Game – Youtube Streetfighter

Yes, you read right, it’s the one of the greatest games ever, and now you can play it on YouTube. It’s nothing great in terms of playability, but unique and clever. Appreciate, and press the play button.

Alpha Inventions – View Blogs Updated In Real Time

I first came across this website when I noticed it in my referrers list. Upon checking it out, I noticed it’s a portal for viewing blogs that have just been updated. The page refreshes at regular intervals but you can pause at a blog you like. The ‘how does it work’ link is a bit much to take in though, but that’s only if you want to know how and what the site is. I was just happy to see mine pop up on the site. As weird as it is, you’ll find yourself on the site longer than you expect. Either that, or I’m just sad.

Website Page:

http://alphainventions.com

10 Really Stupid Criminals

Found here.

Having missed their ferry, two men stole a trawler from Holyhead to get them back to Dublin. After two hours going round in circles, the men worked out how to use the radio and sent out a Mayday.

In Delaware, a man robbed a pizza delivery girl and realized afterwards he fancied a date with her. He called the girl up and was shortly arrested after she politely declined and turned him in to the authorities.

In Florida, a man burst into a bank wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun. Aiming his gun at the guard, the thief yelled, “FREEZE, MOTHER-STICKERS, THIS IS A F**K UP!” Of course, the guard, tellers, and customers promptly started laughing and the thief fled the scene of the almost-crime.

A drug dealer in South Carolina walked into his local police station, dropped a bag of cocaine on the counter, and complained that it was substandard cut and he wanted the person who sold it to him to be arrested immediately. Maybe the drugs impaired his judgment on this decision.

A man from Mansfield was jailed for 10 months after he claimed he was unable to walk without the use of two walking sticks. He raked in more than £20,000 in benefits but was caught after being photographed running the 2005 London marathon.

After making off with a television, a French burglar was caught when he returned to the scene of the crime to steal the television’s remote control.

The Belgium news agency Belga reported in November that a man suspected of robbing a jewelry store in Liege said he couldn’t have done it because he was busy breaking into a school at the same time. Police then arrested him for breaking into the school.

Dennis Newton was on trial in Oklahoma City for the armed robbery of a convenience store. When the store manager testified that Newton was the robber, he jumped up, accused the woman of lying, and then said, “I should have blown your head off.” The defendant paused, then quickly added, “If I’d been the one that was there.”The jury took 20 minutes to convict Newton and recommended a 30-year sentence.

A Chinese man caught shoplifting while wearing women’s underwear told police he believed the lingerie made his crimes undetectable. The 26-year-old said he was very superstitious and that he had heard that if he wore women’s underwear, his shoplifting would go undetected. He was found to be wearing the lingerie when officers strip-searched him.

A man in Minnesota held up a liquor store, demanding all the money in the till. While the cashier was putting the money in a bag the robber asked for a large bottle of whisky from behind the counter. The cashier refused to hand it over as he didn’t believe that the man of the legal drinking age in America. The man produced his identification card to prove he was 21 and finally left with the money and the whisky. By the time he got home the police were waiting for him as the cashier had promptly called the police and supplied them with his name and address.

Smashing Magazine – November Calendar Desktop Wallpaper

IMO: It has become increasingly apparent over recent months that desktop wallpapers with calendars can help in keeping even the most laziest of people in check. Well, in theory anyway. There is a nice collection of November 2008 wallpapers available from Smashing Magazine, who have compiled a collection including many different resolutions per image. There is also the option of having the desktop wallpaper without a calendar. Take a look at the samples below, and go to the website page to download your resolution, and whether or not you want it with a calendar. See below for the link.

Website Page:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/desktop-wallpaper-nov-2008/

Application Comparison: Apple iPhone VS Google G1

Hijacked from here, although the included video clips have been omitted because IMO there is too much YouTube embedding on blogs. If you really want to watch something, you can find it yourself.

