I have started a new blog for our class writing, a story of survival that intertwines with everyone in my class's.
It is for my Matainui story, and to visit it, click anywhere on this post!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Cool link
Click the link below before continuing please:
http://tinyurl.com/253ftf
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You just got "Rick Roll'd"
Click the following link to see what Rick Rolling is all about:
http://tinyurl.com/maotmf
Just kidding, here's the actual video of how to Rick Roll someone:
If you haven't been Rick Rolled yet, you probably will be. It's the biggest prank in the online world. Find out how to Rick Roll like a pro.
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Hilarious.
http://tinyurl.com/253ftf
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
You just got "Rick Roll'd"
Click the following link to see what Rick Rolling is all about:
http://tinyurl.com/maotmf
Just kidding, here's the actual video of how to Rick Roll someone:
If you haven't been Rick Rolled yet, you probably will be. It's the biggest prank in the online world. Find out how to Rick Roll like a pro.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Hilarious.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Swiss Army Knives
When it comes to swiss army knives, Victorinox are definitely the best.
If I was going to get one, I would be spoiled for choice. Below are the catergories and links to them:
Not only do they come in lots of shapes and sizes, but they are versatile, tough, and very enduring. There is one in particular, under the outdoors section, that caught my eye.
The ultimate survival tool.
The SwissChamp s.o.s. set
Not only does it feature all the below stuff (see below), but it also comes with a deluxe leather pouch and a life time warranty.
Sharpening stone
Pressure pencil
Writing paper
Three bandage strips
Sewing thread (black and white)
Two sewing needles
Five matches
Two safety pins
Nylon string
Signal mirror
Ruler (in)
Ruler (cm)
Compass
Spirit level
It's pretty snazzy (check out the below photo)
If I was going to get one, I would be spoiled for choice. Below are the catergories and links to them:
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The ultimate survival tool.
The SwissChamp s.o.s. set
Not only does it feature all the below stuff (see below), but it also comes with a deluxe leather pouch and a life time warranty.
Sharpening stone
Pressure pencil
Writing paper
Three bandage strips
Sewing thread (black and white)
Two sewing needles
Five matches
Two safety pins
Nylon string
Signal mirror
Ruler (in)
Ruler (cm)
Compass
Spirit level
It's pretty snazzy (check out the below photo)
Some Unsolvable Puzzles
The Mutilated chessboard
Question: Suppose a standard 8x8 chessboard has two diagonally opposite corners removed, leaving 62 squares. Is it possible to place 31 dominoes of size 2x1 so as to cover all of these squares?
Answer: The puzzle is impossible. Any way you would place a domino would cover one white square and one black square. A group of 31 dominoes would cover 31 white and 31 black squares of an unmutilated chessboard, leaving one white and one black square uncovered. The directions had you remove diagonally opposite corner squares, and such squares are always either both black or both white.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutilated_chessboard_problem
The three cottage problem
Question: Suppose there are three cottages on a plane (or sphere) and each needs to be connected to the gas, water, and electric companies. Using a third dimension or sending any of the connections through another company or cottage are disallowed. Is there a way to make all nine connections without any of the lines crossing each other?
Answer: There is no correct solution: it is impossible to connect the three cottages with the three different utilities without at least one of the connections crossing another.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water,_gas,_and_electricity
The three cup problem
Problem: Starting with three cups place one upside down and two right side up. The objective is to eventually turn all cups right side up in six moves. You must turn exactly two cups over each turn.
Answer: The puzzle is impossible. An even number of cups are facing up and you are allowed to turn two over at a time. Since an even plus an even is an even, not an odd, no number of even flips will ever get all the three cups face up. You need an odd number of cups facing up, so the problem is impossible. The possible version of this puzzle is to start with two cups facing down and one cup facing upward. This is possible. Turn up an even number (two) of cups, and all the cups are facing up; an odd plus an even is an odd (1+2 = 3).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_cups_problem
Question: Suppose a standard 8x8 chessboard has two diagonally opposite corners removed, leaving 62 squares. Is it possible to place 31 dominoes of size 2x1 so as to cover all of these squares?
Answer: The puzzle is impossible. Any way you would place a domino would cover one white square and one black square. A group of 31 dominoes would cover 31 white and 31 black squares of an unmutilated chessboard, leaving one white and one black square uncovered. The directions had you remove diagonally opposite corner squares, and such squares are always either both black or both white.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutilated_chessboard_problem
The three cottage problem
Question: Suppose there are three cottages on a plane (or sphere) and each needs to be connected to the gas, water, and electric companies. Using a third dimension or sending any of the connections through another company or cottage are disallowed. Is there a way to make all nine connections without any of the lines crossing each other?
