Bruno, 118800, keyboard vulnerability, swine flu, Gavin Henson retiring?

I went to see Bruno last night. I have to say it was disgusting and extremely tasteless but at the same time absolutely genius and hilarious. In a similar style to Borat, Bruno goes to America to try and become famous in various different ways from creating a TV show to going on a talk show. Of course a few celebrities bear Bruno’s brunt including Paula Abdul and Harrison Ford! As well as celebrities, other victims include politicians, terrorists, religious leaders etc.

Sacha Baron Cohen carries out the role just as well as his other alter egos and makes the character so believable even though he is absolutely unbelievable. There are some dodgy moments where Cohen is seriously threatened but he doesn’t batter an eyelid and carries on playing Bruno flawlessly.

With its jaw dropping, crude and morally wrong content I do not suggest you watch this if you are easily offended or even you very difficult to offend. Basically if nothing fazes you and you have absolutely no morals then this is the film for you and you will love it.

Good news if your 15-17 and want to see Bruno. The studio is re-releasing a slightly cut version and it is being given a 15 certificate. It is only 110 seconds shorter so I’m assuming only the extremely questionable moments have been removed but I’m sure it will be just as good.

Mobile number thief’s 118800’s website is currently down. This is due to the massive amounts of requests they have received from people asking for their number to be removed. They have shut the website down while they do this. The phone number still works but mobile numbers cannot be requested from it, only landlines. Personally I hope it stays down and find it annoying that our mobile phone companies found it appropriate to sell on our phone numbers for financial gain, like they don’t rip us off enough already with their expensive and extremely long term contracts and high price phones. I mean I’m currently locked into a 24 month contract with o2 and still had to pay close to £100.00 for the phone. OK it was worth as it’s the best phone I’ve ever seen or owned but still.

Apparently it is possible to record keystrokes on a computer keyboard through the power socket the computer is connected. It is only possibly when using a keyboard with a PS/2 connection. When keys are pressed data in the form of voltage fluctuations travels down the keyboard cable into the computer and down the earth wire into the plug socket. It is possible to attach special equipment to the earth cable up to 15 metres away from the source making it a security threat in offices and hotels. I don’t think it’s that much of a problem considering the effort involved and the skill required to decipher any data recorded but if you are worried then use a USB or wireless keyboard and problem solved!

The first swine flu death in a perfectly healthy person in the UK has been confirmed. Aaaah we’re all gonna die! Also the government has announced that every single person in the UK is to be inoculated against the virus. I guess that means the GP’s office will be clogged up for the next year and by then it will have all blown over anyway. The government has ordered 132 million vaccines but only 60 million live in the UK. This seems a bit wasteful, fair enough order a few extra but over twice as many as is required seems a bit excessive.

There have been rumours (mainly in The Sun) that Gavin Henson is retiring from Rugby. The rumours are false as confirmed by Gavin himself and his team, The Ospreys.

Lily Allen Topless

Lily Allen has posed topless in one of a series of photos for i-D magazine.  I think Lily is a very attractive girl where as other people I know don't see it. I guess it's because I find her quirkiness attractive.

Anyway the pics from the shoot are below, apparently she was styled by Kate Moss. But seeming as she's practially naked in the shoots. styling couldn't have been that difficult.

10/07/2009 - Queen on twitter, Miley Cyrus, F1........

The queen is now on twitter, well not her personally but there is now an official Royal Family twitter account, @BritishMonarchy. It will be maintained by staff at Buckingham Palace and Clarence House.

If you ask me this is just annoying, the Royal Family trying to ‘get down’ with the kids just the Prime Minister’s twitter account @10DowningStreet. You can’t even use it as a reliable news source given the fact that it will be completely biased without a bad thing being said about the respective account holders. What do think, will you follow the Royal Family or Gordon Brown, leave a comment!

If you have swine flu you can now stay off work for 14 days before getting a sick note from your GP instead of the usual 7. It is to try and reduce the burden on GPs and to keep people at home to reduce spread. How many people are going to use this to stay off work longer, I could do with two weeks off myself. *Cough*, *Sneeze*, *Sniffle*.

Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time today in both practices of the German GP at Nurburgring. This actually quite surprising considering his record this season, is this turnaround for him? I highly doubt it; think it’s just a bit of luck. Well I suppose we’ll find out tomorrow during qualifying.

Miley Cyrus has done it again. The 16 year old has had new pictures taken for Elle magazine that have been considered controversial and racy. So we are going to get a bunch of nutcase ‘stay at home’ mums and other people that have nothing better to do complaining about them and forcing the poor girl to apologise again. I mean she is 16 and it’s not like to pictures are full frontal nudity. Check the pic out yourself below, what do you think, leave a comment!

