bookmark_borderVirus Alert

MyDoom Virus starts to hit.

“Post this on every message board you can find. Get the word out. If you have a friend or family member who does not understand how to operate an anti-virus, please check that they are updated and protected. If you know someone running anti-virus on an e-mail server, please tell them to turn off the bounce feature.

I received this virus 8 times yesterday, 10 times last night, and … (just checking…) 5 times since 3 a.m. this morning.

The best piece of advice is (and this is not new!): DO NOT OPEN ATTACHMENTS FROM PEOPLE YOU DON’T KNOW!

bookmark_borderSounding better

Cast your mind back to the mid-80s and early mobile phones. You remember them, big clunky, and not exactly ‘mobile’ really. As time moves on, they get smaller, and the technology in the phones improves. Nowadays the size of a mobile phone isn’t really the issue, more the features and gadgets you get with it.. does it have a camera? does it have a built-in radio?

The unsung advance is, naturally, in the area of most importance – the microphone. This has undergone radical improvements since those early days, with background noise hardly noticeable, and the pickup area (where you talk) refined to capture every nuance and subtle intonation of the speaker. Marvellous things.

What this means is YOU DON’T HAVE TO SHOUT TO BE HEARD ANYMORE!!!

Yes, tall bloke in the dark jacket (with the iRiver MP3 player hang round your neck), I’m talking to you!!!! Ohh and if you insist on shouting, please DON’T wander to and fro across the platform while I’m waiting for a train, and particularly DON’T come and stand next to me.

Yes I’m grumpy, and yes this post is not based in fact. Bite me.

bookmark_borderSoon to be announced

Details are coming to light about more government schemes to follow on from the recently announced course to help people learn how to send text messages. The courses are aimed at the same sector of people and cover a range of diverse topics. Exact details have yet to be confirmed but the following a rumoured to be include:

Remembering which side of the car the petrol cap is on.
Programming your video – You DON’T need to call your 5 year old niece to help!
Appreciating noise – Joining the MTV Generation.
Shortening your attention span – addon to previous course.

More details are expected soon.

Diet Contest: Week One
Holy crap. I’ve put on a stone in the last 3 months. Now I wasn’t planning on posting my weight here, but I figure that if you’ve read half of the stuff I’ve written here then my weight is about all you DON’T know (I’m also hoping that mass public humiliation will spur me on).

So, without further ado (or even the hint of a drum roll) my starting weight is….. 16st 13lb.

Now I know what you are thinking (what a fat bastard!) and I have to agree. Never fear though, I have a system, a system that helped me lose 2 stone in ten weeks last time around. It is a cunning system, but I ain’t spilling the beans like one of the other competitors (Note to self: buy a dog).

So wish me luck, I’ll share my winnings with you all!

(OK, the last bit is a lie).

bookmark_borderModern phones

I believe phones these days are quite clever, they include a microphone to amplify your voice…

SO YOU DON’T NEED TO KEEP SHOUTING!!!

Grrrrrrr… I’m very tempted to turn round and hang up her phone, but I won’t… maybe…