Answer: There is no correct solution: it is impossible to connect the three cottages with the three different utilities without at least one of the connections crossing another.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water,_gas,_and_electricity
The three cup problem
Problem: Starting with three cups place one upside down and two right side up. The objective is to eventually turn all cups right side up in six moves. You must turn exactly two cups over each turn.
Answer: The puzzle is impossible. An even number of cups are facing up and you are allowed to turn two over at a time. Since an even plus an even is an even, not an odd, no number of even flips will ever get all the three cups face up. You need an odd number of cups facing up, so the problem is impossible. The possible version of this puzzle is to start with two cups facing down and one cup facing upward. This is possible. Turn up an even number (two) of cups, and all the cups are facing up; an odd plus an even is an odd (1+2 = 3).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_cups_problem
Friday, October 9, 2009
Funny news for today
A PAIR of rabid rabbits has been caught killing a series of snakes near Cairns.
For three weeks Armando Del Manso believed his dog was responsible for the dead snakes showing up with teeth marks all over them on his East Barron property’s lawn each morning.
But it turns out it was a pair of rampaging rabbits killing the snakes.
The 42-year-old boilermaker first made the discovery Tuesday night when he spotted the two wild rabbits attacking a king brown snake.
“The snake was raised up in the air in the striking position and the two rabbits worked their way around him and killed him in two minutes,” Mr Del Manso said.
“I’m gobsmacked, it’s absolutely incredible.
“We were watching from the veranda with a spotlight, and I thought, who is going to believe this, they’ll think I’m crazy.”
Wildlife expert Paul O’Callaghan of the Cairns Wildlife Safari said it was the first time he had heard of rabbits attacking snakes.
Funny news sourced from funnymos.com
VNZMA
Yes, that's right, the 44th annual Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards were last night, and with Ladyhawke taking out 6 of the six awards she was nominated for, the event was pretty exciting.The following information was sourced from tvnz.co.nz (click this link to find the original article):
Album of the Year:
Winner: Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
Finalists:
The Mint Chicks - Screens
Midnight Youth - The Brave Don't Run
Cut Off Your Hands - You And I
Fat Freddy's Drop - Dr Boondigga and the Big BW
Single of the Year:
Winner: Ladyhawke - My Delerium
Finalists:
Midnight Youth - All On Our Own
P-Money - Everything featuring Vince Harder
Smashproof - Brother
Kids of 88 - My House
Best Group:
Winner: Midnight Youth
Finalists:
Fat Freddy's Drop
The Mint Chicks
People's Choice Award:
Winner: Smashproof
Fat Freddy's Drop
Ladyhawke
Midnight Youth
The Black Seeds
Best Male Solo Artist:
Winner: Savage
Finalists:
Dave Dobbyn
Don McGlashan & The Seven Sisters
Best Female Solo Artist:
Winner: Ladyhawke
Finalists:
Boh Runga
Ladi 6
Breakthrough Artist of the Year:
Winner: Ladyhawke
Finalists:
Midnight Youth
Smashproof
Best Music Video:
Winner: Chris Graham - Brother (Smashproof)
Finalists:
Sam Peacocke - I Can't Stop Being Foolish (The Mint Chicks)
Tim Van Dammen - Turn Around featuring Iva Lamkum (Sola Rosa)
Best Rock Album:
Winner: Midnight Youth - The Brave Don't Run
Finalists:
The Mint Chicks - Screens
Cut Off Your Hands - You And I
Best Urban/Hip Hop Album:
Winner: Ladi 6 - Time Is Not Much
Finalists:
Smashproof - The Weekend
Savage - Savage Island
Best Aotearoa Roots Album:
Winner: Fat Freddy's Drop - Dr Boondigga and the Big BW"
Finalists:
The Black Seeds - Solid Ground
The Woolshed Sessions - The Woolshed Sessions
Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Winner: Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
Finalists:
Antiform - City In Exile
Sola Rosa - Get It Together
Best Gospel/Christian Album:
Winner: Mumsdollar - Ruins
Finalists:
Parachute Band - Technicolour
The Ember Days - EP
Primalband - Your Way
Best Classical Album:
Winner: David Bremner - Gung Ho
Finalists:
Gareth Farr - Gareth Farr: Tangaroa
Ogen Trio and NZ Chamber Soloists - Ahi
Highest Selling NZ Single:
Smashproof feat. Gin - Brother
Highest Selling NZ Album:
The feelers - The Best: 1998-2008
Radio Airplay Record of the Year:
Tiki Taane - Always On My Mind
International Achievement:
Ladyhawke
Brooke Fraser
Legacy Award:
Ray Columbus and the Invaders. They will also be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Word of the day - Pwned
"I am Dr. Hanatewakusoshiseotadashiteteriyakisuzukihondacivic. Here making the world a little less dumb with every video"
The iPod Human
Here is yet another one of Ryan Higa's hilarious ads:
Sorry again for any un-PC-ness (retarded red).
