March 2006

Reasons why lloydyweb.org may not make the flight back home.

Continue reading “Paul's blog still 1.0”

So there I was passively watching a special edition of the Conan O’Brian show in which he visits Finland. During his visit he was a guest on some television shows, and one immediately caught my eye - Lauantai-illan HUUMAA!! (Saturday Night FEVER!).

Continue reading “Attack of the Clones”

So here I am, sitting at home in California, typing away a quick blog post on my new 2.16GHz MacBook Pro.

Can life get any better than this - really? :-)

At an anti (Iraq) war demo in Palo Alto:

Demonstrator

Thanks for your support sir! All the best to you and your children!

Bystander

I don’t have any children…

Demonstrator (walking away)

Son of a bitch!

Second Bystander

Hey, watch your language!

Demonstrator (aggressive)

What did you say?

Second Bystander

There was no call for that…

…and before the fight begins the police step in!

And you wonder why the US has trouble ‘liberating’ Iraq.

I can’t help but feel that this blog is getting a little self-involved. So instead I want to talk not about me, but a pair of old trainers, that after 3 years of loyal service are going into retirement.

Continue reading “These Old Shoes”

My intention for this post was to write about an irritating advert that is currently running on US TV right now.

Beforehand, I did a quick Google search so that I could link to the product in question. In doing so I found a number of blogs and discussion forums already talking about it and quickly realised that by adding myself to that number, I would be walking into an age old marketing trap.

Continue reading “Unbelievable”