Saturday, December 11, 2010

Quote of the day - Wikileaks

 

"When the wise points at the moon, 
the stupid looks at the finger"

Chinese proverb used about the accusations against Julian Assange,
the man behind Wikileaks, currently arrested for alleged rape.

Source: Canary Island News


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Friday, November 12, 2010

Fun quotes and facts about Bear Grylls

 


Zapping through the channels and suddenly finding Bear Grylls is like driving on a road and seeing a traffic accident. You don't want to look because you are afraid of the horrible things you might see, but somehow it mesmerizes you and you just can't take your eyes away. No matter how disgusting it is.

He always have to go the most dangerous place, with the most dangerous animals and do the most dangerous things that would kill a normal person for sure. And everytime he says; "But I am going to do something even more dangerous than that!" Argh...

But I have to admit that he have some great quotes sometimes.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Photo of the Day - Landing on Sint Maarten

 


Incoming airplanes approach the island of Sint Maarten/St Martin on short final for Runway 10, following a 3° glide slope flying low over the famous Maho Beach. Pictures of low flying aircraft were published in several news magazines worldwide in early 2000. The thrilling approaches and ease of access for shooting spectacular images, made the airport one of the world's favorite places among planespotters.

Twitter joke trial ends in conviction for Paul Chambers

 


A 26-year-old man has been fined £1,000 after being found guilty of threatening to blow up Robin Hood airport on Twitter.

Paul Chambers held the unfortunate distinction of becoming the first person to be prosecuted in connection with remarks made on the social networking site when he expressed his frustration at heavy snowfall in January this year.

Windows Phone 7

 


Windows Phone 7 is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft, and is the successor to their Windows Mobile platform. It launched in Europe, Singapore and Australasia on October 21, 2010, and in the US & Canada on November 8, 2010, with Asia to follow in 2011. With Windows Phone 7, Microsoft offers a new Metro user interface, integrates the operating system with Microsoft's other services, and plans to strictly control which hardware it runs on.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

What if your website was a country?

 

What if your website was a country? Would it be smaller than the Vatican City or larger than United States?

What if all of your visitors gathered in one place? Would they fill a local pub or would you need a stadium with 100,000 seats?

All these questions are answered by Sharenator Webempires. A fun way of visualizing the size of websites.

My blog is smaller than the Vatican City, so I guess its time to go out and concure the world!

If Randomising.blogspot.com were a country, it would smaller than the Vatican City.

1 in every 33,333,333 internet users visit Randomising.blogspot.com daily

How about breaking the surfing world record?

South African surfers broke the Guinness World Record for the most surfers riding one wave simultaneously at Muizenberg Corner, Cape Town, South Africa, 04 October 2009. The new world record - 105 people surfing one wave simultaneously.

If all of randomising.blogspot.com visitors gathered in one place, you could try and break this record.

Free Download: From Liam Gallagher's new band Beady Eye "Bring the Light"

 


The free download of 'Bring The Light' is available now! To help you be amongst the first people in the world to hear the tune we've put the download widget below.

Along with the MP3 of 'Bring The Light' you will also receive a stencil of the band's logo and wallpapers for your computer!



Boring Movies

 

  • Good Yawning, Vietnam
  • Snakes on a Rock
  • Apocalypse Whenever
  • The Regular Case of a Button
  • Normal Activity
  • Charlie and the White Chocolate Factory
  • Breakfast at the Kitchen Table
  • Down and out in Almere
  • The Road Worrier
  • The Lion the Witch and the Bathrobe

Instant Previews on Google

 


Google launches Instant Previews which show you a visual preview of your search results.

Click once on the magnifying glass in the search result to instantly see a preview of the web page.

After activating Instant Previews with that one click, you can hover over any other search result to see a preview of the web page.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Poem of the Day: Jose Rizal - Mi último adiós

 



"Mi último adiós" (Spanish for "My Last Farewell") is a poem written by Philippine national hero José Rizal on the eve of his execution on December 30, 1896. Although the poem was untitled, this title served as an artifice useful as a quick reference.

