Stalking Venus

I’m trying to pipe the picture from my MacBook Pro 17 ” to my Panasonic Viera 50″ television, because I do most of everything in my lounge. I’m a stay-home dad, writer and photographer, and my coffee table is pretty much where I do all my work, so I was wondering if there wasn’t some [...]

In today’s ever worsening environment, with global warming on the rise and natural resources being stretched to snapping point, we all need to be far more proactive in our quest to save our planet. It is with this in mind that I suggest boycotting love. Take a look at the upcoming celebration of love for [...]

Luckily this is a fairly easy thing to fix and doesn’t involve getting Wordpress to release new code. The problem is caused by the fact that you are using a theme that has old CSS methods for aligning images. The new implementation of the way Wordpress inserts images uses classes to specify alignment. Most older themes don’t.

Well now here’s a pretty nifty idea. Palabea.net is a social networking site designed to foster the learning of a new language. It’s a free service that hooks people up internationally so that everyone becomes both a student and a teacher to someone else. In other words, if someone wants to learn English, I can [...]

I came across this site recently, with an article about how to go from sedentary to running in 5 steps. It talks about doing 30 to 40 minutes of running four times per week. After reading it, I posted a MiniRant in the comments, because like just about every exercise plan in existence, it’s designed [...]

Lifehacker has a fantastic post about the ins and outs of the VLC media player (known as the Swiss army knife of digital media players). Learn how to: Rip any DVD Copy any video to your iPod or iPhone with a drag ‘n drop batch script Stream media to other computers Play ripped DVD’s Lifehacker [...]

A lot of Zen-type philosophy (an unsuitable word, but one I’ll use for now) can seem like egotistical posturing by self-absorbed language-wankers – and to be honest, a lot of it is. The annoying thing with Zen kōans – the often nonsensical riddles and word plays of that school of being – is that they directly contravene the structured rules of logic that we require so that our perception of reality doesn’t disintegrate. This means that we have an instant aversion to them that ranges from the mildly amused, to the outraged.

1. If you’re choking on an ice cube, simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself. 2. Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold the veggies while you chop. 3. Avoid arguments with girls about lifting the toilet seat. Piss in [...]