What are the odds of dying in a particular way?
(Also, following from previous lottery posts… The odds of matching 5 numbers are 1 in 55,492 (which this week was worth a measly �1,143). The odds of being killed by lightning at any time in your life is 1 in 71,601. I wouldn’t bet a pound a week on that, would you?)
All hail the power of the google cache… Enabled my vanity to recover at least some of the entries from the last 6 weeks. And yes - I do understand how sad that makes me!
http://www.extremepumpkins.com/. Particular favourite has to be drowning in a bag… Nice.
Well that was a pain in the arse, wasn’t it… Apparently the last back up I have is from the 18th of September! Arse.
Today will mostly be a lesson in cron and mysqldump!
Seriously. [You need to answer a couple of questions to read the whole article - you may not want to bother, it’ll only make your blood boil]
The new version of Windows (expected around 2006) was previewed at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference yesterday… Nothing too exciting, although I did like this snippet from the BBC report of the same story:
One of the key features of the new desktop is a smart panel that sits at the side of the screen and can be configured to hold essential information such as instant messenger buddy lists, time, links to favourite websites as well as news and stock tickers.
That sure is a new definition of “essential”…
Practice your aim with this handy little utility…
Dave Gorman has a new show (and book) apparently about googlewhacking. Unfortunately everything that I can get to has sold out… Like with the Bill Bailey tour that I failed to notice until it was too late. Must learn to pay attention.
Everything from the strait jacket ejecting bazooka to the humble anvil is here.
…Kikkoman.
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