This poem was one of the last notes he wrote before his execution. Another that he had written before his death was found in his shoe but because the text could not be read it remains a mystery.

Photo of the Day - Isla de Mouro

 


La Isla de Mouro is a Spanish island located off the coast of Peninsula de la Magdalena, at the mouth of the Bay of Santander, in Cantabria. It is very remarkable, even though its territory is only 1.7 hectares. Entirely rocky and fairly flat, with a lighthouse on one of its upper reaches. It is well known by divers for the rich grounds around the island.

In July 1812 during the War of Independence, the English, Spanish allies, captured the island, where withering fire brought down the coastal defenses of the Magdalena Peninsula, taken by the French, and managed to eject them.

» Isla de Mouro, Península de la Magdalena, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Friday, November 5, 2010

Sunrise walk

 


Took the morning walk in Maspalomas while the sun was rising today. No wind, no sand, no clouds. A perfect day!

Back home the wind is starting to pick up again, and you can see the sand in the air.
No no no! I don't want to have more wind and sand!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

i-Cat

 


Me like! Me want!

"Meet I-CAT! This cool kitty puts on quite a performance as she sinks her claws into your favorite music! This feline is fond of rock, punk, rap, hip-hop, dance, techno, and more! Pay this kitten some attention, and she taps into her own cat-alog of riffs, melodies, tunes, and beats.

Stroke her head to keep her happy! Watch I-CAT purr (depending on the kind of music you play), monitor her moods with her musical mewing, and watch her purr-form just for you! I-CAT works with most portable and non-portable electronic audio devices.

Plus, she easily connects to any standard headphone jack with the included dual-plug cable."


» More info about White-Hasbro i-Cat Robotic Music Loving Feline

Windy sandstorm

 

Life - It could always be worse! (Sandstorm in Iraq 2008)

Bloody - uh, sorry - I mean windy hell! Woke up at 5 this morning of the wind trying to take the house for a ride. I thought the windy sandstorm was over yesterday, but I guess it returned for some more. The sand is denser and the visibility lower than yesterday.

The house is full of sand and its 30 degrees outside. But worst of all is that the calima will continue until Sunday!

On the positive side: It's at these times you can finally use the words "What would Bear Grylls have done?!?"

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

And isn't it ironic...

 

Gotta buy me a camel and a burka...

We made our own little awning-kind-of-thingy over the balcony a while ago, but it fell down during the windy sandstorm in July. This weekend we finally got it back up again.

But what happened today? Another windy sandstorm came, and the awning-kind-of-thingy down it fell...

What goes up - must come down, they say. But it could have lasted a few more days!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

All work and no play

 

All work and no play makes the random ramblings incredibly boring. The funny thing is that it seems like the more I work, the less I earn. Maybe I should stop working and become a millionaire?!? Hah, that would be something...

Lately I've been watching a new tv-show; How To Make It In America, and I've got the theme song on my brain. Could have been the theme song of my life anyway...

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Quote of the day - Kitna

 

"Relying on Jon Kitna to save your season is like 
relying on George W. Bush to save your community after a natural disaster"

Said by Faux John Madden on Twitter


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Sony Walkman

 


Sony announces it will no longer make Walkman cassette players.
In other news, Sony was still making Walkman cassette players?

» Find Sony Walkman alternatives


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Monday, October 25, 2010

Quote of the day - Bauer

 

"If typos were terrorists, I would be Jack Bauer"

Said by Daniel Grosvenor on "Freak like me" (BBC3):
I was walking down Queen Street with Nate and Paula a few months back when two girls shoved a camera in our faces and asked “Do you do anything weird?” Paula, who is far too helpful for her own good, made us stop and think intently about this before chirping up with “Well, I only use toilet paper if the number of sheets is divisible by four. He always takes photographs of his food, and he’s a Grammar Nazi.”

The girls excitedly interviewed us then scuttled off and we carried about our day. Being attacked by random people on Queen Street is actually quite common so we didn’t think too much of it, but about a month later I got a call from Endemol saying: “We loved your audition tape. Can we put you in our programme?”

