December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse

I have been away over the holidays so while I think of something to do enjoy this Timelapse of the snow.

I just got far more interested in Mathematics.

Morton Coat Of Arms

So I’m working on my graphics skills and I decided to do my coat of arms while I was at it I thought I would do my girlfriends as well so here you are enjoy, if any of you want yours doing feel free to contact me.

 

Morton Coat Of Arms

 

Greene Coat Of Arms

Fox News claims anti-fees protests were “rebellion against big government”

What are you on about fox news, first things first, they started with a map of the United Kingdom and called it Great Britain, Start as you mean to go on.

But seriously can you not see the banners in the protest its STOP the cuts not, more bloody cuts , there is no tea parties in the United Kingdom unless you include the monster raving loony party, who adopted the name for a while and best policy to date is;

The Government seems hell bent and positively gleeful at the possibility of cutting unemployment benefits, disability payments and other welfare payments, and cutting many services that a lot of people depend on, but don't seem to have the same enthusiasm for tackling Tax avoidance and Tax evasion for the rich, wealthy and privileged.

Which is nothing like the American tea party, apart from the loons... the whole thing is a joke, keep your damn lies that side of the pond FOX we see straight through your damn lies.

So Who else speaks C++?

I’m looking for some Hackers

I’m looking for some Hackers, well as you may or may not know I also run Hackoblog, which is a blog dedicated to hacking and alike, electronics computers science and general hacky behaviour I update it regularly, I take a no boundary approach because all information wants is to be free.

So if you are interested in writing for the hackoblog then hit me up with an email you can use the contact page or @TheSkyNet on Twitter and we can make something fun and beautiful.

If not that’s cool, I also need ideas for new hacks and tutorials so if you want to learn just do the same send requests to me. @TheSkyNet or use the contact page on this blog or IRC. (How to Join IRC)

Excuse me good sir but do you mind... (Driscoll Middle School Trick Play)

OK so I'm normally hating on that thing Americans call football, but hay this was funny.

OK there's no Pig But I can see it????

I love optical illusions, there was a fun house at Blackpool with lots of them in I took some photos but lost my data cable, this was one of my favourites.

The Origins of Spam, Unsolicited Mail not the "Meet"

Well University isn't all pointless you know, I did learn this from my networking lecturer scot.





If you didn’t know why unsolicited mail or spam mail is call spam, it’s because all computer geeks love Monty Python because it's awesome, but you could have learnt that from Wikipedia

Mind Fiz

So well I did start this blog to tell you all about what I’m doing at university..... well I guess I better put something about university then, today we had a group task, YAY don’t you just love them! Unless you are anything like me and think everyone else is incompetent, lol I joke. 

But what this has to do with computers is any one guess, but that's marketing for you...*sigh* we had to design and brand a new peppermint flavour drink.

 

 Well I do like to make things properly, so I went all the way to every ones favourite super store wall-mart Asda, and I made them. it’s a peppermint flavoured energy drink, so I did make it kind of relevant I also made a PowerPoint WOW.

 

 

This one is for the hardcore Facebook gamers

The Poetry of Science: Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson

I enjoyed this discussion it’s a bit of a long one but I hope you do to.Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson FTW






So all I need now is to get Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Sir Patrick More, Brian May and Steven Fry in a room and videotape it and I can die happy.

Let’s go out on a question, out of all the "Rock Star" scientists who are your favourite?

Man Sees Dalek In Tree Trunk

This crazy guy from the good old USA found a Dalek in his tree trunk not knowing what a Dalek is he confused this bad boy for being a Jesus, its fine but we should email him and let him know the difference, reed more.

Some templates I'm currently working on

Here are some templates I'm currently working on, as you may or not know I’m a web developer/designer by trade and I run a small company called Blink Web Media, I also do it for friends and fun I have been working on the two all evening and would love some feedback.

Punk Forever.

Flower Power

What is a finger box

 

What is a finger box?

A finger box all though it may seem to be a relatively simple device, it is not on the contrary of being simple a finger box is more than a box with a hole in it, it is a massively complex device containing more than a thousand separate components per box, usually with nine boxes per set that makes over nine thousand separate components, but the device will work limitedly with just one box. 

Finger boxing is also known as fingering and boxing and is a massive fad among teens aged 13-18, the device in a simpler form were first invented by William John Trolington over 100 years ago in Australia.

A Finger box basically simulates a feeling, originally this was accomplished with mechanical devices in the box with some extremely cruel pranksters putting item such as glass and nails in witch would often decapitate the finger, this led to a act of parliament in 1919 by the UK banning the devices, which was quickly followed by the rest of the world. 

Although still banned the “underground market” of finger boxes saw a boom in sales during the 1980’s and was redeveloped into its current electrical module in the mid 1990’s by an unnamed Chinese worker.

The device works on the same principals as electrical prosthetic limbs, an electrical impulse is shot up the nervous system that will make the hand think that it is feeling something; anything can be simulated such as stroking a cat or shaking a hand. 

The finger box costs around £50 per box and are usually sold out within minutes they have reportedly have gone for over 200 per box on ebay.

NEW game Urban Dictionary,

Ok so a new game go on Urban Dictionary, search your name, pick you favourite, post results.
Any whey I will start here is mine thanks  snack88

 KEV

These are the coolest people on earth!!! Actually...nah. Not at all. The opposite. They are all the most uncool people regardless of their personalities, because, lets face it, they don't actually have personalities. The best way to describe them is to say that they only have enough brain cells to accept people who look exactly the same as they do; if they can look at a mirror and then at another human being and see a different person, it confuses them, and they lash out violently at the other person.

