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Rabbit, rabbit
I actually did this, this morning. Usually I just get up and grumble about it being morning.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 9:12 AM on August 1, 2006
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The AOL Cancellation Battle
I phoned AOL up and told them I was leaving the country to go world travelling. And they cancelled the account. I then signed up with a different company.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 12:49 AM on June 14, 2006
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Indie Video Games, Where Art Thou?
Looking at consoles and asking why there aren't any indie games is like going to the only cinema in town and wondering why there are only Hollywood studio films showing.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 2:37 AM on May 27, 2006
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"Let him stay one second."
Let him stay one second. Just a second..
Is this what happens when you pin someone with questioning, the heavies move in to take you out?
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 2:43 AM on May 5, 2006
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Bottom of the Class
Chav does not mean you are working class, or even a subset, Chav's are just as likely to come from Middle Class families.
However, the Chav phenomenon is just the same old 'kids today' argument that's been rolling around since we said they should't die in mills or mines.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 5:06 AM on April 11, 2006
MeFi post:
(some) books are for girls
"The men's list was all angst and Orwell. Sort of puberty reading," she said. - from the second link.
My head nearly popped off when I read that.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 10:56 PM on April 10, 2006
MeFi post:
Bob Ross Video Game
As long as they sample his voice from the hundreds of shows he must have appeared in and then use those samples to just ramble on at you while you paint, that's fine with me. It's nothing without the voice.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 10:03 PM on April 5, 2006
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The BBC profanity index
I know a Liverpudlian lass, who takes great delight in calling people, including other women, cunts. As does my girlfriend to her best friend, mainly because it annoys her.
The Jew thing, I imagine, stems from the colloquial way of saying don't be cheap or steal. I grew up saying: "Don't be such a Jew." when people didn't want to share, and I was raised in a very liberal household. It wasn't until later I realised the full implication of it. But, also, I've... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 11:19 PM on March 30, 2006
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"His M.O. is to spring from behind you"
A Connecticut house cat is in the dog house, accused of terrorizing a Fairfield neighborhood. Officials are now taking drastic measures to prevent the ferocious feline from striking again.
Is that the best intro ever? Its got everything: a good pun, terrorism, knee-jerk community reaction, a bit of alliteration and it's about a house pet.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 12:59 PM on March 29, 2006
MeFi post:
This just in--Starforce still sucks.
It amazes me that companies still buy Starforce's copy protection, when it can be just beaten by simply disconnecting the CD/DVD drive. Admittedly that's a fairly extreme length to go to, but I've done it so that I can play Silent Hunter III without having to fish around for a disc or leave it in my drive.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 1:03 AM on March 12, 2006
One of the bizarrest uses of Starforce I've seen is Trackmania Nations, a free game. There is no disc to protect and it's free to anyone who wants it.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 8:52 AM on March 12, 2006
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Advanced Dissing
Heh. It's just advanced dissing.
Is there a faster link to the .mov, Opera is telling me that I'm going to have to wait 24hrs for it.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 7:01 AM on March 10, 2006
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Superman tribute video
The whole John 3:16 thing is a hark back to the trailer for the 1978 movie.
Narrator says: "Because of the wisdom and compassion of Jor-El, because he knew the human race had a capacity for goodness, he sent us his only son."
There's a more explicit one than that. I believe, but my Superman DVD is playing up.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 9:54 AM on March 9, 2006
MeFi post:
"This One's For You, Walt!"
I nearly worked in a Kinkade gallery. As soon as I arrived for my interview I knew it wasn't for me. Luckiest escape ever. Although I'd probably be writing some entertaining anecdote about customers instead, if I had worked there.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 12:39 PM on March 6, 2006
MeFi post:
Mashup bites back
That Anagram map thing just got dull, very quickly. It almost redefined Meme as when the joke stops being funny. It's an anagram! of places! on a map! WTF?
I still visit Boing Boing and Cory does do some interesting posts, but talking about yourself in the third person? Navek Rednam does not like it.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 12:49 PM on March 5, 2006
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Order of the Stick
He's certainly more in love with the verbiage than with the art. I like OOTS, it's just that if I forget to look for a few weeks, I have a daunting amount of texts, for what is essentially a fantasy funny strip. Kind of reminds me of the Splitting Image comic where characters are struggling to get past all the dialogue and narration.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 8:49 AM on March 2, 2006
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Helping evolution scientists preach outside the choir...
Science needs to start cracking down on bullshit. There's is so much 'media science' that goes on that no wonder people look at science incredulously. "[Brand] Washing Power has cleanumide now bound into the atoms for whiter whites." or "Our skin cream now has Youthmoforics and Bullswax." They also need to start cracking down on spurious research, like "Scientists today proved that 5th Feb is the worst day in the year." or "Researchers have discovered that... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 9:15 PM on February 26, 2006
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Vintage High-Tech
What is the deal with Boing Boing and Worth 1000? I read it fairly regularly, and there seems to be a link to one of their fantastic competitions every week.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 11:46 AM on February 22, 2006
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British soldiers filmed beating Iraqis.
I was quite surprised on the BBC's Have Your Say section that so many people seemed to be condemning the release of the footage, and taking a 'sweep it under the carpet and deal with it later' approach.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 4:59 PM on February 13, 2006
I was quite surprised on the BBC's Have Your Say section that so many people seemed to be condemning the release of the footage, and taking a 'sweep it under the carpet and deal with it later' approach.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 4:59 PM on February 13, 2006
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Motorist Vs Courier
Two asshats don't make a right.
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 10:03 AM on January 27, 2006
I appreciate he was an asshat first, but from but from experience of inner city driving you only keep one window open. So, I assume, we are dealing with her response being to throw it back in his face.
And let's face it, a car is an intensely personal space, throwing something into it is a grand violation of that space. So I can understand, to a certain degree, why the guy did flip out.
She should have given him a lecture and then either handed... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 11:04 AM on January 27, 2006
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Nick Robinson's poltical blog
Well, if it wasn't for ITV News planning to do an expose on him on that night's news, Kennedy might never have admitted to having a problem.
"Mr Kennedy is believed to have called a press conference to admit his drink problem "within an hour" of being confronted with detailed allegations by reporters." - BBC
And the reporters would never had confirmation if the party members calling for his dimissal hadn't let the cat out of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Navek Rednam
at 5:24 AM on January 9, 2006
