Rest Of The World

Credit card conundrum

Posted on October 19, 2007. Filed under: My Daily Rant, Rest Of The World | Tags: , , , , , |

I read in today’s issue of Khaleej Times that the motorists are facing a huge hurdle. You might think it’s the end of the world the way they’re saying it. know what it is? Apparently, due to the surcharge, some filling stations will stop accepting credit cards as a form of payment. If the newspaper [...]

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The height of stupidity

Posted on October 10, 2007. Filed under: My Daily Rant, Rest Of The World | Tags: , , , , |

I was told of this story yesterday by TechZ, apparently Edinburgh based firm Kwik-Fit are being sued over allegations that their employees were playing their radios in public. The move was made by the PRS, who collect royalties for performers and songwriters.
Sir Tom Farmer, the founder, is challenging the action and said it has a [...]

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Colin McRae dies

Posted on September 16, 2007. Filed under: Rest Of The World |

Rally Legend Colin McRae died yesterday in a helicopter crash in which his son and two others were suspected to have been travelling.
He was one of the most exciting drivers i ever had the pleasure of seeing in action. He only won the world title once, but he helped Subaru win it three times [...]

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Swiss post, the last

Posted on September 3, 2007. Filed under: Personal, Rest Of The World |

Yes, i are back!
Been a few days since i got back, on Friday night. I was a bit tired, not from the flight, but from the whole three weeks . It really takes it out of you, going around everywhere, and the last few days on delayed trains and all. It took me 9 [...]

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Swiss Post

Posted on August 11, 2007. Filed under: Personal, Rest Of The World |

Woohoo! Were here!
Barely a day in Switzerland and i`ve already eaten Döner! <3! Been in Montreux today only and seen a few things, but we saw most of it before, so we`ll be leaving soon, thanks to the Swiss Pass. Probably visit Basel, haven`t seen Geneva before, or Bern totally. But basically i love the [...]

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Bill Gates is off the top

Posted on July 4, 2007. Filed under: Rest Of The World, Tech |

It’s like Tiger woods all over again, we all thought he’d be there forever, then one day, like a hundred thousand people saying whop, he was off. Now it’s Bill’s turn, he isn’t the richest man anymore, which affects many people in ways you never thought about. No one would anymore say he could give [...]

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Towel Day

Posted on May 25, 2007. Filed under: My Daily Rant, Rest Of The World |

Like MC’s post, words are not needed, i have already posted once on the topic and i think that is enough. If only we’d been given the fortune of a few more years of a great writer like Douglas Adams.

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Dilbert survey

Posted on May 23, 2007. Filed under: Rest Of The World, Tech |

Dilbert or any other ’stupid management’ fans might want a gander at this. If you take their survey, which is basically like every other survey, they ask all personal questions and one actually related to the survey, and then they say you can win something, but never do. With the Dilbert survey, you get a [...]

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Those rare words

Posted on May 17, 2007. Filed under: My Daily Rant, Photoshop, Rest Of The World |

I find so many rare words going through wikipedia, that i sometimes wonder who really came up with these words. My latest curiosity is with the names of people who belong to certain countries. I bet been you didn’t know some of them, like someone from Hong Kong is called a Hong Konger, i always [...]

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Some tests and funnies

Posted on April 18, 2007. Filed under: My Daily Rant, Rest Of The World |

Found two neat tests, and a very funny parody site that i think most people will have split sides over.
Firstly, there was this dice thingy over on Mayren’s blog.
Link: http://dicepool.com/catalog/quiz.php
My Result:

Take the quiz at dicepool.com

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