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  • Date: May 31st, 2005
  • Time: 4:29 am
  • Written by: MarkB
  • Comments: 4

GPS Panties

So you’re a worried father of dating daughters, or you’re the paranoid geeky husband of a gorgeous wife. How can you tell if you’re daughters and wives are nothing getting into…er…trouble?

GPS Panties

Forget-Me-Not-Panties are the answer to peace of mind for concerned dad’s and husband’s the world over. Equipped with a GPS Transmitter, you’re able to get the location of your loved one any time of day or night, including a few …

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  • Date: May 31st, 2005
  • Time: 3:41 am
  • Written by: Dale
  • Comments: 3

Live Lead Singer, Impersonations and The Matrix

While watching my Live DVD last night I noticed something rather interesting. Ed Kowalczyk (Live Front Man) is a rather talented man, he does the most incredible impersonations. Here let me show you what I mean:

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  • Date: May 25th, 2005
  • Time: 8:15 am
  • Written by: MarkB
  • Comments: 2

Netscape 8

Whoa, seems like Netscape might be onto a winner here! Last time I heard of Netscape doing anything, computers were still coming out with 4 and 8mb of RAM.
Who knew.

Anyways, they’ve developed a browser that’ll allow us to browse in both Mozilla and Internet Explorer. We have a winner ladies and gents! Haven’t tested it yet, but personally I know the hassles of ‘Alt-Tabbing’ between IE and Moz trying to get sites looking the same in both browsers.

However, before you …

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  • Date: May 24th, 2005
  • Time: 12:37 am
  • Written by: MarkB
  • Comments: 0

Natural Highs

1. Falling in love.

2. Laughing so hard your face hurts.

3. A hot shower.

4. No lines at the supermarket

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  • Date: May 23rd, 2005
  • Time: 6:28 am
  • Written by: MarkB
  • Comments: 2

Until its gone…

My house mate’s dad almost died last week. He unfortunately found himself in a ‘catch-22′ situation where he desperately needed a triple bypass but they couldn’t operate because he also has diabetes and his blood sugar was so low (3 instead of 13) that if they’d cut him for the operation, he’d've bled to death.

Dodge.

Fortunately his blood-sugar stabilized, they operated and he’s recovering.

Seeing what my mate and his family had to go through however really hit home how fragile is. …

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  • Date: May 23rd, 2005
  • Time: 2:31 am
  • Written by: Dale
  • Comments: 1
  • Date: May 23rd, 2005
  • Time: 12:00 am
  • Written by: MarkB
  • Comments: 0

Qantus Airlines

After every flight, Qantas Pilots fill out a form, called a ‘Gripe Sheet’, which tells Mechanics about problems with the aircraft.

The Mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form,And then Pilots review the ‘Gripe Sheets’ before the next flight.

Never let it be said that Ground Crews lack a sense of humour. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas Pilots and the solutions recorded by Maintenance Engineers.

By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has …

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  • Date: May 20th, 2005
  • Time: 2:37 am
  • Written by: MarkB
  • Comments: 0

Software Piracy

We’ve all done it…in one form or another right?…borrowed 60 stiffy discs to copy Wolfenstein from your mates best friends neighbours commodore computer?

Yeah, well things have gotten waaay worse since then. A report by Business Software Alliance showed that thirty-five percent of all software installed on PC’s is pirated! 35%! Thats a crap load! The losses therefrom? $29-33 billion dollars!

The countries that are most at fault are Vietnam, Ukraine, China, and Zimbabwe. A monstrous 90% of software installed in …

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  • Date: May 20th, 2005
  • Time: 1:54 am
  • Written by: MarkB
  • Comments: 17

The Mark List

For the past month or so, I’ve had it in my head to chose a different MSN username everyday that has ‘mark’ somewhere in it. Why? Because I can.

Here’s the list I’ve had so far.

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  • Date: May 20th, 2005
  • Time: 1:24 am
  • Written by: MarkB
  • Comments: 2

My Google

Google’s latest development, My Google is set to be released later today.

My Google will allow you to combine all your Google features and then some, on one page. Get previews of your Gmail messages, compare your stock investments to the market, word-of-the-day, and a bunch more.

Can’t help but notice how much it looks like the Yahoo front page… Hmm….

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Examples of Kulula attendants’ sense of humor

Kulula is an Airline with head office situated in Johannesburg. Kulula airline attendants make an effort to make the in-flight "safety lecture" and announcements a bit more entertaining. Here are some Real examples that have been heard or reported: On a Kulula flight, (there is no assigned seating, ...

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