my local league to be played on Monday night! Flustered and apologetic I invited Mark in and thought "there goes my sleep". A game goes for typically 2-3 hrs, so I thought we could be done by 11pm, but alas it was a very tense game, lots of action, and some unusual events (Pitch Invasions, Riots) plus the game was played in the pouring rain which effected the rules and added complexity and to top it off Mark was a patient player who planned his moves over in his head before doing much on the board.
End result, I won 3-2 at 12:30am this morning!!
Dashed to bed, couldnt sleep because I was impatient about getting to sleep and then the next thing I know the alarm is going off... 4:30am! Rise and Shine!
It is now 11:30am... have had 4 coffees already (3 at breakfast, one from the shop) and I am worried that I may fall asleep at the cocktail function tonight....
Self inflicted I know, but it was all my fault... I had in my head the game was on Thursday... whats that thing they say that you can only remember 7 things in your active memory? I think I was trying for 8 and blew a gasket :)
Monday, June 04, 2007
And thy mercy was spared!
I am in the office today... there was no metering of judicial smackdown from me today as my date with Jury Duty was cancelled... unfortunately the recorded voice on the Jury Duty Hotline (0055 HotJury) told me that my services were not required...
Oh well, and their loss I say! I could have been so good at pointing "the bone" at someone before "sending them down" to the Big House.... I could then have had lunch with the Prosecution team (coz we wouldnt have needed a long trial... in my opinion, if you've managed to get yourself in front of a judge, you must have done something wrong) and over lunch I could have helped them with their next case and told them how the world really is and that all this civil libertarian stuff is a load of pinko-greenie cods-wallop!
Oh how they have made a mistake! I could have been such a good juror!
Gotta go now though, I have to cancel my download of "Judge Judy - Series 1, 2 and 3".
Oh well, and their loss I say! I could have been so good at pointing "the bone" at someone before "sending them down" to the Big House.... I could then have had lunch with the Prosecution team (coz we wouldnt have needed a long trial... in my opinion, if you've managed to get yourself in front of a judge, you must have done something wrong) and over lunch I could have helped them with their next case and told them how the world really is and that all this civil libertarian stuff is a load of pinko-greenie cods-wallop!
Oh how they have made a mistake! I could have been such a good juror!
Gotta go now though, I have to cancel my download of "Judge Judy - Series 1, 2 and 3".
Friday, June 01, 2007
Win A Kidney Or Die...
Friday... all day too!
No netball tomorrow as the mighty Blaxland Sparkles have the BYE... seems odd that they dont keep competition points or scores but then feel obliged to give you a bye? Why would that be?? So tomorrow I miss out on the coffee and bacon & egg rolls for breakfast, but we do get to have a much need lie in.
I am also pleased to report that the girls at home are seemingly less obsessed with Big Brother this year than last year... in fact the whole 2007 series seems to be a bit of a yawn, but the girls have quietened down on the show and watch only the Friday Night Games show as a virtual stand alone...
Which is great considering the new reality TV show being pumped out in the Netherlands where the makers of the Big Brother program (Endamol?) have put up a show where a terminally ill patient wins a new kidney from a prospective donor. The donor is selected by the viewing public via SMS...
Seriously, how sick is this? Lets mix up terminal illness with SMS voting and game shows and people's emotions for the entertainment of the general populace! Yee Gods! Can't wait for that to hit our shores in Australia (which it surely will). When will common decency prevail?
No netball tomorrow as the mighty Blaxland Sparkles have the BYE... seems odd that they dont keep competition points or scores but then feel obliged to give you a bye? Why would that be?? So tomorrow I miss out on the coffee and bacon & egg rolls for breakfast, but we do get to have a much need lie in.
I am also pleased to report that the girls at home are seemingly less obsessed with Big Brother this year than last year... in fact the whole 2007 series seems to be a bit of a yawn, but the girls have quietened down on the show and watch only the Friday Night Games show as a virtual stand alone...
Which is great considering the new reality TV show being pumped out in the Netherlands where the makers of the Big Brother program (Endamol?) have put up a show where a terminally ill patient wins a new kidney from a prospective donor. The donor is selected by the viewing public via SMS...
Seriously, how sick is this? Lets mix up terminal illness with SMS voting and game shows and people's emotions for the entertainment of the general populace! Yee Gods! Can't wait for that to hit our shores in Australia (which it surely will). When will common decency prevail?
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