Monthly Archive for September, 2003

traders

Published by shaky at 1:52 pm on 30/9/2003 in miscellaneous. 1 Comment

Working in the industry, and seeing the shocking bonuses some traders receive, this was slightly disappointing to read.

“Market traders are not mindless. But if they were we might not notice the difference…”

video paper

Published by shaky at 1:47 pm on 30/9/2003 in geekery. Closed

I’d love to see inside the R&D labs at the world’s top electronics companies. Imagine what they are working on.

Check this out, electronic paper reaches video speed.

“In principle, a plastic sheet covered with electronic ink could display an entire library, page by page. The information would be stored in a portable chip, and the display would be powered by a slimline, lightweight battery. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix would weigh no more than a feather.”

diet

Published by shaky at 1:40 pm on 30/9/2003 in news. Closed

Forget the diet, what’s going on with her carpets?

Massssiiiiwwwer.

football mind games?

Published by shaky at 1:34 pm on 30/9/2003 in news. Closed

David Beckham, the English team’s captian and talisman, is yet again ‘injured’ before a big match.

The match on the 11th October against Turkey is the group decider, that will determine who automatically qualifies for Euro 2004 and who has to go through the nail-biting play-offs.

I say yet again, as a big match without a Beckham injury scare is about as rare as hen’s teeth.

I think he’s had a dodgy groin and was ‘doubtful’ before the last three games, and remember the world football media’s focus on his metatarsal before last year’s world cup?

He’ll be fine. As usual. I’m not falling for it, and neither willl the Turkish players.

more egg

Published by shaky at 12:02 am on 30/9/2003 in news. Closed

I love this too.

You’d think if a guy put enough thought and time into stealing someone’s ID, they’d do a bit of research first. Here. From here.

sidney

Published by shaky at 10:16 pm on 29/9/2003 in hong kong. Closed

Got a call from a good mate from back home in England tonight. He mailed me to say he was calling with ‘news’. The news was that he lands in HK on Friday evening at 5.30pm and is here for a week on business, but it’s basically a jolly.

So, again, I was hoping for a quiet weekend, but looks like I’ll have a busy week. He said he has an itinerary:

Friday: dinner then drinks in Wanchai
Saturday: dinner then drinks in LKF

He asked if I know these places.

Do I!

toyota

Published by shaky at 8:46 pm on 29/9/2003 in news. Closed

I love stories like this.

From Simon World.

Reminds me of the Two Ronnie’s hardware shop sketch:

BARKER: Four candles!
CORBETT: Four candles?
BARKER: Four candles.
(Ronnie Corbett makes for a box, and gets out four candles. He places them on the counter)
BARKER: No, four candles!
CORBETT (confused): Well there you are, four candles!
BARKER: No, fork ‘andles! ‘Andles for forks!