Neutrino Racing

That is all.

Extended Warranty

3 metre extension cords with extended warranty. Guaranteed for up to 6 metres.

Immortality

Things that worry me about immortality, #485:

Do I get to keep my lifetime gym membership?

Comedy autocorrect suggestion of the day

Eclipse's built-in spelling checker recommends I replace "hashcode" with "hitchhike":

/**
 * Generate a hitchhike for this event
 *
 * @return a hitchhike considering only the event's topic and properties
 */
@Override
    public final int hashCode() {
    ...

Send in the clowns

This has to be my laugh of the week.

This is due mainly to the presence of the phrase "preoperative medically trained clowns".

Terrorists sneak up on Homeland Security

Nice work.

I wonder if they came after him as he walked away? That would be particularly amusing.

Update: apparently the front of the shirt says "Not A", and apparently he survived the attack.

LHC doomed by hamster-in-tutu manifestations

Beautiful:

Hamster in Tutu Shuts Down Large Hadron Collider

Police car makes its mark on tattoo parlour

A police car crashed into a tattoo parlour in Auckland.

Reportedly their insurance may not cover this, because it's an act of plod.

Medical board recommends stimulant addiction as a productivity measure

So the Queensland Health Department says doctors should overdose on caffeine so they can work insanely long shifts.

Apparently the Department toyed with recommending various other stimulants, but settled on caffeine, since it's so great for calm judgment and focus when consumed to excess.

Presumably these 'official guidelines' were written by somebody crazed by a 72-hour energy drink binge.

The results of that brainstorm - or indeed the doctor's work - might be termed red bull shift.

Problem gambling

...together we can beat the odds.

Instructions for fixing any conceivable computer problem

XKCD comes through for us again.

I'm going to refer all computer-related questions to that URL from now on.

Update: ok, here's a fallback if that one fails - no-one will ever return from that URL.

Peano cruise

Fed up with endless TV adverts for P&O Cruises, I daydreamed about a competing service that would knock them out of the market.

Peano Cruises - they go on forever and visit absolutely everywhere.