Anthony McG

Via Alice, Grannymar and Darren (who tagged me) is the six word memoir. The task: write your memoir in just six words. Google defines memoir as “an account of the author’s personal experiences”. Now I haven’t done a tremendous amount in life but this is mine:

“Technology, sport and funniness: my fundamentals”

Googling funniness gave me this.

I won’t tag five blogs as I know some people don’t like being tagged but I’ll do two: Alexia and Kev.

Damien asked us what we were ambassadors for. I’ve done some thinking and have come up with the following:

• Blacknight Solutions: My site used to be hosted in the US with Lunarpages cos it was cheaper. Unfortunately they messed me about and the server wasn’t reliable so I decided to move back. Blacknight were very affordable, reliable and I haven’t had one problem with their service. In fact, they go out of their way to help you if they can. I recommend them to anyone for hosting.
• Camera phones: This may seem ridiculous but I’ve honestly taken some cherished photos on my camera phone. It’s the nights you don’t plan that are often the best so having a way to capture it is great. This was one of the things that put me off the iPhone.
• Non-geeky terms: So much of technology is hidden behind acronyms and overly complicated language. It’s like a walled garden and, in most cases, it’s unnecessary. A point made by Sabrina Dent at CreativeCamp highlighted the barrier that a signup Wiki created at previous bar camps.
• WordPress: I’ve been a user since it forked off from b2 and, even though it has its faults, WordPress is still the best blogging platform in my opinion. Now, I’m not blind to the failings or ignorning the fact that some people have had problems getting listened to by the core developers. The fact remains that WordPress is easy for blogging newbies to pick up. I’ve seen it with some of my own mates.
• The movie Swingers: It’s funny, well written, has great performances and is the film which really introduced Vince Vaughan.

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John Braine already posted this but it bears repeating. Boston Dynamics have come up with BigDog. It’s a robot with an amazing sense of balance. In fact it’s quite freaky. See for yourself:

I think you’ll agree that it’s even more menancing for the sound of the motor. That video was added to YouTube on the 17th and now we have the genius parody over on Gizmodo. I urge you to watch both videos.

Making a return for this week. This was shot just outside my workplace on Wood Quay one morning last September.

This is great, popped into my inbox just now. Following on from Rick Astley we have Meatloaf:

It turns out there’s a complete set of them over on Flickr.