This is amazing:

Liu Bolin… The Invisible Man…

All real. This guy paints himself. Just… awesome!

Pat

Feeling: Like he should’ve been blogging a touch more often
Song in Head: Mr Hudson – Supanova

Oh FFS Glade, You Are Heralding The End of Humanity

Yep, I was informed by a colleague who shall remain nameless that this advert existed. I am saddened deeply that she – er, or he – didn’t make it up.

However, it did allow the THIS AMAZING SPOOF to be created. It’s good to see people in this busy world have at least 2 minutes to dedicate to spoofs nowadays… oh, do not click on the Exorcist style one, by the way. Certainly not at work. Or at home. Or anywhere. It’s just unpleasant.

BUT WAIT – all is not lost, because…

…In Newcastle, the phrase “Doing a Poo at Pauls” refers to sleeping with your mate’s girlfriend. This is so hilarious that it almost makes up for the advert’s existence.

Can anyone confirm or deny this last point please? :-)

Feeling: Appauled and amused in equal measures.
Song in Head: Pendulum – Propane Nightmares

Did I not mention that Charlie Brooker was a legend today?

Well, he is.

GAMESWIPE! WOOH

PCs are now dead to me. I’m getting a Mac.

Good Actual Lord. This is the worst fucking thing I have ever had to watch. And I’ve seen Norbit.

Pat

So yes, I might possibly just agree with him on this.

Alas, I’m using Firefox on Ubuntu to write this. And you know what? Ubuntu’s pretty good, but it’s not got the software Windows has on it, yet. You could – and I would – argue the same for Mac OS X too… but I guess it’s an unfair comparison cos at least I can chuffing well run Linux or Windows on my worth-about-£250-new laptop rather than having to buy a MacBook that costs £899 just to run Mac OS X.

What’s that? It’s really stable and supports all the hardware? Is that, perchance, because “all the hardware” involves about 60 different components?

Right, let me stop here. I really, really dislike the cost of Macs and I hate Apple’s stance when it comes to its (insanely loyal) customers, but no point continuing with this. I don’t much like Microsoft’s either, but hey, as I say – I’m using Ubuntu.

Yep, that’s Ubuntu Linux. It’s soooo much better than Windows.

HA!

Pat

Feeling: Like he should start the ironing
Song in Head: Nowt!

Can you imagine what The Watchmen would be like if converted into a kid’s cartoon series?

Well, if you can imagine it, you’re probably not imagining something as fully awesome as what someone’s actually made:

Saturday Morning Watchmen

Sound is most definitely required. Thanks to Dave Smith for making me aware of this :)

Pat
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I’m Nutty!

Feeling: Ace, still, thanks :)
Song in Head: Justin Timberlake – My Love. I’m sorry

ROCK!

(Der d-der derrrr… der d-der derrr… derrr)

I wanna rock! (ROCK!)

(Der d-der derrrr… der d-der derrr… derrr… derrr)

“Turn it down” you say
Well all I gotta say to you is time and time again I say “No!” (NO!)
No no no…

Pat

Feeling: Fidgety
Song in Head: Twisted Sister – I Wanna Rock. And now you have too. :-)
Apps Ignored in My Facebook Feed Today: 2

This is the best find on the Net in a long time!

An awesome, yet incredibly simple, yet incredibly addictive audio sequencer type thingy:

Tone Matrix by André Michelle.

Just click on one of the squares to activate/deactivate that note. You can also just Ctrl+C your grid and paste it into, say, notepad to save your “tune”.

And then Ctrl+V it back in.

I recommend this, it’s a great tune:

0,32768,49152,45536,14864,17608,37576,37392,
39624,17608,14864,2528,3072,3584,1024,0

Wooh!

Pat

Hello you!

DISCLAIMER:This message will hopefully not apply to you, and you may well say “Well, derrrr”. If that’s the case, I shake you by your digital hand. If not, then please take heed, and apologies for the condescension.

No one likes crank calls, or having their mobile phone receive lots of spam texts.

Well, if you’re a Facebook user, here’s a way to help avoid them:

1. If a friend of yours loses their phone and creates a group on Facebook to explain that they’ve lost their phone and your phone number (often named “I got bladdered and left my phone in [Insert Place Here] – numbers plz!”) – don’t post on that group with your phone number. Ever. Even if it’s a secret group.

2. That’s it.

“Why not, Sculliano?”

Well, if it’s an Open group then anyone with a Facebook account who searches for “lost my phone” with find that group and see your phone number on your “here’s my number!” post.

If it’s a Closed group, the same might apply depending on how much info is shared to non-group invitees. Closed is a middle ground between Open and Secret.

If it’s a Secret group, anyone invited to that group can see your phone number on your “you plonker. my number is:” post. Do you know all of your friend’s friends? You happy for them all to have your number? O RLY?

“Well, smart arse, how to solve it?”

Allow me to enlighten you:

• Send a Facebook message the person who’s lost their phone with your phone number., or:

• If they’ve got a new phone / phone number: text them your phone number.

Sorry if this seems obvious, alas I’ve seen this umpteen times, and some people I know have done this.

Just be careful, folks!

Toodles,

Pat a.k.a. Protect Your Data man

Feeling: Like a weight is off his shoulders
Song in Head: Journey – Don’t Stop Believing
Facebook Apps Hidden from my feed today: 1

Best. Saturday. Evening. Telly. EVER.

And now, the most difficult thing I’ve had to say in the past few years:

Make sure you watch ITV1 next Saturday from 7pm to see it!

….

….

…has anyone got any vodka? I feel the need to get drunk after that.

Pat

Feeling: Good, ta
Song in Head: Lots of ROCK tunes (listening through old Squage ROCKS stuff)
Facebook Apps Hidden from my feed today: 1