Radiohead And Sigur Ros: A Match Made In Rock Geek Heaven.

Three and a half-year old SETI@home project identifies candidate radio signals from space, heads for Arecibo to take second look.
Wired News | Alien Life Search Inches Forward.

Buy this supercomputer on eBay. I’d buy that for a dollar.

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PUMA AG Statement regarding unauthorized “bad taste advertisement”:
It has been brought to our attention that several unauthorized, sexually suggestive advertisements portraying the PUMA brand have been released over the Internet. We are appalled that images like these would be created and distributed under the PUMA name. As a brand, we seek to take a unique perspective toward our advertising in an effort to challenge the boundaries of our industry; however we would never consider using these tactics. We are in the process of researching the circumstances and reserve any legal steps available.

Puma’s latest ads? I suspect a spoof but a damn good one. If it’s not then holy fuck.

It’s all a mystery

This song is rocking my world more than anything else right now. It is Fight Test by The Flaming Lips.

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I thought I was smart, I thought I was right
I thought it better not to fight
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
So it came time to fight, I thought I’ll just step aside
And that the time would prove you wrong
And that you would be the fool

I don’t know where the sunbeams end and that the starlights begin
It’s all a mystery

Oh, to fight is to defend
If it’s not now then tell me when would be the time
That you would stand up and be a man
For to lose I could accept
But to surrender I just wept
And regretted this moment, oh that I, I was the fool

I don’t know where the sunbeams end and that the starlights begin
It’s all a mystery
And I don’t know how a man decides what’s right for his own life
It’s all a mystery

‘Cause I’m a man, not a boy
And there are things you can’t avoid
You have to face them when you’re not prepared to face them
If I could, I would, but you’re with him
I’d do no good
I should have fought him but instead I let him, I let him take you

I don’t know where the sunbeams end and that the starlights begin
It’s all a mystery
And I don’t know how a man decides what’s right for his own life
It’s all a mystery
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If you don’t know this song, go get it. I don’t care how. Go buy the album, download the song, hell send me an email or an im and I shall send it on to you. It’s just so very right. Listen to it and listen to the lyrics and then listen to it again. I want to put this on at the highest volume possible and just bask in the glory. This is what music is all about. Fuck, I so want to see this live with massive amounts of energy thrown behind it.

We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
– C. Day Lewis

It’s seven fucking am and I’m up and waiting for the plasterer to arrive to sort the kitchen ceiling out.

Gah, he just arrived. I’m now going to shower and you can bet today, I shall be in work early for a change. At least I have stuff to do … *sigh*

So yes today was going so well that a little grief from a friend just rounded it off nicely.

Buffy season seven episode 16: Storyteller was excellent. Really nice closing on the Andrew/Jonathon/Warren thread line and some damn funny moments. Great riff on Batman villains and some nice views of Andrew’s little story world. Overall filler tho, hopefully the story will get going again properly soon.

I have no idea what to do about this computer. I am so very tempted to try and get a Dell using their credit scheme, but I have no idea how that would work out.

We have a tumble dryer now. It’s not like any tumble dryer I have seen before. I am glad to have the option and we shall see how it goes. With my flatmate away this does give me a chance to get every single thing I own washed and dried.

That has just reminded me, I spent a couple of hours searching my room for the warranty on this pc earlier today. (That should tell you all you need to know about my ‘filing system’). Anyway I couldn’t find it but I have just had the thought that I left lots of paper, etc. laid out all over my bed so I need to clear it all before I can sleep. And I have to be up early in the morning. I’m really looking forward to leaving the country at the weekend.

Must get some blank cds tomorrow and grab some stuff from work.

There are times I hate the interwebnet. Email is still down, AIM should be online all day as I’m still downloading stuff. Connection dropped about an hour after I fell asleep last night so there was nothing waiting for me this morning 🙁

I really need a new computer, but I can’t afford anything. BB rocks but not really with this computer. *sigh* Someday.

Angel was awesome. Faith just came straight back, kicked ass and took names. The one liners were great,”Step away from the glass” being excellent but with Wes having to have the best line with “five by five”. It just sealed the moment. I was a little disapointed that the Beast kicked the shit out of Faith, I was hoping she could do a little better than that. Then having Angelus dispatch the Beast so easily was a little unrewarding too. It does of course set up the Faith – Angelus face off with the question of Cordy to still be addressed. Looking forward to the next episode a lot.

World of Ends: What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else.
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