Life Outside PLT1

My cards

Here’s a not-well-sorted list of all my MTG cards. I intend to sell them soon.

Philosophy Comics

http://onphilosophy.wordpress.com/comics/

Haha.

Up Yours, Newton

Right, my exams are over. And that makes me happy.

Here is a depiction of Sir Isaac Newton.

When Acronyms Go Bad: Part One

Here at PLT1.com, we are not unused to acronyms. After all, we are one. So it only seems appropriate that we appreciate our good fortune in settling on a reasonable set of characters, unlike these poor sods…

OMG - Object Management Group. OMG, they brought us such fantastic technologies as UML and CORBA.

LOL - Lord of Life Church. Something tells me OMG and LOL should swap names. Or merge. OMGLOL.

WTF - World Taekwondo Federation. WTF, indeed.

Saving the best for last…

FAGS - The Federation of Astronomical And Geophysical Dataanalysis Services. No, really.

What’s in a number?

Received this courteously personalised email from Student Job Search today:

From: Peter B SJS Login ******@sjsmain.sjs.co.nz
Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 10:33 AM

Dear 96394

Thanks for registering with Student Job Search as a website user.
To complete your registration . . . [snip]

* begins scanning SJS for forklift operator jobs

Enlisted Drone #96394 signing off.

1001 things to do with liquid nitrogen

Yup.

10 points to the person who comes with the most ingenious use for liquid nitrogen involving Violater Pros.

The Daily WTF

For those with a proclivity for code: The Daily WTF.

Here’s the one with the Access database.

Amusing URLs

In the fine tradition of hypertextual ambiguity pioneered by Pen Island (www.penisland.net), here are some more amusing URLs to ponder:

Need a therapist?
Then try www.therapistfinder.com

Or perhaps you’d like to accompany a mate on a visit to the Mole Station Native Nursery
www.molestationnursery.com

Are you a programmer and want to share your advice?
www.expertsexchange.com

Who Represents?, a database for agencies to the rich and
famous:
www.whorepresents.com

And there is an Italian Power company:
www.powergenitalia.com

And finally… if you need Gas or Central Heating you might like to try
www.gasheating.co.uk

One for Zorab

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/19/aussie_isps_new_logo.html

(Less said, the better.)

Decisions

So the elections are over (almost). In reflection, it is apparent that for many people, making their decision for their first vote turned out to be quite difficult. To see why, we should look at this detailed analysis - a la National - of policies across the political spectrum.

And here’s Don Brash getting down with it.