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The most dangerous roads in the world

orudge — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:21:36 +0000

Came across this link earlier today… some rather scary-looking roads there! In the winter (wet season), the track down to my Dad’s house in Brazil can be a bit wet – indeed, very wet – but it’s nothing compared to that Siberian road!

Speaking of Brazil, I shall be heading back to the UK on Thursday, arriving on Friday. It’s been a nice couple of weeks out here, and the weather has been lovely (although I did get fairly badly sunburnt the other day at the beach). Photos will follow on when I get home. Exam results should be out tonight, and semester 2 starts next Monday. All very exciting!

Until next time…

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful

orudge — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:04:12 +0000

Yep, it’s the invasion of the minimal-content blogs. Hmm, I still have to let you all know about my holiday, don’t I?

Oh, by the way: possibly old, possibly not, but chutney. It’s addictive and memorable in the same way as Magical Trevor was. It just goes round, and round, and round, and round, and…

Falling sand!

orudge — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:53:18 +0000

I did promise to post a blog about exams and holidays and second semester and so on, this I haven’t done yet. I may do it later tonight.

Anyway, I randomly came across the falling sand game today, something which infected #tycoon a little while ago and I imagine a good chunk of the rest of the Internet. It’s really quite addictive, give it a try.

A proper blog is coming soon, anyway… probably.

Heh, I want

orudge — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 18:56:08 +0000

For the über-geeks out there… Das Keyboard. It’s basically a normal keyboard, only with a special feature!

Heh.

Toast in the post!

orudge — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 19:13:56 +0000

Had to smile at this one… Toast in the Post… it seems to be what it says it is, they send you a piece of toast in the post! I’ve not tried it, but it looks interesting enough. Please note that they don’t supply butter, jam or other condiments.

Uncyclopedia!

orudge — Sun, 22 May 2005 09:56:07 +0000

Now, you may have heard of Wikipedia, but have you heard of Uncyclopedia? Uncyclopedia is a very funny site full of very funny articles about the world we live in. A few examples of pages I’ve noticed that made me laugh… Eiffel Tower, Scotland, London, Those magazines where you get free stuff and binder with part one, but get hammered on the subsequent issues….. check it out, you might like it.

How nerdy are you?

orudge — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 20:14:45 +0000

Was sent this little quiz today… take the test today. My results:

Overall, you scored as follows:

47% scored higher (more nerdy), and
53% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Somewhat nerdy. I mean face it, you are nerdier than about half the test takers.

Which sounds about right. I’m tired, and must do some more French revision, so au revoir for now!

Ah, a nice cuppa!

orudge — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 18:35:01 +0000

If you’re ever stuck wondering what tea and/or biscuits to buy, NiceCupOfTeaAndASitDown.com is just the site for you. Featuring reviews, tests, and all sorts, it’s the perfect companion for all your tea-tasting needs!

And that is that for today.

LugRadio

orudge — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:44:09 +0000

owenrudge.net has been mentioned on the latest episode of LugRadio, an amusing British radio show taking a relaxed look at Linux and open source in general. In episode 9, GEM was mentioned, so I e-mailed them to let them know that GEM was still around… I’ve not had a chance to listen to the new show yet, just going to do that later, but I hear that a link was given back to my site, so here I am returning the favour. Check it out, it’s a very interesting show.

Apart from that, what have I been up to? School, really. There was practically no snow today… someone has said it’s apparently meant to snow tonight, but whether it will, who knows? Must go anyway, dinner soon.

Magical Trevor 2!

orudge — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:38:03 +0000

Finally, it’s here!

Magical Trevor 2

Enjoy, learn, and spread religiously. I’m wondering if this’ll have the same effect on the school/hostel as the original did? Remember, kids, you saw it here first!