A new craze has hit the internet and FaceBook. People are posing for pictures lying face down on strange places and then posting said pictures on social networking sites such as FaceBook. This is pretty funny, check out the pics below. Any of you taken part in this craze let me know in the comments and email your pics to ianmackay88@gmail.com

The queen is now on twitter, well not her personally but there is now an official Royal Family twitter account, @BritishMonarchy. It will be maintained by staff at Buckingham Palace and Clarence House. If you ask me this is just annoying, the Royal Family trying to ‘get down’ with the kids just the Prime Minister’s twitter account @10DowningStreet. You can’t even use it as a reliable news source given the fact that it will be completely biased without a bad thing being said about the respective account holders. What do think, will you follow the Royal Family or Gordon Brown, leave a comment!

If you have swine flu you can now stay off work for 14 days before getting a sick note from your GP instead of the usual 7. It is to try and reduce the burden on GPs and to keep people at home to reduce spread. How many people are going to use this to stay off work longer, I could do with two weeks off myself. *Cough*, *Sneeze*, *Sniffle*.

Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time today in both practices of the German GP at Nurburgring. This actually quite surprising considering his record this season, is this turnaround for him? I highly doubt it, think it’s just a bit of luck. Well I suppose we’ll find out tomorrow during qualifying.

Miley Cyrus has done it again. The 16 year old has had new pictures taken for Elle magazine that have been considered controversial and racy. So we are going to get a bunch of nutcase ‘stay at home’ mums and other people that have nothing better to do complaining about them and forcing the poor girl to apologise again. I mean she is 16 and it’s not like to pictures are full frontal nudity or even partial. Check the pic out yourself below, what do you think, leave a comment!

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A new craze has hit the internet and FaceBook. People are posing for pictures lying face down on strange places and then posting said pictures on social networking sites such as FaceBook. This is pretty funny, any of you taken part in this craze let me know in the comments and email your pics to ianmackay88@gmail.com

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Alternatives to Swearing at work

I got this email in work today and thought it was so funny. I have to share it with everyone!



Dear Employees and related workforce:

It has been brought to management's attention that some individuals throughout the company have been using foul language during the course of normal conversation with their colleagues.

Due to complaints received from some employees who may be easily offended, this type of language will no longer be tolerated.

We do, however, realise the critical importance of being able to accurately express your feelings when communicating with colleagues.

Therefore, a list of 13 New and Innovative "TRY SAYING" phrases have been provided so that proper exchange of ideas and information can continue in an effective manner.

1.

Try Saying:

I think you could do with more training

Instead Of:

You don't have a f***ing clue, do you?

2.

Try Saying:

She's an aggressive go-getter.

Instead Of:

She's a f***ing power-crazy b*tch

3.

Try Saying:

Perhaps I can work late

Instead Of:

And when the f*** do you expect me to do this?

4.

Try Saying:

I'm certain that isn't feasible

Instead Of:

F*** off a*se-wipe

5.

Try Saying:

Really?

Instead Of:

Well f*** me backwards with a telegraph pole

6.

Try Saying:

Perhaps you should check with...

Instead Of:

Tell someone who gives a f***.

7.

Try Saying:

I wasn't involved in the project.

Instead Of:

Not my f***ing problem, mate.

8.

Try Saying:

That's interesting.

Instead Of:

What the f***?

9.

Try Saying:

I'm not sure this can be implemented within the given timescale.

Instead Of:

No f***ing chance mate.

10.

Try Saying:

It will be tight, but I'll try to schedule it in

Instead Of:

Why the f*** didn't you tell me that yesterday?

11.

Try Saying:

He's not familiar with the issues

Instead Of:

He's got his head up his f***ing a*se.

12.

Try Saying:

Excuse me, sir?

Instead Of:

Oi, f*** face.

13.

Try Saying:

Of course, I was only going to be at home anyway

Instead Of:

Yeah, who needs f***ing holidays anyway.

Thank You.

THE MANAGEMENT

Thursday 9th July (Swine Flu, Greedy bank, Doctor who ......)

The number of deaths from Swine Flu in the UK has now reached 14. But with all the cases the patients had an underlying health problem, which means that swine flu still isn’t that lethal and these people probably would have died from seasonal flu also.

The UK now has the third highest amount of cases behind the US and Mexico but most cases require little or no medical treatment and can be treated at home. Basically it’s just the media scaremongering people as usual just like avian flu a couple of years ago and nothing really came of that. It really gets on my nerves when they do because at least half of people actually believe and start acting like idiots, doing things like not buying pork products even though there is still no conclusive evidence that the flu came from pigs.

Interestingly Wales has a very low amount of cases compared to other UK regions. Not sure on the exact figures but Wales has about 10 cases compared to the adjacent West Midlands regions with well over 1000 cases. Strange hey, God must love the welsh!

Nationwide are now offering 125% mortgages. This is what got us into this mess in the first place. They say they will only be offered to existing customers who are in negative equity and want to move home but how long before this is extended to other customers. If people are in negative equity they can’t move home, simple as that. Anyway isn’t that what home is for, living in, not selling.

