Okay, so I may not be quite right on the scoreline but I’m not far off. In the world-famous game of Helensburgh Longball, my team (Sean, David, Toby and I) utterly squashed Mhairi’s team. I will admit that the vast majority of the score is down to the others on my team, but that doesn’t stop me rubbing everybody’s nose in it. I’m used to losing at sport, so I’m a good loser. I’m a TERRIBLE winner!
Sorry All!
I have been accused, by those in certain quarters, of being a very random person. Anybody who looks at this blog for more than a couple of minutes will probably agree.
Well I was listening to the radio yesterday afternoon, in a semi-conscious way, and I heard something that made me wake up a bit. apparently random isn’t so random.
If you look at naturally occurring numbers or groups of numbers, they are more likely to begin with 1 than with anything else. It’s called Benford’s law and it’s real.
The guy on the radio explained that a number, say 1000 has to get twice as big before it gets to 2000, but then only has to get half again as big to get to 3000, a third as big to get to 4000, and so on. Makes sense in an illogical way.
Apparently it’s applied to the analysis of things like accounts and expenses to make sure that they are genuine and not just random collections of numbers.
I like the Simpsons, although I haven’t watched it for ages. I fell into watching it on SKY ONE when we got cable in but now:
Anyhoo, now that the simpsons Movie is coming out I decided to check out the website and found a cool Simpsons character generator. It’s kinda disturbing how much this guy looks like me.
We now have a gallery of all of us at work done as Simpsons character, which is kind of fun.
In the same vein you can try:
Heard this on the radio a few weeks ago. Mitchell and Webb‘s take on Identity Theft.
No, it’s not time for “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue“, I just wanted to record a site which I found recently (almost certainly via BoingBoing.) It’s a site dedicated to cheesy records and compilations which are no longer available, and it’s called Way Out Junk. There are MP3 files available for download and some of it’s terrific. I’m currently enjoying:
And of course, let’s not forget the inimitable Hayseed Dixie whose reworkings of AC/DC and other groups hits in a bluegrass styleee are incredible.
These are the ugliest thing i have found on the internet, available from blingthing.com
I really can’t imagine what would persuade you to part with your heard earned for one of these.
Sarah from my office got 90%
. . . . but his spirit lives on in George W. Bush
