Blog Standard Stuff » Humour http://lloydi.com/blog Nothing to do with standards, even less to do with wombats, only vaguely a blog Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:23:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Little Squeaker http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/06/08/little-squeaker/ http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/06/08/little-squeaker/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:31:53 +0000 Lloydi http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/06/08/little-squeaker/ Another silly little video of the dog. She makes some of the strangest noises – more so than any dog I have ever owned before – and when you blow on her face she goes super high pitched. Note that while she does have her mouth open here and is right up close to my face, she is *not* trying to bite me! Once again, enjoy

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK7BzB-3Jbg]

[tags]fraggle, terriers, cairn terriers, squeak[/tags]

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCk-NHYVQFg]

[tags]fraggle, terriers, cairn terriers, feathers[/tags]

]]> http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/05/11/scared-of-feathers/feed/ 8 Is it cos I is whack? http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/05/01/is-it-cos-i-is-whack/ http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/05/01/is-it-cos-i-is-whack/#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 12:43:55 +0000 Lloydi http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/05/01/is-it-cos-i-is-whack/ So Tony Blair is on his way out. Aiiiiigggght

Aaaight

Thank you, BBC News, for another fine piece of imagery.

That is all.

]]> http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/05/01/is-it-cos-i-is-whack/feed/ 0 BBC News Imagery – Literal as ever http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/04/30/bbc-news-literal-as-ever/ http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/04/30/bbc-news-literal-as-ever/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:44:24 +0000 Lloydi http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/04/30/bbc-news-literal-as-ever/ Another fine example of BBC news editors for the website using related images without thinking beyond the obvious. In this piece about wireless security, we learn that WPA security can be cracked but only through brute force attacks (throwing all manner of words from a dictionary until you get the correct answer). So they helpfully provide this image:

Dictionary entries

The caption reads ‘Long passwords can thwart dictionary attacks’

What, long words like ‘home’ and ’straight’? or ‘home theater’? Ooh, ooh, I got it! ‘Homesteading’ – nobody will ever get that one.

Looks like a case of "We have space for a picture, just put any old crap in there", to me!

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Tall People

Another similarly-themed highlight was the question about how to get something off a tall cupboard that you can’t reach – one of the options being ‘get something long to nudge it across’. Ah, how I’d love to write some of these wrong answers!

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Proper Bo!

]]> http://lloydi.com/blog/2006/09/27/squiggle-proper-bo/feed/ 2 Merrick & Rosso Rock! http://lloydi.com/blog/2006/04/25/merrick-and-rosso/ http://lloydi.com/blog/2006/04/25/merrick-and-rosso/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:32:24 +0000 Lloydi http://lloydi.com/blog/2006/04/25/merrick-rosso-rock/ In the vague chance that someone other than a family member might be reading this post, I wanted to share a little gem with you …

When I did the round the world trip, a quite significant part of that trip was spent in Australia. A quite significant part of that significant part was spent inside my van listening to one of three things:

  • A Harry Potter audio book
  • Whatever happened to be on the iPod’s playlist
  • Nova 969

The last of those three was possibly the funniest radio station I have ever heard. In particular, I was hooked on Merrick & Rosso who did a morning show and consistently pushed the boundaries – I can’t recall how many times I thought, or said out aloud, as I was driving through Sydney traffic "How the hell did they get away with saying that!". I miss that part of the trip, but thanks to the magic of the Interweb I can re-live this ‘cultural experience’. It’s possible to listen online to the show (but of course you have to factor in time difference if you are listening from abroad), but even better is the fact that Merrick & Rosso have made their best bits available as a podcast.

So, on the basis that I have just spent another hour at work giggling to myself as I catch up on episodes, I wanted to share this with others. Why not give the show a go – you’ll soon pick up on the Australian vernacular and have a bloody good laugh in the process. What’s to lose?

Check out Merrick & Rosso Show – The boys best bits daily » (also available at Odeo)

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"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."

Bored of it? I know I am. So, thanks to Bruce and Patrick for coming up with some alternatives. I suspect that there may have been beer involved when they came up with this idea. Who’s gonna use this one in their next accessibility presentation?

Why would blind people be using a computer anyway?

]]> http://lloydi.com/blog/2006/03/22/what-would-tim-say/feed/ 0 Why not visit my side dish? http://lloydi.com/blog/2005/09/15/why-not-visit-my-side-dish/ http://lloydi.com/blog/2005/09/15/why-not-visit-my-side-dish/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:26:27 +0000 Lloydi http://www.lloydi.com/blog/2005/09/15/why-not-visit-my-side-dish/ Why not visit my side dish?

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