Man staples himself to a table

The first serious contestant to the 2007 Darwin Awards may already have been found...

In south Wales, a man stapled his hand to a coffee table and ... well couldn't remove it anymore. Ambulance crews were called at 3:30am but were unable to remove the table from the hand (or vice-versa). The "drunk" man was laughing so much that he pretendedly didn't even feel the pain. He did however admit he was imitating Jackass, the "television program" where Johnny Knoxville & friends attempt boring (but dangerous and above all stupid) stunts ...

The Guardian covers the topic best: read the details here.

Bill Gates for president???

I just came accross this astonishing, staggering and breathtaking website: billgatesforpresident.net ! This can't be serious... can it?

What Bill has done recently through the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is a step forward. And ok, he's well known, and he's got lot's of money, but let's face it : is he really that good at managing? speaking? presenting?

I'll skip the obvious jokes that you could make about how a country would be run if it were like Windows XP (or even Vista). But if you just look at how Microsoft is managed, how they are (no) concerned about their clients, then he would probably be a very well known president, but a very useless one, right?

Bill has somewhat smartened his image in the last six months, but before that he regularly appeared in an old sweater, with dirty uncomed hair, with dandruff on his shoulders .... is that really the image that you want from a potential future president?

Many more things could be said, but these are just the obvious ones that cross my mind initially. Still, the people behind the website sure preted they are serious about all this.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all of you.

2007 looks to be an interesting year in the techy-web business. With new operating systems from Microsoft and Apple, with the growing of the second internet bubble (web2.0) and continuation of the global shift towards web-services & solutions, this should really be an stimulating year for geeks, nerds & co.

But for right now, I just wanted to wish you all the best, and show you something a little "lighter"... Parodyville published a list of the Worst Ever LP Covers, but it seems they forgot a few as demonstrated here bellow by Millie Jackson with Feeling Bitchy, and Back to the s__t! (clearly merits to be mentioned several times)! Enjoy...