Sorry again for any un-PC-ness (retarded red).
The Fair Go Ad Award Results
FIVE FINALISTS FOR BEST AD:
TOYOTA - SNOWBOARDING
Snowboarding taps into Toyota’s marketing phrase that we believe anything is possible. This ad’s central point is that a young guy breaks into Snowplanet each night to practise his snowboarding to impress a girl who works there; he’s hopeless. But by ad’s end he makes it to the bottom and gets the girl.
MITRE 10 – LITTLE BOYS DIY
Kids in the playground, talking in adult-speak, about getting together at the weekend to help one of them with his DIY job. It sounds like a conversation had by many a DIY’er in pubs up and down the country and seeks to reinforce Mitre 10’s catchphrase that “DIY’s in our DNA.” It also has a poke at our Aussie neighbours.
INSTANT KIWI – MEXICAN DOUG
It seems many don’t know what product this ad promotes, but its line (in a Mexican accent)”get a perm” has entered the Kiwi vocabulary. It seems to be encouraging people to listen to the wild voice inside them, “live a little” and buy an Instant Kiwi.
2 DEGREES
This ad, and its variants, launched the new mobile phone network 2 Degrees. It stars comedian Rhys Darby from Flight of the Conchords and plays on the premise that everyone in NZ is linked, not by six degrees of separation, only by two.
CADBURY – MOVING EYEBROWS
The kids with contorting eyebrows certainly provoke reaction – it’s hilarious or intensely annoying. These ads are made in Britain and have global appeal but ultimately appear to say nothing about chocolate.
FIVE FINALISTS FOR WORST AD:
THIN LIZZY
An advertising jingle that sings as it sells make-up you brush on that covers all
TELECOM XT – RICHARD HAMMOND
The big campaign that kicked off Telecom’s new digital mobile network
CADBURY – MOVING EYEBROWS
See above
SENSODYNE – JELLY FISH
The swimmer struck down by tooth pain in the pool
TOWER INSURANCE – DISHWASHER DRAMA
The ad that shows men can load dishwashers and women can be grateful for that.
And now, the moment you've all been reading for; the winners:
Winner of the best ad:
MITRE 10 - LITTLE BOYS DIY
Winner of the worst ad:
TELECOM XT - RICHARD HAMMOND
TOYOTA - SNOWBOARDING
Snowboarding taps into Toyota’s marketing phrase that we believe anything is possible. This ad’s central point is that a young guy breaks into Snowplanet each night to practise his snowboarding to impress a girl who works there; he’s hopeless. But by ad’s end he makes it to the bottom and gets the girl.
MITRE 10 – LITTLE BOYS DIY
Kids in the playground, talking in adult-speak, about getting together at the weekend to help one of them with his DIY job. It sounds like a conversation had by many a DIY’er in pubs up and down the country and seeks to reinforce Mitre 10’s catchphrase that “DIY’s in our DNA.” It also has a poke at our Aussie neighbours.
INSTANT KIWI – MEXICAN DOUG
It seems many don’t know what product this ad promotes, but its line (in a Mexican accent)”get a perm” has entered the Kiwi vocabulary. It seems to be encouraging people to listen to the wild voice inside them, “live a little” and buy an Instant Kiwi.
2 DEGREES
This ad, and its variants, launched the new mobile phone network 2 Degrees. It stars comedian Rhys Darby from Flight of the Conchords and plays on the premise that everyone in NZ is linked, not by six degrees of separation, only by two.
CADBURY – MOVING EYEBROWS
The kids with contorting eyebrows certainly provoke reaction – it’s hilarious or intensely annoying. These ads are made in Britain and have global appeal but ultimately appear to say nothing about chocolate.
FIVE FINALISTS FOR WORST AD:
THIN LIZZY
An advertising jingle that sings as it sells make-up you brush on that covers all
TELECOM XT – RICHARD HAMMOND
The big campaign that kicked off Telecom’s new digital mobile network
CADBURY – MOVING EYEBROWS
See above
SENSODYNE – JELLY FISH
The swimmer struck down by tooth pain in the pool
TOWER INSURANCE – DISHWASHER DRAMA
The ad that shows men can load dishwashers and women can be grateful for that.
And now, the moment you've all been reading for; the winners:
Winner of the best ad:
MITRE 10 - LITTLE BOYS DIY
Winner of the worst ad:
TELECOM XT - RICHARD HAMMOND
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