For this reason, all chavs look the same, with fake burberry, jewelery and tracksuits. They pay for such extravagances (in their eyes of course) with money stolen from old ladies' handbags and government benifits (since the government are convinced that they should rob from the civilised members of society in order to give to lazy, fat yobs who can't get off their arses for long enough to even learn the english language.

'So I was sittin on me bench, lightenin in hand, and dis bloke just laak looks at me laak y'know, so I gets up and says to 'im "Woot the fock do you think your playin at laak? You staartin wit me laak...' and so the endless accounts of a startlingly similar nature go on until the kevs decide that socialising is too much effort so they go and rob an old lady.

 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kev

 

This is a Picture of me in a  Julian Opie style, what do you all think.

Is copyright racism?

 

Is copyright racism?

 

While reading an article on torrent freak about Professor Richard Dawkins, I had a thought which is extremely unusual for me, is copy right racism?
Before I start my argument I will make my position clear, when it comes to copyright I have mixed views, I work as a web developer and working in web development is a massive open sores GPL powered machine, this allows us small guys to compete with the big boys on a equal footing, all though I understand that copyright holders need to be paid I don’t always agree that litigating everyone until they stop is the right stance or a good idea.

Also I have no legal training what so ever and the only court experience I have is getting my CCJ, so I doubt that you could use this as a defence, but I digress let’s get on with this thing.
Under UK law racism is describe as such;

The Race Relations Act 1976 and all of its amendments and extensions protect individuals from being discriminated against on the grounds of colour, race, nationality, religious beliefs or ethnicity.

Nationality? But how can copyright discriminate on someone’s nationality, well like I stated before I was reading an article on torrent freak about Professor Richard Dawkins and the short of the story is this, Richard Dawkins is a international rock star atheist and world renowned scholar and scientist, he recently made a documentary for the British Channel4 television station, as the video on the channel for 4OD website is restricted to the UK and Ireland only, and the demographic off Professor Richard Dawkins is global so on his website he had comment such as:

Is there any way to watch this from Australia? I'd really like to see it.
I´d like to see it, too. Is there any way how to watch it from Czech Republic?

So he replied:

Do you mean that none of these work in your countries?
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/faith-school-menace/4od#3112619
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJv-5yWx2g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulX8nZjeCXE&feature=PlayList&p=612BB93AECE64AB6&index=0&playnext=1
http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/5780939/Faith_School_Menace.WnA.avi.5780939.TPB.torrent

Now the YouTube videos were promptly taken down buy a copy right came buy Channel4.
 
Ok so it wasn’t really all that short, but that is what got me thinking Channel4 and other organisations use the DMCA and other copyright Laws to actively restrict information to people from Specific nationalities buy restricting the country’s that the information can be viewed in and using the DMCA and other copyright laws to actively take down the information that do not obey the copyright rules they have set out.

So my point is more that organisations can use the DMCA to discriminate against various nationalities rather than copyright laws are racist them self, but any law that can be used to promote racism are inherently racist.

So my question is copyright racism?

 

Good News Everybody

Good news, everybody! not only have I invented a device that allows all of you to here this in my voice, I have finely forked out for some bad-ass domain names, for this blog I have www.kevs.biz and for the Hack o Blog I have www.hackoblog.com. So I’m looking all professional and stuff it makes me happy, now enjoy all.

The Vulcan hoody of absolute awesomeness

Along with looking generally awesome and just downright making the warir look freakishly brilliant at the same time, this Vulcan hooded top also appears to make a woman look like a man witch I guess is either a Vulcan mind game or an ante rape protection system.

I don’t know where it came from I found it on Reddit perhaps one of you can tell me. also warir and hoody isn’t a word according to Microsoft, Anyway just sharing.

Koss PortaPro Headphones Revew

Koss PortaPro Headphones Review

I don't normally do reviews but I couldn’t find an honest one out there and seeing that I just got a new pair I thought it was a good idea to let you loyal readers have a look because I like them. and when I say honest I mean not just prizing the ass out of them.

The Look

They look good, well I think that they do, they have a 1980’s vibe witch I’m very much in to, you on the other hand might not, but I always like a bit of reminiscing now and then, the design is an easy classic. well because they have been in production since the 1980's obviously.

The Build

To be honest the ones I got felt a bit flimsy they use a lightly coated joined single core wire witch feels cheep, the metal expandable bars witch fold away nicely are quality.

The part that folds the ear buts away feel flimsy and hollow, but do feel strong enough to last a long time.

They fold away nicely and come in a nice quality leather bag that is quite awesome, but no thought has gone in to the cable, an auto roller like the ones that you have on a portable mouse would be a nice touch.

The Sound

The sound over all is very nice not as nice as my Bose Quietcomfort 3 were but perform better on the louder songs which is nice, because louderness is good when my BlackBerry isn’t telling me that I should go see my doctor.

Overall

Most excellent I couldn’t afford a new set of Bose but for the £20 I payed I’m happy, so in short.

· They are good looking.

· They get louder.

· Sounding good at the same time.

· Could be better.

So now all I have to do is get some new tunes, Vanilla Ice I think here I come BitJunke.