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IceRocket

There’s a nice new search engine in town by the name of IceRocket. While the name harks of the dotcom boom, when companies with meaningless titles were springing up all over the place on the back of gullible investors, the actual search results seem pretty accurate. So I guess as long as it does the trick, it doesn’t matter how daft the name is… hell, I suppose Google is hardly meaningful.

A nice touch is that IceRocket shows a screen grab of each result along with the link and summary – very handy if you’re looking for a site you cant quite remember the name of. Strangely, though, a search for WipeoutZone on Icerocket throws back screen grabs that must be over two years old now. Weird.

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Bork! Bork! Bork!

The muppets were awesome back when I was a kid in the late seventies. Back then I don’t think I appreciated the surreal humour associated with the swedish chef. I’m not sure whether it means my sense of humour has matured or not over the years, but I found the Chicky in the Basket clip about as funny as I’ve found anything in a long time! :o)

Thanks to 1.0 for the link.

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There she was, just a walkin’ down the street

Today I had to make a quick visit to the dentist for some patch up work on my rickety molars. I wasn’t best pleased, because when I usually call to make an appointment they say “we’re fully booked – it’ll be a good two or three weeks…” and that’s fine by me. Gives me time to psyche myself up and get used to the idea.

But when I called in the morning they said “sure… quarter past three today okay?” and like a startled rabbit with toothache I agreed.

Anyhow, I park the car in car park of the Richmond pub in Allerton, and I’m walking up the high street to the dentist. It’s pretty sunny at this point, very warm and humid, kind of thing, and I’ve got my shades on. About 20 yards away I see this pair of legs, and I’m like… wow… that’s a nice pair of legs, so I follow them upwardly to see a face I recognised.

No way I said to myself… that is so not Ali Bastian from Hollyoaks!

And as she got closer… yes way!

Now, I’m kind of a fan of hers – I think she’s pretty hot and all that, but she’s as good an actress as they have on the show. Admittedly that’s not saying much, but she has been pretty decent over the two or three yeas she’s been in the show, so credit where it’s due and all that. And did I mention she’s hot?

The cool thing is, I have my shades on – so I risk looking right at her just to make perfectly sure it is her. But holey crap, she catches me looking almost instantly and looks right at me. By this time we’re only about five yards apart, so I just went with it and said “Hi, are you Ali Bastian?”

“Yes” she smiled, seeming surprised that I’d recognised her. So much so that she actually stops walking and stands there.

“Wow… I cant believe that I’d just recognise you in the street.” I blurted.

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