Apparently ranting about why I’d never date a girl who couldn’t differentiate between you’re and your is now classed as an audition!

» Read the full story at Daniel Grosvenor - Grammar Nazi Extraordinaire



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Righteous Kill

 


Yesterday I saw Righteous Kill with Robert de Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent, Donnie Wahlberg, John Leguizamo and Carla Gugino.

Any movie starring both Robert de Niro and Al Pacino have to be good, and Righteous Kill lived up to my expectations! Most people give it a bad review, but I really liked it. Most of all because of the chemistry between de Niro and Pacino. I guess most people had too high expectations before watching a movie starring two of the most legendary actors still alive. So it might be better to not expect too much before watching it...

Movie summary:
Turk and Rooster, two aging NYPD detectives who have been longtime partners are faced with a serial killer who is murdering sociopathic criminals. They both have personal issues, and when they start working with a younger team, Perez and Riley, tensions between the pairs of partners is inevitable, especially since Turk is now dating Perez's ex-girlfriend, also a homicide detective.
» More info about Righteous Kill on IMDb

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Quote of the day

 

When in doubt: Just do it! Or don't. 
Depending on the situation...



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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

 

"Why didn't anyone tell me that you can't take the subway to Yumbo???"

Even though its over a year since "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" came out, I haven't heard so much about it and neither have I had any desire to watch it. The only thought I have had about the movie is that John Travolta finally embraced the gay leather biker living inside him. Next we'll se him wandering around in Yumbo... ;)

But yesterday we ended up with this movie, and now it is one of my all time favorites! I'm not a big fan of typical american movies, and not so much of action movies either. But this movie was surprisingly great! And especially the performances by John Travolta and Denzel Washington. Absolutely worth a shot!

Movie trailer:


Movie summary:
In early afternoon, four armed men hijack a subway train in Manhattan. They stop on a slight incline, decoupling the first car to let the rest of the train coast back. Their leader is Ryder; he connects by phone with Walter Garber, the dispatcher watching that line. Garber is a supervisor temporarily demoted while being investigated for bribery. Ryder demands $10 million within an hour, or he'll start shooting hostages. He'll deal only with Garber. The mayor okays the payoff, the news of the hostage situation sends the stock market tumbling, and it's unclear what Ryder really wants or if Garber is part of the deal. Will hostages, kidnappers, and negotiators live through this?

» More info about "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" on IMDB

Cat stroller

 

I saw some strollers in the pet store today. I really can not imagine seeing my cats inside one of those. Much less me walking down the street with my cats inside a stroller...

I tried with a leash once, but they were really not intrigued by that. And of course they got tangled up in everything they saw.

I gave up after a few tries, so now they come and go as they like and we all have lived happily so far.

» See a collection of cat and dog strollers

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Interesting facts about the war in Iraq from WikiLeaks

 


The reports detail 109,032 deaths in Iraq, comprised of 66,081 'civilians'; 23,984 'enemy' (those labeled as insurgents); 15,196 'host nation' (Iraqi government forces) and 3,771 'friendly' (coalition forces). The majority of the deaths (66,000, over 60%) of these are civilian deaths.

That is 31 civilians dying every day during the six year period. 

For comparison, the 'Afghan War Diaries', previously released by WikiLeaks, covering the same period, detail the deaths of some 20,000 people. Iraq during the same period, was five times as lethal with equivallent population size.

» Read it all at WikiLeaks


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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

True Blood: The original Rolling Stones Cover

 


So you thought the Rolling Stones cover with the True Blood cast was hot? Well, this is how it originally should have looked like according to Pimp My True Blood. Filled with juicy stories of vampire sex, love triangles and betrayals. Now THAT'S a magazine that would have set new sales records... ;)

Monday, October 18, 2010

Coctail of shots

 


I had the worlds most horrible migraine attack yesterday! After 12 hours and a bunch of pills I had no other choice but to go to the Emergency where I got a cocktail of shots. Nope, not the drinking kind of shots, but the spritzing kind... But it helped!

