Andy Ramblings

After an appalling incident on an internal flight in the US, where a woman who had a serious problem with flatulence wanted to hid the problem by lighting matches. Now, I know farts can be a bit wiffy, but lighting a match isn't the best of ideas if you have a methane problem, using channel 5 or something like that may have been a wiser option.
Needles to say, all the passengers got a tad worried when they didn't smell the fart, but the smell of sulphur. The plane was forced to land all passengers were searched for explosives, obviously, non were found and the poor woman was a tad embarrassed.

She had "no malicious intent but had struck matches which is against [Transport Security Administration] rules," Ms Lowrance said.

The unidentified woman had an unspecified medical condition, Associated Press news agency said.

She was carrying safety matches, which the TSA allows in carry-on luggage.

The matches are not allowed to be struck, however.

So, the new security measure now, as this has been identified as a potential terrorist threat.
The scenario is as follows.

 A***: Hey A___ (name hidden for anonymity reasons) l, you must eat two of those gallon cans of beans, all of them?
A____: But But A** I don't like beans, they make me fart!
A***: That is the master plan! You eat the beans, get on a plane with a box of safety matches, when the plane is about to take off, you let rip, and light a match, If you don't go, by the powers of Allah, the infidels will die from that awful smell you make.
A___: Wow A** that is a cool plan, but they don't smell that bad?!

In respones to this risk, all passengers will be required to go via a Fartarium, to let rip safely before the plane leaves.

Stop press:
Fartarium in local airport blows up, some passenger went in with a lighted cigarette!

Source of inspiration here

Been beavering away with a new plugin. I found the greybox script from orangoo.com. It's a very simple script and can be used if the following situations:

•  It does not conflict with pop-up blockers
•  It's only 22 KB!
  
•  It's super easy to setup
•  It's super easy to use
•  You can easily alter the style as it is controlled through CSS

You can use it to pop to open a quick search window.

• Load Google in a 500x500 window
• Here you can have it in a fullscreen window

Obviously, more example at the Orangoo.com.

You can download the S9y script here.

Comments most welcome.

Tis Saturday, not much going on, well, it is 1am, so  can't say much as the day is still young.

So, the date has been announced and is England leading from the front? Of course not, we never do! We wait, like a master, to see if the food taster dies, before we'll start to eat a meal.
What brings this up? Well it's the smoking ban, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, in fact, I'm rejoicing! So way all the baa humbug and all that? Well it's because, England will be banning smoking last, and in my view, not the best time either.
Here's the banning list, in order of who's going to ban first in the UK.

• Irish Republic: March 2004 (ok not in the UK)
• Scotland: March 2006
• Northern Ireland: April 2007
• Wales: April 2007
•  England: July 2007

Read more about the time table here

OK, the Irish Republic (Eire) banned it and the pub industry didn't die! In the Summer I can imagine the pubs being empty inside and all the smokers falling over themselves outside in the pavement. If it's raining, well, they'll all be huddled in a corner under some ledge getting rain down their necks.

All I can say is this, I'll be glad, I just don't like going to pubs in general, you go in, you leave smelling like a big pile of poo. And yes you, if you smoke you smell like that too, especially when you have just come back from your fag break..

Yep, So 1st of July 2007 can't come quick enough!  But why can't England start at the same times as everyone else? Scared? Vote loser? (May Local elections?)

Well, I'm sure most of you will know that Microsoft will be releasing their new fan dangled operating system called Vista. Ooooo!
Well, to make things easier for us consumers it has come out with a master plan, easy to understand plan, they have come out with 5 different versions.

• Windows Vista Basic
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Windows Vista Business
• Windows Vista Ultimate
• Windows Vista Enterprise (you won't be able to get that one)
  

Yep that was the master plan to make it easier for us consumers to decide. But if your confused they have done a little video so that you can understand the differences between them, well it's for the retailers, like the folks at PCworld.
Watch it here. Yep, we consumers will be darn confused.

