Sunday, September 30, 2012

Longleat

This week, my brother and his wife accompanied Dr K and I to Longleat.  It was pretty awesome.

The thing that entertained me most about the trip, though, was this sign in the tiger enclosure:


In particular, it reminded me very much of the rubbish pictures that I produce for this blog.  And to prove that point, I made one just like it:


See?

Later in the day, we got lost in the maze.  I recorded a little video about that, but my computer is being an arse today, so I can't show it to you.  Watch this space though, cos it'll be up some time in the week!

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Phone Zombies






These fine gentlemen are the Phone-Zombies.

Phone Zombies genuinely believe the the 'mobile' part of the term 'mobile phone' means that they MUST be mobile whilst using their phone. So they get up from their desk and shamble around the office, utterly unaware of their surroundings.

Not content with taking up valuable corridor space, they create even more of a navigational challenge by stepping sideways or even backwards without any warning. They wander up and down, and into meeting rooms. They perform desk circuits, often stopping right behind hard working colleagues to make loud and important contributions to their teleconferences. They are also attracted to windows. In extreme cases, they even shamble into the toilets to take a dump whilst mindlessly chattering into their phone.

Scientists recently completed a scientific study, where they studied the shambling habits of Phone Zombies scientifically. They created an 'average' office floor plan and used science to project the probable movements of the Phone Zombies based on a given starting point. Here is that floor plan with a couple of those Phone Zombie Projections (PZPs):







As you can see, the shambling patterns are very complex and if there is more than one Phone Zombie on the prowl, there is nowhere you can hide.

There is no cure for phone zombification. All you can do is stay out of their way and hope they don't infect you!

Here is a helpful public information poster that you can put up in your office if you are experiencing a Phone Zombie Epidemic:




Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Monday Morning




Picture the scene: it's monday morning. I've just put my tea and coco-pops down on the window-sill for a moment while I settle my ample bottom down onto the sofa. Meanwhile, Higgins the kitten is eyeing up a spider on the other side of the window...