I have just reacently updated my version of WordPress to 1.5. The way that this version displays it’s content is slightly different than the earlier version I was using.

The style of the blog will remain as it is for at least a while until I recreate the original style in the correct format. After I’ve done that I’ll give a full review of version 1.5 as opposed to the earlier version.

Reborn and reloaded,
- Chris

Wellies all round,
- Chris

BTW this is probably not work safe!

The site details some of the best sex tips you will ever receive. Among my favorites are:

The Angry Dragon
Immediately after you blow your load in a girl’s mouth, smack the back of her head and make it come out of her nose. When she gets up she’ll look like an angry dragon.

The Houdini
Going at it doggy-style until you are just about to come, then pull out and spit on her back so she thinks that you have. When she turns around a blast is unleashed into her face and she is left shocked and amazed, wondering how you managed it.

and

The Rodeo
While doing a girl doggy style have your friends wait outside the room, then when you yell GO they all run in, turn on the lights and start cheering. Now this will cause the girl to get mighty uncomfortable and she will start trying to get away from you QUICK. This is where the fun comes in hang on as long as you can and try to ride it out yelling yeehaaawww.

It’s just a shame I couldn’t have found this before valentines day!
- Chris

The show itself isn’t too bad, and after vowing to myself that I’d never watch it I may find myself going back on that. Worth a watch – not as good as Friends but still a good way to waste half an hour.
- Chris

I have finally pulled my finger out and recreated the dream section. It contains all the original content from the first dream log and will hopefully have some new content soon.

Cheese for supper then,
- Chris

I expect that dream posts will be scarce compared to blog posts but an RSS feed is available if you wish to keep up to date with any new dreams. For now you will have to make do with the original dreams – there’s some strange stuff in there to keep you busy.

Happy reading,
- Chris

Some of the concepts described here were taken from a comment I made in response to what Iain had to say about my idea.

Function Fingers

This basically extends on from the use of RFID tags with touch screen monitor which has the capability of wirelessly uploading data to a memory module (via bluetooth, FM radio, other wireless transfer).

As before there would be an RFID tag installed in your finger. However this time instead of just in one finger, an RFID tag would be installed in all the fingers of one hand (left/right dependant upon your preference). These tags, instead of holding transferable data, would be programmed to execute certain commands on the computer.

Also as before we could transfer data and carry files, however the storage of the files would now have to be done via another means – i.e. a chip implanted into the hand, an attached device (such as a watch) or perhaps through the use of a glove (also removing the need for the RFID tags being inserted into the fingers).

The diagram below shows how this could be done with RFID tags inserted into each finger and a main memory repository into the hand (which would require more surgery than a simple RFID tag insertion).

As you can see each finger is assigned a function, when the screen is touched with that particular function finger (FF), that function is carried out on the selected application.

A user could for instance:

1. Use FF_CLICK to click on a specific application
2. Hold FF_CLICK on the application, invoking the drag functionallity
3. Drag the finger across a piece of text to highlight it
4. Hit the highlighted text with FF_CUT to cut the text from that application
5. The cut text would then be transferred to the paste buffer as well as the memory contained in the hand
6. From here the user could use FF_PASTE to paste the data back onto the same computer or could move to another machine and paste in the same way

Roaming Data

Having a data repository held in your hand (assuming that the data held is non-degrading) allows the use of cross computer profiling. Instead of having to set up a home computer, work computer and laptop all to work and look the same way; you could carry this data around with you in your hand!

A globally roaming profile could be established which would allow you to instantly gain access to the same desktop as you have available on your other machines (dependant upon availability of applications and media of course).

Logging into a computer could be made a lot simpler:

A touch of the screen within the box on the dialog will allow you to log into the system. There is no need for passwords as they are stored within your hand, no need to remember usernames or login IDs.

This can also be used for a range of data, i.e. your e-mail details, site logins, credit card information, pretty much anything, could be held within the memory in your hand. This eradicates the need for keychains or passwords to be stored on your computer – only you need the passwords so only you have access to them! There is an obvious need for backups and such but essentially the copy in your hand is the only available copy of the information.

You take your data with you, there is no unnecessary storage of your volatile information and only you (unless via a severed hand), have access to it. Take your bank details, profile, usernames, passwords, phone numbers, addresses, anything; with you wherever you go.

