I would urge everyone who can to sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register poste haste. I’m taking a bunch of forms to work tomorrow.
Just came back from watching United 93, the dramatised account of the only one of the four planes hijacked on September 11, 2001 that did not reach its target. It’s an incredibly powerful film playing out in near real time, with a documentary you-are-really-there style. Everything is understated and incredibly real, eschewing the usual Hollywood [...]
Experimenting with Last.fm, a “Found Music” site that lets you put in an artist and then plays you tracks by similar artists. I’ve already tried Pandora and liked it, but I thought it’d be an idea to check out the competition. Pandora works (as far as I can tell) entirely as a Flash web page, [...]
We’ll see if I can get this to work… I think this will go down well with juggling fans and maths geeks… He also does more of these
Your results:You are Spider-Man Spider-Man 90% Superman 70% Robin 60% Supergirl 55% Hulk 55% Green Lantern 50% Batman 45% Catwoman 40% Wonder Woman 35% The Flash 35% Iron Man 20% You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility. Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz
I found this online dating/matching site, basically due to a discussion of the underlying technology used (no, really!). Anyway, they have a plethora of personality tsts, such as this one: You are a Social Liberal (71% permissive) and an… Economic Liberal (25% permissive) You are best described as a: Democrat Link: The Politics Test on [...]
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From Mind Media, via The Art of Monkey Loving, which I in turn found from a link from Dr. Sordid. Your Brain Usage Profile: Auditory : 38%Visual : 61%Left : 55%Right : 45% Mike, you are somewhat left-hemisphere dominant and show a preference for visual learning, although not extreme in either characteristic. You probably tend [...]
‘Tis from Dr. Sordid as usual… but I don’t particularly agree with the results… You scored as Tactician. You’re probably a military buff who wants to have the chance to think through complex problems. You want the rules, and your GM’s interpretation of them, to match up what happens in the real world or at [...]
From Slashdot, I found a page where you can test your brain speed (may only work on Windows). According to the test, I’ve got a brain speed of 43ms – and for my age bracket the fastest speed is 35ms and the average is 70ms. So I’ve a fairly fast brain!