“Unless you’ve had your head buried in some sort of technology sand, whatever that is, you can’t have missed Apple’s iPhone and 3G successor over the last 18 months. Celebrated by geeks, trendy folk and muggers alike, the talented touch screen mobile has re-invented the smartphone.

What you might have missed however was the unveiling of a new rival in the touchy feely phone stakes this week, the T-Mobile G1. Made by HTC, it’s the first phone to run Google’s open source operating system Android. It’s out in November, but the toolkit is already available, meaning those crazy coders (bless’em) are beavering away to come up with some prize programs for us come release date. Confused about which giant computing company deserves your green? Read on to see the best each phone has to offer.”

Top 5 Apps on the G1:

1:Street View
Combining your standard GPS with Google’s paintstakingly mapped photos of every street in the country means you have no excuse to get lost ever again.

2: Pac-Man
Not just a rip-off either, but the original arcade classic. Namco are even putting in tilt and trackball controls to give it extra life. Chomp chomp.

3: PicSay
This clever little app lets you edit images on the fly, so you can get rid of that guy lurking in the back of the photo with his finger up his nose before you post it on Facebook.

4: Ecorio
For the more environmentally friendly owners, Ecorio tracks your carbon footprint while driving. GPS with a conscience.

5: Cab4me
Scrap all those taxi cards you’ve got in your wallet – this program will call up your nearest minicab office with one button push. Or should that be tap?

Top 5 Apps on the iPhone:

1: BBC iPlayer
If you’re in a wi-fi area, you can catch up on Neighbours on your phone. If the BBC hadn’t lost it, that is, fools.

2: Sling Player
It’s still in development limbo, but when it finally launches, Sling Box owners will be able to stream their TV or DVR straight to their iPhone. Now that’s TV on demand.

3: I Am Rich
Sadly not available on the App Store anymore, this app offered you a glowing light on your screen. For $999. All this does is prove you either have serious cash to burn, or are sectionable. Probably both.

4: Airremote
Don’t like how your home remote controls have buttons you have to push? Use your iPhone’s touch interface with this app that makes your mobile a universal remote.

5: Sega Genesis Emulator
Get some nineties nostalgia on your phone. You have to be a bit naughty and jailbreak the iPhone, but it’s worth it to have Sonic blasting across your screen on the train.

Real Driving Exam Answers From California, USA

This funny little thing has probably done the rounds on your emails already, but still…

The following are a sampling of real answers received on exams given by the California Department of Transportation’s driving school.

Q: Do you yield when a blind pedestrian is crossing the road?
A: What for? He can’t see my license plate.

Q: Who has the right of way when four cars approach a four-way stop at the same time?
A: The pick up truck with the gun rack and the bumper sticker saying, “Guns don’t kill people. I do.”

Q: When driving through fog, what should you use?
A: Your car.

Q: How can you reduce the possibility of having an accident?
A: Be too drunk to find your keys.

Q: What problems would you face if you were arrested for drunk driving?
A: I’d probably lose my buzz a lot faster.

Q: What changes would occur in your lifestyle if you could no longer drive lawfully?
A: I would be forced to drive unlawfully.

Q: What are some points to remember when passing or being passed?
A: Make eye contact and wave “hello” if she is cute.

Q: What is the difference between a flashing red traffic light and a flashing yellow traffic light?
A: The color.

Q: How do you deal with heavy traffic?
A: Heavy psychedelics.

Q: What can you do to help ease a heavy traffic problem?
A: Carry loaded weapons.

Q: Why would it be difficult to be a police officer?
A: It would be tough to be an idiot all day long.

Ten Words Only Used By Tabloids

Hijacked from here.

There’s no mistaking the style of a British tabloid newspaper. They basically feed normal English into a computer programme based on the scripts of The Sweeney, The Professionals and Life on Mars, and out it pops – tabloid English. It’s a national treasure, and here are ten of our favourite terms…

Boffin

Any scientist or academic, no matter how cool they are, will be labelled boffins in an effort to conjure up images of a mad-haired, white-coated eccentric wearing safety shoes.

