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Superman returns... with SPAM!

Last night I was going out with some friends to have a beer and a good time. So I took a bus downtown, and when I got close I called them up and asked where they were.

At this time I was at a bus-stop, with this ad:

"Superman returns". Yet another Hollywood remake/sequel/whatever I intend on not seeing.

All of a sudden my phone started vibrating, so I checked out what it was. "Incoming file: superman.jpg. Accept?". Heck no. And then it goes off again: "Incoming file: superman.3gp". Fuck what?

Jeez. Superman doesn't only have superpowers, he also seems to posess the ability to SPAM people using Bluetooth.

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Me & Google

I regularly google for my own name, just to see what pops up. Its kinda amusing. Usually, I get my site, some FreeBSD mailinglist stuff and probably every Pink Floyd site there is on the net.

You see, I made some tabs back in the days for Pink Floyd's "The final cut" and now every Pink Floyd site on the net has them.

Yesterday however, when I googled, my Otsuka Ai tab was hit number four. I figured I would have to put japanese on my resume if that's what people find when they google for me.

So I checked google today again, and it was all gone. Gah.

Google likes to confuse me, I guess.

Party like its 1996

New to the Internet? Wonder how this wonderful thing looked back in 1996? Thanks to the wonders of The Wayback Machine, that is actually possible.

And in just case you are too lazy to use it yourself, someone took a look for you, so that you don't have to.

Believe me when I say its not pretty.

Terrorism

I hate to get political on this site, but this is fucking obnoxious.

When your country is occupied and you are fighting back with the means you have, you are usually a freedom fighter, unless you live in Palestine.

When you then kidnap a soldier of the occupying army, you are a terrorist.

When Israel retaliates by killing 19 civilians, including children in random bombings and strikes outside their borders, they are a civilized nation defending themselves.

Yeah right.

And the US wonders why they funding Israel makes them unpopular in the arab world.

Nasty mindgame

I found this nasty mindgame which will probably keep you from working all day if you first get into it.

What level can you get to? Some answers are stupid, some are hard, some are obscure... All in all a semi-addictiong, yet annoying way to kill your day.

I got to level 30, which is completion. How far can you get?

Mmmmhh... Bacon!

Everyone who knows me, know I absolutely love bacon.

So I found this nice T-shirt at Cafepress. Just love it!

And I do have a birthday soon. Feel free.

Need a blog?

Tip of the day: Get one at yourblog.in.

Right. Its not like there ain't a gazillion blogsites on the net already. So just why would I want a blog at this particular site?

This blogsite doesn't really differ from most blogsites except maybe one thing. Google Adsense. So far, nothing new. However this blogsite offers google adsense and revenue sharing.

That's right. If your blog actually generates advertisement revenue, you can get your share of it by blogging here.

Yes. I know the guy running the site, so this is indeed advertisement, but I still think its pretty neat.

Check it out!

The most expensive beer you'll ever buy

Right. Yesterday I was out, getting drunk using Microsoft's money. However that open bar had to close sometime, and when this happened me & some colleagues decided to go to some other bar.

So we were drinking, having fun and generally enjoying ourselves, until I was supposed to pay for a couple of beers. Having no cash handy, I decided to pay using my VISA. The barmaid handed me back the reciept, and looked at me with a facial expression saying "we have a problem".

So. Was my VISA refused? No way. I just got my damn paycheck. So just what was the problem?

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Robowhore?

I found this interesting article about robots, the future of man kind and generally what's to come in the future regarding these robots. However, somewhere in there it turned rather weird.

For instance making ethical guidelines for how to treat robots. While this may seem unnecassery right now, who knows, it may become more pressing sometime in the future. When we actually have robots worth mentioning.

What really caught my attention though was this statement by Henrik Christensen, and I quote "People are going to be having sex with robots within five years".

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Facts about Norway

Norway is an interesting place where so much happens that the media is having a hard time keeping up with it all. So much is in fact happening that cases like these hits the frontpage on one of the country's biggest newspapers.

For those of you not entirely fluent in norwegian, let me fill you out. The MSN Messenger Service went offline for a little while yesterday. Granted, it was only the frontpage of the netedition, but still.

I can't believe people are reporting stuff like that. Not even in tiny, little Norway.