Sylleptic » Fun http://blog.markhopwood.com Mark Hopwood's blog Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:44:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Beer, the enemy of a high IQ http://blog.markhopwood.com/2010/07/12/beer-the-enemy-of-a-high-iq/ http://blog.markhopwood.com/2010/07/12/beer-the-enemy-of-a-high-iq/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:44:06 +0000 mark http://blog.markhopwood.com/?p=479 Does anyone else think it’s odd that Pilsener Urquell (the makers of fine Czech lager) is partnering with Mensa, the High IQ society? Check out this website, and the cards being handed out in pubs.

Surely anyone participating in the Pilsner Urquell Challenge will surely experience a temporary but measurable drop in their IQ. Is that the idea?

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]]> http://blog.markhopwood.com/2009/10/23/brilliant/feed/ 0 Conspiracy theory http://blog.markhopwood.com/2009/05/03/conspiracy-theory/ http://blog.markhopwood.com/2009/05/03/conspiracy-theory/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 13:28:25 +0000 mark http://blog.markhopwood.com/?p=309 This is a link to Google’s Street View of the SIS HQ at Vauxhall.

Google Streetview of SIS HQ

How did they get the bus to follow Google’s car all the way alongside the building? Was it waiting all morning for the Google car to come past?

Cunning.

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It might get a bit tricky charging for ads that are being removed at the browser. Whether they’re counted as valid ad impressions before they’re removed isn’t made clear in the article.

]]> http://blog.markhopwood.com/2007/11/16/50-billion-dollars-shrinking-fast/feed/ 0 You know you’re a geek when… http://blog.markhopwood.com/2007/10/18/you-know-youre-a-geek-when/ http://blog.markhopwood.com/2007/10/18/you-know-youre-a-geek-when/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:55:10 +0000 mark http://blog.markhopwood.com/2007/10/18/you-know-youre-a-geek-when/ You understand why this car’s license plate is significant…

…or you get this cartoon…

cartoon about school database problems

Anything to add?

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What Kind of Blogger Are You?

In preparation for Blog Action Day on October 16th, there’s a quiz that tells you what kind of blogger you are. I’m a purist expert socialite, apparently. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not…

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