Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Michael Palin and Terry Jones will be seeing for the first time the 30-year-old movie Life of Brian in Aberystwyth, west Wales later this month. This is happening because, up until now, the movie was banned from screening in the town theaters. The ban ... Full story

So, you have a twitter account and follow a bunch of people who might also be following you, right? So far, so good... but what if you belong to a team and need a simple communication method that doesn't makes anyone waste time with unecessary crap? Fear not! Twitter is the solution and GroupTweet ... Full story

A Mexican man was deported from the UK shortly after arriving. He was stopped for a routine check at the UK Border Agency at Manchester Airport and told them he was visiting Britain for a short visit to a friend who was opening a restaurant in the area. "However, a search of ... Full story

A man broke into a 60-year-old woman's house to collect on a debt and hold her hostage with a Sega Light Phaser for 10 (YES, TEN!) hours, until he finally released her after negotiating with Brazil's Federal District Police officers. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, the "weapon" that ... Full story

A British snowboarder has died in the Swiss Alps after online rescue updates on Twitter helped to find his friend alive. Ms Dewberry started the online updates when she wrote: "2 of our ski party been missing since 4pm. Conditions terrible. 1 guy found but trapped. 20 ... Full story

It's official (no, not really)! My submission to Urban Dictionary was recently accepted and you can now tell people (in Portuguese) to google your genitals with full lyrical background to proove it! This started as a joke around the office and we never thought it would get accepted... Oh well. Ok, I ... Full story

I got two comments on the last post, regarding the blog's theme setup. Funny how people never comment my posts but when suddently something breaks I get comments.. well, who cares. :) I have to thank Odrakir and AirDiogo for their help! I tried to update the K2 theme to the latest version but I guess it was too early and the nightly ... Full story

Well, today I woke up and thought I'd write about some recent news in my life like, for example, a new car... I was pretty excited until I opened my homepage and found out that it was all messed up! The theme I used was K2 and, for no apparent reason (no updates) it messed up my website structure... I updated to a more recent version ... Full story

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I thought I'd share with you yesterday's Dilbert strip! Dilbert is a webcomic about an Engineer and the workplace around him. It's one of those "for you, by you" things that makes people feel really related to the subject. So, if you liked this strip, please enjoy more company life at ... Full story