Monthly ArchiveJanuary 2005
Entertainment & Politics Tom M on 28 Jan 2005
He’s Back
Thanks to those folks at JibJab.com - it’s "Second Term" - welcome back to Bush!
Entertainment & Science & Technology Tom M on 28 Jan 2005
Real Programmers
I was a real programmer once (now I’m just a support monkey) - I’m in the mood for some "geek humour" tonight…
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General & Science & Technology Tom M on 28 Jan 2005
:-)
Has the geek in you ever wondered where the "smiley" came from - you know, the use of 
to indicate a joke (and the hundreds of other variants that have appeared over the years). Well, Kris has found out that it was in fact in 1982 at an American university…
The full story of the decision can be found here, along with the original thread from the 1982 mainframe at Carnegie Mellon university - in amongst discussions of pidgeons in elevators and Pittsburg Zoo!
In The News Tom M on 27 Jan 2005
They’re Kidding, Right?
I just didn’t beleive this one when I read it - messages lasered onto plants when they’re still "seeds"
General Tom M on 26 Jan 2005
Monkeys Don’t Like Cheaters
According to
This article on BBC News - researchers have discovered that Monkeys have a sense of "fair play" - just like Humans do - and also, like Humans, will take advantage if they can - they don’t mind unfair treatment if it’s in their favour…
General Tom M on 24 Jan 2005
St Dwynwen’s Day
Apparently, tomorrow (January 25th) is "St Dwynwen’s Day" - which I found out about thanks to a display in my local Supermarket - following a brief text conversation with a Welsh friend, it’s the Welsh equivalent of St Valentines Day (or "Singles Awareness Day" as I personally prefer to refer to 14/2). Unfortunately for those of us who are in a "romantically challenged" situation, we still get V-Day as well on 14th February. At least St Dwynwen’s hasn’t taken hold as strongly as V-Day yet - once a year is often enough for the romantic gift/card/flower buying sickening couple-fest - twice in the space of 3 weeks is just dragging out the misery!
More "Singles Awareness Day" links and resources will be coming here in early February. Or you could just Google.
Computer Security & General & Science & Technology Tom M on 20 Jan 2005
MSN Users Beware!
It’s come to my attention (thanks to the F-Secure Viruslabs Weblog) that there’s a new trojan doing the rounds via MSN/Windows Messenger. I’d advise you all to take the same precautions with files sent by IM contacts that you would with email - scan ‘em with an up to date virus scanner, and be wary of everything. Remember, just because it looks like your friend sent it, you cannot guarantee that any more.