In order to simplify the process even more, they, have come up with master plan B, this is those fandangled logos, you know the ones that at the moment say, certified to work with Windows XP? Yep, they have the same for windows Vista, but they have been clever, yep, in that ultimate quest to make sure that they don't confuse us consumers, they have come with not one logo but two! And here they are...

Not normally a fan of cricket, but it appears that the English are getting a hefty pummelling by the Australians.
The BBC should really be the team playing.... looking at their tag graphic.

Well when you look at the planet Earth from afar, it's only then when you see that it's not all that big in the whole sphere of things. I do in a way envy all those who have managed to see this view of the earth an unique view and a privileged one at that, But folks, here are some in a flash file for your viewing pleasure.

Click the pick and you'll be taken to the movie, not a long one, but a nice one non the less.

Well, it's been a while since I bloged here, this is beginning to sound like a confessional but heck... I've been busy doing other things. Like trying to find a job,  and oh! I may have a new one by the end of the week.

So what's mad or what then? It's Mr David Blaine again, He will only ever do stunts in New York as the last time he did one in London, we Londoners took the piss out of him big time when he was doing his stunt of being in a glass box near Tower Bridge. Twas good TV seeing him being so sad.. heheheh.
SO, his going to be in a gyroscope for 3 days before he tries to escape, wow, what a stunt?!
This is the gyro...

Well the 2nd image is Blaine 'trying' to hold his breath... Bugger he made it!!
Here's the link from the BBC. Lets hope he pukes his guts out while he is spinning.

Yes, how big is the universe? It's bloody big, I mean HUGE!, no that's too small a word, it gi-normous! I think that's still a too small a word, It's freaking bleeding huge and will take thousands of light years to get from one end to the other; but how would you have known you've reached the end? Maybe when you've seen the restaurant at the end of the universe? it may have moved, or you might not have gone straight across the universe? You might even have taken some diversions unbeknown to yourself, you know black holes and other gravitational issues that need to be taken into account. etc etc...

Have you ever thought or wondered, you know with the internet being so vast that someone somewhere might have thought the same thought as yourself, but done something about it? Yes, have you ever thought, the internet is so vast and full of interesting stuff, I wonder if some one somewhere has made a site that is as big as the universe? Well, dear readers, yes, someone has, and for your viewing pleasure and from your armchair, you, yes You and you, can visit the universe from the comfort of your computer screen see the whole universe on the internet from this site here, below.

yes, here's the link to the Universe for your viewing pleasure!

Just one note though, to be able to see the centre of the Universe, you will need Firefox!

While I was browsing the BBC 'have your say' section, there was an important debate going on, on the subject of fireworks. Yes, it's Guy fawkes tomorrow. England now becoming a country where the kids are beginning to rule the roost (British adults 'fear youngsters').
So the topic of course was:

Have you experienced any anti-social behaviour involving fireworks? Will you be letting off fireworks or attending an organised display? Should there be a ban on buying fireworks? Have you attended other firework festivals recently?

Source

Now as you can see by the question, it's thought provoking, Till you come across the comment done by a certain Nicky B, from Kingston, in the UK. To quote:

Added: Saturday, 4 November, 2006, 16:00 GMT 16:00 UK

Come on fireworks are great and we all watched Blue Peter enough to know that pets should be inside and fireworks should be kept in a tin.

I do realise though that some of the larger ones would probably take your arm off if they went off accidentally. So perhaps we should limit shop bought ones to the ones that just emit showers of sparks. After all I'm sure everyone likes a golden shower.

Nicky B, Kingston, United Kingdom

Hehhe, but then I decided... to have a look to see if there was a 'Golden Shower " Firework.
Sure enough there is, I don't know these things your see, my mind sometime drifts on other topics... what do you expect?! eh?

Anyway, I found what I was looking for, and can safely get out of the gutter! So for your enjoyment. here's what they look like and no doubt there will be golden showers all over the UK tomorrow night!