Caffeine

Here's a couple of time killer sites for you.

LEGO Celebrates 30 Years of the Miniman - Make a Mini You!
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the LEGO Miniman, the beloved company has made a video chroncling the history of the Miniman, from "Star Wars to disco to the fall of the Berlin wall."

They have also set up a fun, interactive site at GoMinimanGo where you can explore bits of LEGO on the web -- from facts, to Google themes, to vintage commercials.

BEST yet, you can insert yourself into the Miniman evolution video as a Mini You!


A short time ago I pointed out that terrible long winded commercial with Brooke Sheilds and the VW Routan. Guess what? Now you can make a baby with Brooke or anyone else!

The RoutanBabymaker 3000 is a plaything in which two clear photos of the respective "parents" results in a virtual baby.

Check it out for yourself and have a laugh or two.

Do you have what it takes to join the specialty coffee industry Yes? Then you are a Java Girl.

From the website "We offer fine gourmet coffee and espresso drinks with fun & sexy girls to serve you. Featuring Sexy Costume Themes with a different suprise every day. Let our Java Girls entertain you!"

Coffee will never be the same again.

Hello to all:

This is a bit of a depart from my normal postings in that - there is no real point to any of this. Not that there ever is much of a point to anything that I do post.

Christmas is rapidly approaching and to be honest with you all I haven't done much of anything for anyone – yet! Time is something that is in short supply for me and between working, the snow and a transit strike; getting out and around isn’t all that easy.

Eventually I’ll get Christmas wrapped up but for now it’s got to wait.

When I do find the time to unwind I've come across a couple of very interesting sites and things I'd like to share with you now.

I don't know what it is about this photograph, but I really like it.

You can find more of them at zemotion.net Zhang Jingna is the artist/photographer, well worth a look.

http://zemotion.blogspot.com/ is of course a blog but there are even more images available to view.

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Disclaimer: This isn't a real news article. So don't go hounding Opera for the alleged virgin sacrifice.



OSLO, Norway: The folks over at Opera Software made some massive changes to their MyOpera Community this week. Changes that many are excited about, myself included.

What the users of the community do not know is that many long hours of hard work went into this change. One employee who wished to remain anonymous told me

We kicked them (the servers), threatened to pull the power, and at one point wanted to scream. It was a tough job.

A couple of prayers, a few false starts, a whole lot of coffee and things were looking good.

Sadly though, the re-launch was not without it's problems. Tweaks would have to be made, the users would have to be appeased and the server gods required a sacrifice.

The bugs are being worked out, the server gods are happy and we should all give thanks to the folks at Opera and of course a big thanks to the (ahem) volunteer who sacrificed herself for the good of the community.

You can read more about the Startup on the Community Home page and if you are experiancing problems drop by the New My Opera Bugs Forum for help and updates.

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