Once again the banks are being greedy and clearly haven’t learnt anything from their mistakes over the past couple of years.  The government needs to step and regulate banks much more heavily and ban this kind of thing. I know people will disagree because at the end of the day a bank is a private business and shouldn’t be interfered with by an already interfering government, but when such a business is literal control over the economy then it needs to be watched over. Some reports have even said the banks purposely caused the recession in order to maximise future profits. Personally I don’t believe this but to be honest it wouldn’t surprise me if it were true

Has anyone seen Lady GaGa’s newest outfit. Now I love this girl’s music but she is bloody weird. Some of her outfits are so strange and this one breaks a new record I think. Look at the picture below. Click on it to read story at digitalspy.co.uk







And click the link below to watch a clip from the upcoming Doctor Who episode ‘The Waters of Mars’. It looks pretty bloody freaky, really looking forward to that, what about you? Please comment below.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid20170988001?bctid=28952681001

Who watched torchwood tonight, best episode yet I would say. Torchwood finally getting the upper hand over the government only to lose it and one of their members to the 456. I don’t know if Ianto is really dead though, knowing torchwood I think he’ll be back tomorrow. We’ll have to wait until then to find out I suppose.

Free Eric

Eric is a promising young US soccer star who has been convicted of rape of a girl even though there was barely any evidence to suggest it was him. In fact there was much more leaning torwards a white kid. I am joining the campaign currently happening on the internet to get this man free. Watch video below from SXEPhil who explains it in more detail plus the digg story, be sure to digg it to get it maximum publicity!!



And the digg link

http://tinyurl.com/nfdekc

Wednesday 8th July (MJ still alive rumours, fake sperm, Google OS)

There have been a lot of rumours and news flying about on the internet that Michael Jackson is in fact alive. This blog seems to have the full story http://derekclontz.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/michael-jackson-faked-his-death-say-sources-with-comeback-tour-to-be-biggest-ever/.

This author does seem to like his conspiracy theories with several other posts about this topic and a few about Elvis Presley.

Personally I think it is a load of rubbish, Michael Jackson is dead just like Elvis Presley. The idea that he managed to get to Hungary keeping everyone who he came into contact with quiet including airport staff, pilots, customs, immigration in absurd. The poor man tragically died, people need to accept this and let him family grieve. Stories like this will not be helping his family and it is extremely disrespectful to them and to MJ himself.

The fact that there are people out there who spend their lives searching for dead people and manufacturing evidence to prove their elaborate theories is just sad and weird. Have you noticed the type of people I mean if you ever watch those conspiracy documentaries on TV, they just look weird, the type that still live with their mother’s at 40. (I know that’s stereotyping but hey, whatever!) These people need to get out more and make some real friends and get a bloody job maybe.

For people who actually respect the dead, yesterday was Michael Jackson’s funeral and memorial service. It was a very moving service for the fans and the stars who performed including our very own Shaheen Jafargholi, who was amazing I thought.  MJ’s daughter’s speech was very moving but I don’t think it was a good idea to let her speak to the entire world in such a time of grief.

The service received just 6.3milion viewers over 7 channels which if you put into comparison to another show on later that night, Torchwood which received 5.9 million viewers on one channel or the tennis on the weekend which received over 11 million viewers, then it is quite disappointing.

The producers of awesome show, Lost have asked fans to write a ‘theme song’ for it. It’s called the ‘Rock with your Lost on’ contest and is being held in conjunction with Comic-Con in San Diego later this month. The song should reflect what the show means to the viewers and the winner will have their song played at the convention. It would be highly unlikely that the song will actually be used as the theme song but it’ll be good to see what fans come up with. Any of you going to submit a song? Let me know in the comments section or email to me and I’ll post to be played here.

Both the USA and South Korea have had some of their government agency computer networks attacked.  I think based on the targets, it is pretty obvious who the attacker is, North Korea. North Korea has regular run ins with both countries with both of them regularly condemning N. Korea’s actions. Hopefully this won’t turn into a massive conflict and can be resolved quickly by the countries. At most the US should respond with a similar attack and not with any physical wars or invasions.

Google are currently manufacturing a new Operating System to rival Microsoft. Personally I don’t think they have a chance at the monopoly that is Microsoft. They’ve already failed in the browser market; the best they can hope for is to become a rival of Linux which has a similar type of OS. It’s a shame really because Microsoft really does have a rubbish OS and I’m pretty sure Google can create a better one but breaking that monopoly just seems impossible for any company. The closest anyone has got it Mozilla in the ‘Browser wars’ but Microsoft still has by far the largest market share.

It seems men are no longer needed in the world. Sperm cells have been created by a scientist in Newcastle, UK using stem cells. The cells could be used to help infertile people have babies. As we all know this kind of research (using stem cells) is very controversial, especially among the religious community. This is because human embryos are used in the process and later discarded where as these could have potentially been a human life. Personally I have no problem as it is this kind of research that could save lives from so many diseases and medical problems.  What is your opinion, let me know in the comments below.

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