Only last week I was reading that the Canaries was the spanish region with most cases of migraine. The reason could be due to the fact that the climate on the Canaries is heavenly influenced by winds, especially trade winds and foehn winds.

Foehn winds are not only associated with migraine, but even psychosis! A study by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München found that suicide and accidents increased by 10 percent during foehn winds in Central Europe. That´s crazy!

Thank God I "only" had a migraine...

Sunday, October 17, 2010

I Just Wanna Do You

 




Can someone please remove this song from my brain?!? Have been singing "I just wanna do you - do you" the whole day...


Friday, October 15, 2010

The Cat, Day 751

 


» The Cat, Day 751 Doormat

Photo of the Day: Political refugees

 


Iranian political refugees begin a hunger strike in Athens, October 14th 2010.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

The Wiki Game

 


If you don't want to work but want to pretend that you are working, check out The Wiki Game. The idea is to get from one random word to another in as few clicks as possible. There is also a little chat box on the side so you can chat with the others who are playing, or even play against your friends. You can also check out the click paths of the other players.

But the most fun is the strange connections between the words. How many clicks do you think it takes to get from "urine" to "Kanye West" for example? Four...Other examples; from "helium" to "soul", from "banana" to "Britney Spears" or from "Adrien Brody" to "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".

Check it out yourself! But beware, the game can be quite addictive.

Another alternative is to play "5 clicks to Jesus". Start on a random Wikipedia article and get to the article about Jesus in less than 5 clicks. When you get bored of that, you can change Jesus with any other word of your choice.

1000 Places To See Before You Die

 

This list reminds vacationers that hot tourist spots are a small percentage of what's worth seeing out there. A quick sampling: Venice's Cipriani Hotel; California's Monterey Peninsula; the Lewis and Clark Trail in Oregon; the Great Wall of China; Robert Louis Stevenson's home in Western Samoa; and the Alhambra in Andalusia, Spain.

#YouKnowYouHungryWhen

 


And the winner is:
originally there was a 34th Chilean miner.

More:
...Bob Geldof has organised a fund raising concert in your honour.
...you eat the 'r' from your hashtag.
...u just start eating Ketchup packets
...u pour water in cereal
...the dog starts looking like he would make a great BBQ
...you convince your woman to role play as a lion and gazelle. Just waiting to eat that meat.
...you in a quiet class and your stomach the only thing answering questions.
...keep staring at your spongebob pillow.
...you start thinking of ways to cook your goldfish!
...you keep looking in the fridge hoping the next time something will be there...when u bite ya finger eating.
...you eat MY cooking. even i don't eat that shits.
...you're watching super size me and instead of getting disgusted you pick up the phone and call mcdonald's delivery.
...you say it's nasty but still eat it.
...your tummy starts speaking another language.
...u try and throw up jus so u can eat your throw u.
...the remains of the 2 week old burger and chips you find under your sons bed looks good when you find it!
...your talking to someone and mistake alot of their words for food "I was tellin you about the fires."Did u say FRIES??"
...when you can smell the food on the Food Channel.
...you're watching The Food Network and lick the TV screen.
...all you can think of is ikeameatballsikeameatballsikeameatballs.
...you eating the complementary breakfast at a hotel you not even stayin at.


Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food

Choosing the right font

 


Do you want a flick or a f*ck? Choosing the right font-type isn´t always easy, but it can be a lot of fun...

The World’s Sexiest Rooftop Pools

 

1. Marina Bay Sands in Singapore

2. Hotel Joule in Dallas

3. Thompson Toronto Hotel Pool.

Panda Sneeze Attack

 



Yesterday jogging in light rain up in the mountains. Today sneezing more than the panda...

My homeless sign would say...

 

Chilean miners in Lost

 

 
RT @ Hey @, Some time in the future all 33 Chilean miners will find each other and say, "We have to go back"

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Paranormal Activity in District 9

 



Saw two movies yesterday. Paranormal Activity - Overrated and overhyped! District 9 - Very good!

Minitornado in Las Palmas

 


Minitornado en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria today:

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Gandhi confesses on Twitter

 


Historical tweets: Gandhi confesses on Twitter

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