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{ Daily Archives } Monday, October 2005

Pet Peeve: Application Splash Windows/Screens

SPLASH WINDOWS – WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? No, really, I mean this quite, quite seriously: GIMP OpenOffice / NeoOffice / StarOffice Evolution Freemind etc… …all of these applications [...]

Two wheels: good. Two legs: terrorist suspect

Absolutely barking. This happened in May, but if this sort of thing continues, I can see the Terrorism Act going the way of the Sus Laws [www.timesonline.co.uk] Two wheels: good. Two legs: terrorist suspect By David Lister, Scotland Correspondent WITH her year-round tan, long blonde hair and designer clothes, Sally Cameron does not look like [...]

World’s Oldest Pot-Noodle is Millet-based

[news.bbc.co.uk] The remains of the world’s oldest noodles have been unearthed in China. The 50cm-long, yellow strands were found in a pot that had probably been buried during a catastrophic flood. Radiocarbon dating of the material taken from the Lajia archaeological site on the Yellow River indicates the food was about 4,000 years old. The [...]