Forget remembering phone numbers because landline phones will be able to read them off your hand and will allow you to select who you want to call. E-mail addresses, no problem just check your roaming address book and find the person you want to e-mail.

Ok, so maybe I’m getting a bit carried away, but you get the idea.

The most handy accessory of all, your hand,
- Chris

I have had an idea which may revolutionise computing.

The main idea is the use of an RFID tag much like was proposed for clubs and bars in order to pay for drinks and build up a profile of drinking habits, allowing people to scan their arms or hands in order to pay for/order drinks.

The idea which I have uses this technology to provide a means of cross computer interaction with no physical connection between them (i.e. network). The idea is spawned from days in the lab, sitting with my PowerBook and desktop machine both running at the same time. My desktop has an Internet connection whereas my PowerBook however does not have a connection at university, this poses a problem whilst trying to exchange data (text snipits, files, URLs, etc) between the two computers.

The RFID tag is implanted into the forefinger of the user’s left hand, then when using a special keyboard with an RFID sensor underneath the user can copy data between the computer and his hand. From here the user will be able to use the data stored in his hand with other devices.

This would allow the user to say:

1. highlight a region of text
2. hit Ctrl + Shift + C (or some other shortcut) to copy the text
3. this would transfer the data to the RFID tag
4. then using a second keyboard they would hit Ctrl + Shift + V
5. this would paste the text into the foreground process on the second computer

This would solve all those niggling problems with transferring and copying data between two physically near computers without the need for e-mail, file transfers or other means of doing so. Obviously this is constrained by file sizes and the data held in the RFID tag would degrade over time, however as this is a local, quick exchange of data, that shouldn’t matter.

Essentially you would be transferring data in a Minority Report style of interaction (without all the cool hand gestures). You would carry the data from one terminal to another.

Stick a finger up at USB sticks,
- Chris

Cue the Take Heart gallery tune (you know, the one with Tony Heart).

After making a parachute and Craig making a bandana, I decided it was time to make a super hero mask. And one hell of a super hero mask it is!

/brb Off to save the world,
- Chris

Today was the hand-in for the second set of RTES problem sets. Thinking that I’d have enough time to complete these in an afternoon, I left if off until around 1pm today.

This would give me until 5pm to complete them, 4 hours – no problem! Baws to that – only 3 hours down and I was just getting fully into it, with 2 of the three questions finished (albeit probably not correct). That left just shy of an hour for the third question, that should just about be enough.

Our survey says: Did it fuck!

Actually figuring out what I had to do for the third question took me around half an hour so any chances of actually completing it were all out of the window. Moral of the story, don’t take RTES; but if you do, don’t leave the problem sets to the last minute as I have done.

Nobody else knew what to do either,
- Chris

Meet the parents was an excellent movie, Meet the Fockers I was hoping would be equally good, and I was not disappointed. The movie followed on nicley from the first, evolving the struggling relationship between Greg (or Gaylord) Focker and his soon-to-be father in law Jack Byrnes.

The plot sees the Byrnes family finally meeting the Focker family in order to arrange the wedding of their son and daughter. There are many laughable name references (X Focker where X is any name you wish) and moments in the film which enduce a chuckle as well as some which had me laughing hard – not to mention Stevie nearly dying of laughter at one point.

A fairly good movie, not a great movie but certainly worth a watch if you enjoyed the first.

You’ve been Fockerised,
- Chris

Around a month ago my parents got a new puppy which was only 6 weeks old. Whilst at home during the weekend I managed to snap a few pics of him on my phone.

The pictures aren’t that good because he wouldn’t sit still for long enough for me to take them.

Hopefully more soon,
- Chris

If you like South Park at all then you’ll love this film also made by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, it pokes fun at America and it’s gun-ho tactics for trying to police the world – especially where they aren’t wanted. I started to watch this film, started laughing, 98 minutes went by, I was still laughing and then the film finished.

A totally awesome film which gives us lines such as:

If you betray us, I’ll rip your fuckin’ balls off and stuff them up your ass. So the next time you shit, you’ll shit all over your balls.

Gary is the kind of man that understands, when you put another man’s cock in your mouth, you make a pact.

I’ll drill two holes in your dick so that when you take a piss, it goes in all different directions!

And of course,

America, fuck yeah!

As I have said: go and see Team America, if you don’t you’re a communist!

9/11 times 2,356 is 2,146,316,
- Chris