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Akinator
It's basically an online version of 20 questions, which will try to guess any person (real or fictional) that you might be thinking of. It's pretty impressive.
Fried Chips
I was in the pub, talking nerd with my friend Matthew on Friday night. We got on to computers, as per. He told me that it's actually possible to cool a desktop computer by sealing the tower and filling it with cooking oil. Because oil doesn't conduct electricity, it actually provides an effective (but heavy) cooling solution.
Liam’s Top Ten Job Interview Tips
Angry Flat Cap's top ten tips for the interview room.
Things I’ve Done That I’m Not Proud of #5
Someone asked me what my name was, but I decided to have a bit of fun and give them a fake name. Except...
No Country For Old Men
Nine grand down because I went to university to study English Literature, and I've written about literature twice on this blog. Twice. That means each piece is currently worth around £4500. To get more money's worth out of my degree, I'm today going to write about Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men.
Things I’ve Done That I’m Not Proud of #4
Me being an utter eco-hypocrite, basically.
Word.
Here's what is possibly my favourite mash-up ever. What do you get when you mix Biggie Smalls with Thomas The Tank Engine? Something that works far better than it should. Totally dicks on the Thomas/50 Cent mash-up.
Curriculum Vitae
Having fired off 40 job applications and only getting to interview twice, I decided that my CV must have been lacking something. But what? Then it hit me. CV stands for 'curriculum vitae', which is Latin. It's silly to have a Latin title and then write the rest in English, so I've translated my CV into Latin and sent it off to some recruitment agencies.
My Five Favourite Failed Games Consoles
Next time some Apple sycophant bell end says to you 'how awesome would it be if Apple made a games console?' You can reply that they already have, and that it was shit.
August 9, 2010 by Liam
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