Category: amusing

Know Your Enemy — Laugh At Their Skills

On By JohnIn amusing, securityLeave a comment

A video over at Focus.de (auf Deutsch) on North Korea shows some behind the scenes propaganda from the North Korean army found on YouTube evidently.

You don’t need to know German to get the gist of the video.

Go have a watch then laugh and laugh.

  • poor stance
  • horrific trigger and muzzle control
  • teacup grips
  • painfully inaccurate aim

No, North Korea’s military is not a threat to anyone other than perhaps themselves.

What I did find interesting was a clip of the women’s obstacle course: those girls look like they scaled the obstacles much more efficiently and gracefully than the men.

On the Pending Death of Google Reader

On By JohnIn amusing, tech1 Comment

Of all their products, I spend most of my time in Google Reader.

So, thanks, Google, for announcing you’re killing off something useful.

Can I ask you a couple of things?

First is Google Wave: what the hell were you thinking? No, I’m not asking why you took it away. I’m far more interested in what the line of reasoning was that led to its creation in the first place.  Was it supposed to be the next generation of IRC? The only useful thing that came out of Google Wave was, well, Google Pulp Wave Fiction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcxF9oz9Cu0

…and possibly Google Wave Hunting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VD0wzo_Gw4

So, what, then, is Glass supposed to be? The next generation of the unification of cell phones and digital cameras? What are you trying to do? Introduce the ancestors of the WALL-E universe?

And don’t even get me started on Google+. Sure, go check it out. I’ll wait.

Yup, looks a lot like Facebook.

And now you’re killing off Google Reader:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A25VgNZDQ08

(spotted here. By the way, if you haven’t seen Downfall, the film that clip is originally from, I encourage you to watch it.)

I wanted to use Safari’s built-in RSS aggregator, but Apple killed it recently. Then I was going to use Mac Mail’s built-in aggregator, but Apple killed it off, too.

So, for now I’m using Feedly. I’m not hugely impressed. I find the interface to be somewhat awkward and presently it’s nothing more than a front-end for Reader’s API. Feedly says that they’re working on a cutover solution when Reader goes TU.

At least we can still export our feed list to an XML file and keep it around until something useful comes along.

Another Trip Around Our Nearest Star

On By JohnIn amusing, beerLeave a comment

Well, that’s one more trip completed around our nearest star.

All things considered, I’m in reasonably good shape for having only 24.1 billion miles on me.

I think I’ll take the clan to find some fish, chips, a pint of stout or two to celebrate.

And, on to the topic of pubs…

An Irishman, an Englishman and a Scotsman go into a pub. Each orders a pint of Guinness. Just as the bartender hands them over, three flies buzz down and land… one, two, three… in each of the pints. 

The Englishman looks disgusted, pushes his pint away and demands another. 

The Scotsman picks out the fly, shrugs, and takes a long swallow. 

The Irishman reaches in to the glass, grabs the fly between his fingers and shakes him as hard as he can and shouts, “Spit it out, ya bastard! Spit it out!”

Slanté.