Oct
1
2007

8k for a Paintball Panzer



Posted in Funny and Technology

Paintball Panzer

It might seem like a lot of money, but when you think you could have your own road-legal panzer to protect you from the agony of being hit by paintballs, £8,000 doesn't seem that much. It also has a working paintball cannon.

I Want One of Those [ Via: Gizmodo]

Sep
23
2007

Dell XPS M1330 Review



Posted in Site news

I've just finished my review of Dell's XPS M1330. The wait time was longer than I expected, but it was worth it.

Read the full review

Sep
14
2007

Grab some Firethreads



Posted in Uncategorized

Mozilla has opened a new store selling all sort of Firefox goodies. It’s bordering on overly-geeky, but isn't it worth sacrificing your dignity to support open source?

MozillaStore

The Mozilla Store [Via: UneasySilence]

Sep
8
2007

Visualise site popularity with TouchGraph



Posted in Uncategorized

TouchGraph lets you see a visual spider diagram for any keyword or site. Interesting to see who’s linked to you and from where, and which of your pages are most popular.

TouchGraph

TouchGraph

Sep
7
2007

Creating a Bootable USB Flash Drive



Posted in Technology

I spent hours yesterday trying to get my laptop to boot from a USB key. I could probably have burnt 100 bootable CDs with the files on, but I wanted a USB key. So here's how to create one.

  1. Download and extract these files. Included are files for a bootable floppy and a copy of the HP USB disk format utility.
  2. Using the HP format utility (HPUSBFW.exe), check "Create a DOS boot disk" and browse to where you extracted the "DOS files" directory.
  3. That's it!. Automated commands can be run using autoexec.bat
Aug
17
2007

Restart Windows without rebooting



Posted in Uncategorized

Something I've never known. You can restart windows without waiting 30 seconds for your BIOS to finish loading

Windows Vista: Select Start, then hover over the arrow to the right of the padlock icon until the pop-up menu appears. Hold down the SHIFT key while clicking "Restart".

Windows XP: Select Start, then "Shut Down…". Change the drop-down box "Restart". Hold down the SHIFT key while clicking OK

You could probably do the same in Windows 3.11 by dropping to a DOS shell and typing "win".

[Via: CodeJacked]

Aug
11
2007

Where marshmallows come from



Posted in Uncategorized

You thought marshmallows grew on trees? Turns out they're actually seeds for bigger marshmallows…

Marshmallow
Source

Aug
6
2007

Car crashes into top floor of house



Posted in Uncategorized

My husband thought the dog had knocked something over downstairs but as he got to the bedroom door he could see the hole in the wall and all the furniture moved.

That’s when we came downstairs and saw the car there.

They must have been travelling seriously fast to launch from the kerb into a second storey bedroom.

Car Crash

Read more [BBC]

Aug
4
2007

Two free domains for life



Posted in Latest news and Site news

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Jul
29
2007

Dutch Commentator Laughs at Cripples



Posted in Funny
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An excerpt from a Dutch TV programme called 'Boemerang'. The presenter apparently lost his job for laughing at a guy with a funny voice. Actually laughing is probably an understatement…

Source: YouTube



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