Starlet

A preserve of the sport pages, starlet is a fairly recent addition to the tabloid dictionary. It basically means any vaguely promising player under the age of 22.

Lag

This word, a general term for any prison inmate, is purely red-top, and probably hasn’t been uttered in conversation since 1976.

Screw

Much like lag, this label for prison warders hasn’t been aired outside of newspapers or TV cop shows for decades. If ever.

Axed

A superbly over-dramatic way to describe someone being sacked from their job or merely dropped from a sports team.

Crocked

Sportsmen can’t be just injured; they have to be “crocked”. Another one for the back pages, and another one never used by normal people.

Argie

Note to newspaper editors: the Falklands War finished in 1982, Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ goal was over 20 years ago. We can be nice now.

Outraged

We think you know what kind of tabloid has ‘outraged’ readers. Outraged by immigration, outraged by crime; they truly are outrageous.

Tot

Always a handy term when trying to put across the defencelessness of a small child. Your Nan might still use it, but that’s about it.

Depraved

A lazy catch-all term to describe anyone with sexual preferences outside of occasional missionary sex with your socks on. Usually followed by ‘pervert’.

Desktopography – Desktop Wallpaper Exhibitions

When it comes to DIY, the majority of us would rather PSE (pay someone else). But we can all wallpaper, on our desktop at least. Do you still turn on your PC to the Dell Logo, or are you still using the dog picture called Friend? Desktopography is a refreshingly original collection of superb wallpapers. The images are available in a multitude of resolutions, and the ‘exhibitions’ are categorized annually. Some examples from the site are below, but bear in mind they are not wallpaper resolution – go to the website to download the relevant size. So go and get one, and watch your PC experience intensify, sort of maybe. See below for the link.

Website Page:

http://www.desktopography.net/

How To Survive The Credit Crunch

The original article was found here.

Millions of people are worrying about how they are going to survive the credit crunch. The answer is simple: Become a hippy.

1. Smoke Pot – unlike alcohol there is no VAT on illegal drugs so you save money straight away. As cannabis is far safer than alcohol you also save on the cost of liver transplants in the future, so smoking pot is a sound investment for your old age. You could also consider becoming a weed dealer and/or grower which will help rebuild your nation’s shattered economy.

2. Don’t cut your hair, cut your costs – having long hair saves money and is warmer in winter. People with long hair save fuel costs, cut national dependence on foreign fuel, and cut CO2 emissions which could save humanity from extinction.

3. Don’t shave – razor blades, shaving cream and other fetish body hair removers such as leg waxing kits etc are all products of the decadent ‘throw away’ consumer society which is destroying the rain forest and your credit rating. Nature gave us hair for a reason. Don’t help Boots survive the credit crunch, help yourself and become a hairy hippie.

4. Squat now while stocks last – if you have a mortgage you can’t pay don’t worry about foreclosure. In fact the more foreclosures the better as this increases the housing stock available for squatting – now you can live mortgage free and rent free!

5. Become a pseudo ‘veggie’ or ‘virtual vegan’ – don’t worry, most veggies cheat so you can eat fish and meat when ever you want, but eating veggie can dramatically cut your food costs. For example Tescos are doing a can of red kidney beans for 18pence, while a pack of King Prawns costs at least £3.00. One meat meal requires 10 meals worth of grain to produce. Meat production creates 18% of world Co2 emissions while air travel contributes just 3%. This means ‘veggie’ hippies can still fly Ryan Air and save the planet! It is Plain Obvious.

Street Sensation – London ‘Streetscapes’

Can’t find the place you’re looking for on the high street? Wouldn’t it be helpful if you knew what it was next to, or what it looked like? Enter StreetSensation, a London website which hosts panoramic ’streetscape’ images of high streets in and around the Capital. Although it’s limited to London at the moment, you can see its potential. Underneath is an example pic from the site. Obviously, the website itself has all the shop details underneath each shop, obviously. See below for the link.

Website Link:

http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/