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I guess it had to happen. Everyone’s realised that finance is a big gamble. Who's going to be the next Alitalia?

Paddy Power have started advertising their betting service as a kind of insurance against your holiday being ruined by an airline going bust.

I came across this ad while browsing the Guardian travel supplement online while waiting to board my plane in Canberra.

More than half of me hates it. Less than half of me thinks it’s clever.

Paralympian DOPED

Damn, Paralympian also need to resort to Performance Enhancement Drugs.!

Ahmet Coskun, a German wheelchair basketball player, was tested positive for a banned substance. He's the second athlete to test positive in the Paralympics in Beijing. Coskun says he was just using the product to grow hair (what hair?).

and by the way, Steroids do cause hair to grow...on your back, face and arms

Ramsay Gets Fucked!

Jeez, is there nothing that can’t be turned into a video game these days - now Gordon Ramsay gets the video game makeover.

Chef Ramsay watches players’ every move and judges them as they progress by yelling at them, praising them or shutting down the kitchen if their skills don’t meet his expectations.

As players progress, they’ll gain access to authentic Gordon Ramsay recipes, including many that are offered exclusively to game owners.

Can't wait to get my hands on a new set of Wii to replace my ol' Xbox.

yet another act of GREEN WASHING...

Driving around in cardboard cars, catching litterbugs in the act and splashing removable green paint on those who harm the environment...

the EnvironMENTALS, a trio of environment guardians have been spotted in town doing the above acts as part of a GLOBAL company in photographic and digital solutions commitment towards a better environment .

the global brand has even pledged to plant 2,500 trees on a city suburban field and urged the public to take part in the programme..yes.!!!by submitting photos (using the company's products?) to the designated website..

KUDOS for instilling greater awareness on the need to safeguard the environment but a smart CSR campaign? more like an act of green washing...

street fighter 2

one of my lovely mate, a computer scientist was talking to me about beating up a car in Street Fighter 2. And I was sort of like: “what?”. And he was like: “when you see it you’ll totally remember”. And he sent it to me. And I was like: “totally!”.

It’s amazing how that bit had temporarily slipped my mind until I saw it again. Kung-fu-ing cars - it doesn’t get much better than that.

Chaos on My Desk...

I got in this morning and the cleaners had spilled some coffee/glue hybrid on my desk. It had gone all the way under a box file that I use to keep all my USB gadgets out of the way:

It was very firmly stuck fast. Then I had to clean up. Which wasn’t easy. Sugary coffee forms a very very sticky substance indeed.

After a bit of tidying and re-arranging I now have the prefect working environment