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A PC. Running Windows. Made of Sushi. :)

Introducing the new iPhone

Here's the Steve Jobs keynote on the Apple iPhone, courtesy of YouTube: part 1, part 2 and part 3.

VideoJug - Life Explained. On Film.

VideoJug is a video guide to life, from food to DIY, from health and beauty to pets and leisure.

Take relationships, for example. If you need help getting into a relationship, try How Can I Tell If She's Attracted To Me?, followed by How To Chat Someone Up On The Train, Bus Or Tube. Once you have learned How To Kiss Someone Passionately and are in the relationship, learn How To Be The Perfect Boyfriend or How To Be The Perfect Girlfriend. You are then ready to Meet The Parents and Win Over Your Girlfriend's Dad.

There are even practical tips for the girls such as How To Apply Mascara and How To Get Out Of A Car Without Showing Your Knickers!

And if you want to get in on the action, have a look at other user submissions then upload your own video!

What are you waiting for?! ;)

Close-up Demo of Apple's iPhone

Apple, Inc's Phil Schiller shows John Blackstone of CBS the many features of the iPhone.

I absolutely want one of these!


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PirateBay Plans to Buy Sealand and Become Own Country

Bittorrent tracker PirateBay.org, currently based in Sweden, plans to purchase the man-made island-country, Sealand, off the coast of the UK. Sealand is its own country, and the PirateBay would not be subject to the jurisdiction of any nations if it relocated to the island. TPB is seeking donations to help go through with this plan.
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Preparing for Conversations with Stan Garfield

Stan Garfield leads the worldwide knowledge management programme for HP Services Consulting & Integration.

This article on Knowledge Management at HPexplains the Engagement KM initiative and talks about the Solution Opportunity Approval & Reviews (SOAR) process used in bid engagement.

The most successful of the processes is the HP Customer Engagement Road Map which is not just a KM tool but the tool everyone must use during a client engagement from opportunity creation to delivery. It is the process, the way people work. It is the basis of the Engagement Knowledge Map found on the HP Knowledge Network homepage which is a kind of portal through which people work. The Knowledge Network is a collection of tools, processes and people based on knowledge HP and others have accumulated through experience and learning.

The Engagement Knowledge Map is a grid of steps and resources necessary to carry out a client engagement. Down the left side column are resources for documents, templates and source codes. It includes collaborative tacit and explicit resources-team spaces, HP market research, practice portals and communities, a project profile repository and knowledge briefs (white papers).

Across the top of the grid are five categories: opportunity creation, opportunity evaluation, development and bid, negotiate and close, and deliver.

"People do follow the roadmap because it is integrated into the process" Garfield says. It's up to someone during Solution Opportunity Approval & Reviews (SOAR) to ask, "What are you reusing in this bid?" If the answer is "none" then the question becomes "Why are you even bidding on this if you don't even know if we've ever done this before?"

6am

I am pleased to announce my latest project, 6am.

6am is a series of photos taken in the same place at the same time every day. Though it may be quite dark and boring now, my expectation is that over a period of time you will be able to see the changes in daylight hours, weather, traffic volume and so on. Though my original aim is to try to do this for one whole year, the project will likely end or be restarted when I move house (with luck, sometime this year).

Enjoy, and please leave your comments here.

Edit: I'm extending the project (because 6am seems to be too early for anything remotely exciting to ever happen), and have started 7am, 8am and 9am. Vote for your favourite in the comments.

Airline Cabin Announcements

Starting the year off with an oldie but a goodie...

Airline cabin announcements

All too rarely, airline attendants make an effort to make the in flight "safety lecture" and announcements a bit more entertaining. Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported:

1. On a Southwest flight (SW has no assigned seating, you just sit where you want) passengers were apparently having a hard time choosing, when a flight attendant announced, "People, people we're not picking out furniture here, find a seat and get in it!"

2. On a Continental Flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew, the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants."

3. On landing, the stewardess said, "Please be sure to take all of your belongings. If you're going to leave anything, please make sure it's something we'd like to have.

4. "There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane"

5. "Thank you for flying Delta Business Express. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride."

6. As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Ronald Reagan, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!"

7. After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in Memphis, a flight attendant on a Northwest flight announced, "Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, sure as hell everything has shifted."

8. From a Southwest Airlines employee: "Welcome aboard Southwest Flight 245 to Tampa. To operate your seat belt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seat belt; and, if you don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised."

9. "In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child traveling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with more than one small child, pick your favorite."

10. "Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but we'll try to have them fixed before we arrive. Thank you, and remember, nobody loves you, or your money, more than Southwest Airlines."

11. "Your seat cushions can be used for flotation; and, in the event of an emergency water landing, please paddle to shore and take them with our compliments."

12. "As you exit the plane, make sure to gather all of your belongings. Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the flight attendants. Please do not leave children or spouses."

13. And from the pilot during his welcome message: "Delta Airlines is pleased to have some of the best flight attendants in the industry. Unfortunately, none of them are on this flight!"

14. Heard on Southwest Airlines just after a very hard landing in Salt Lake City the flight attendant came on the intercom and said, "That was quite a bump, and I know what y'all are thinking. I'm here to tell you it wasn't the airline's fault, it wasn't the pilot's fault, it wasn't the flight attendant's fault, it was the asphalt."

15. Overheard on an American Airlines flight into Amarillo, Texas, on a particularly windy and bumpy day: During the final approach, the Captain was really having to fight it. After an extremely hard landing, the Flight Attendant said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Amarillo. Please remain in your seats with your seat belts fastened while the Captain taxis what's left of our airplane to the gate!"

16. Another flight attendant's comment on a less than perfect landing: "We ask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal."

17. An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, smile, and give them a "Thanks for flying our airline." He said that, in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment. Finally everyone had gotten off except for a little old lady walking with a cane. She said, "Sir, do you mind if I ask you a question?" "Why, no, Ma'am," said the pilot. "What is it?" The little old lady said, "Did we land, or were we shot down?"

18. After a real crusher of a landing in Phoenix, the attendant came on with, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain in your seats until Capt. Crash and the Crew have brought the aircraft to a screeching halt against the gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared and the warning bells are silenced, we'll open the door and you can pick your way through the wreckage to the terminal."

19. Part of a flight attendant's arrival announcement: "We'd like to thank you folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube, we hope you'll think of US Airways."

20. Heard on a Southwest Airline flight. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you wish to smoke, the smoking section on this airplane is on the wing and if you can light 'em, you can smoke 'em."

21. A plane was taking off from Kennedy Airport. After it reached a comfortable cruising altitude, the captain made an announcement over the intercom, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome to Flight Number 293, nonstop from New York to Los Angeles. The weather ahead is good and, therefore, we should have a smooth and uneventful flight. Now sit back and relax... OH, MY GOD!" Silence followed, and after a few minutes, the captain came back on the intercom and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so sorry if I scared! you ea rlier. While I was talking to you, the flight attendant accidentally spilled a cup of hot coffee in my lap. You should see the front of my pants!" A passenger in Coach yelled, "That' s nothing. You should see the back of mine."

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you, I hope you have a very pleasant and prosperous one!

This year I plan to:

• Get a (good) new job


• Get married


• Find a new house

I like to keep my goals simple. :)