Nick Tong - Thoughts... - General

Like music, love pubgigs.com

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:45:00 --0100

Come and join the new social website for pub gigs

PubGigs is your essential guide to the all the best LIVE entertainment in your area. Focussing on the original and best live music venues and pubs, we strive to keep you, the music loving public, fully informed of what's going on in your area.

Join here @ Pubgigs.com

Great teamwork

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:38:00 --0100

Fix those twiddling thumbs

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:04:00 --0100

If you have a spare moment and want a slight diversion check out some of the suggestions from the Meebo crew:

Whitney Music Box
A neat visualization of musical scales. Try the hand crank version.

Dice Wars
An abbreviated version of Risk - very addictive!

Line Rider
Draw a path for your little biker to follow. Advance line riders can perform flips and jump off cliffs.

Accordian Hero
With the popularity of Guitar Hero, there have been several keyboard-based versions popping up. However, I think the best one is a holiday version of "Accordion Hero" that cropped up in December. Don't forget to strum using the space bar!

Etsy
Shop for one-of-a-kind handmade goods from homemade cards, to furniture, to stained-glass armadillos. Just a neat place to see creative folks. I'm also impressed with the ways the people over at Etsy have organized their site (shop by color, category, or recommendation).

Most Popular Animal Videos
A collection of the best animal tricks I've ever seen. Go Einstein!

Dilbert Blog You'd expect Scott Adams to be entertaining but he outdoes himself on a nearly day-to-day basis with this blog. Good reading!

Cheap Flights for "do it yourself" holidays

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:32:00 --0100

I always find it hard to find cheap flights for holidays but a friend of mine has a site that helps:

Creating your own "do it yourself" holiday just got a lot easier with diytravel.co.uk's new flight search. Search low-cost airlines (including easyJet, Ryanair, BMI baby, Thomson Fly, XL, flybe, Jet2), scheduled airlines (Virgin, British Airways, KLM etc) and online travel agencies (Expedia, Opodo, ebookers, Travelocity and lots more) to find the cheapest flights for your trip. The diytravel.co.uk flight search system is free to use and no service charges are added on to the ticket price - you buy your tickets directly from the airline at the airlines normal price. Check it out here

It's worth a look! and remember when flying go carbon neutral.

Cool things on Google Earth

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:13:00 --0100

Fancy playing with Google Earth Giant Alien Bug
Capsized Cruise Ship
Visible Shipwrecks
Does anyone know any more? Thanks to Robert Sindall for sending me these

Is there a God?

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:36:00 --0100

Day to day the question is asked - is there a God? I for one don't believe in God in a biblical sense so it interesting to see things like this: Update: Sadly is looks like youTube have removed the above video but you can click here to see other videos. Here is a new one from the BBC:

As you can see Richard Dawkins thinks these is no God. He's on the show promoting his new book The God Delusion.

Robert Sindall sent me these details as well: lan Colmes (of Hannity and Colmes) interviews Richard Dawkins on his FOX radio program.

Cheap holidays with DIYTravel.co.uk

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:47:00 --0100

A friend of my has recently launched a great holiday website. Check it out before you go off traveling, he just sent me this email. The website is DIY Travel

I am sure that you are going on holiday this summer, and if you are not then your friends are. Please make sure that you look at the prices on www.diytravel.co.uk before you book - we usually hammer the competition on price.

diytravel offers 15000 hotels and apartments in destinations worldwide. Wherever you want to go, check the site out or get in touch with me. If you need help arranging a holiday, let me know and I can help you to find flights etc.

I look forward to helping you (or your friends) get the right holiday at a bargain price.

What video game character am I?

Mon, 22 May 2006 16:15:00 --0100

Every wanted to know what game character you are, well now you can find out from here: http://quiz.ravenblack.net/videogame.pl This is what I turned out to be:

I am Kung Fu Master.

I like to be in control of myself. I dislike crowds, especially crowds containing people trying to kill me. Even though I always win, I prefer to avoid fights if possible. What Video Game Character Are You?

Why work?

Wed, 10 May 2006 08:47:00 --0100

This is a question that everyone asks all the time I'm sure... why the hell do we work? Well if you're pro-leisure and anti-wage-slavery then check out whywork.org.

We actively promote alternatives to the wage slavery mindset and what we call "The Cult of the Job" which automatically equates having a job with making a living. If you start asking yourself "why work?" you may see a connection between wage slavery, misunderstandings of leisure, lifestyles based on consumption, corporate welfare, education that often amounts to little more than conditioning, and the global social, environmental, and economic crises we are now facing. We hope that the materials we feature here will encourage critical thinking about such things. This site is primarily about ideas and encouragement, so our focus is more philosophical than practical. However, ideas and action go hand-in-hand, so we're currently expanding the "practicality" sections.

Instant Messenger (IM) abbreviations list

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:49:00 --0100

I've been spending a lot of time of late using IM so I thought u would post a few commonly used abbreviations that get used:

AFK - Away From Keyboard
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ASL - Age/Sex/Location
BBS - Be Back Soon
B/F - Boyfriend
BFN - Bye For Now
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
F2F - Face To Face
FOCL - Falling Off Chair Laughing
FYI - For Your Information
G/F - Girlfriend
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
GSOH - Good Sense of Humour
IM - Instant Message
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
JIC - Just In Case
JK - Just Kidding
JMO - Just My Opinion
LOL - Laugh Out Loud OR Lots Of Love
L8R - Later
LTNS - Long Time No See
NP - No Problem
OHAC - Own Home and Car
OTOH - On The Other Hand
PM - Private Message
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My A*** Off
TAFN - That's All For Now
TBH - To Be Honest
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
WTF - What/Who The F***
WTH - What/Who The Heck

Am I a nerd...

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:08:00 --0100

Thank goodness I'm not nerdy... Maybe i should get a wallet sized periodic table to up my score?

Up and running

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:59:00 --0100

Hi, just a quick message to thank Nifty Corners, Raymond Camden and Emmet McGovern for the technology behind this blog. This site is hosted by TalkWebSolutions. To view my technical blog view succor.co.uk.

Matrix Nero Vs Robocop

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:55:00 --0100

Thanks to Darryl Lyons' Blog for pointing this out:

Some guys have put together a clip of Neo vs. Robocop. Some really clever editing here between the two films.

Another Neo video is 'The look of love'