99th Floor - random stuff from Paul

The dangers of kite flying (in Pakistan anyway)

99thfloor — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:16:28 +0000

I love flying kites… always have, always will (yeah, I’m just a big kid) but here is a story that shows some of the dangers of kite flying in Pakistan where they take fun a little too seriously.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2007/02/26/3669652-ap.html

The Glamour of Flight

99thfloor — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:28:24 +0000

Check out this link. It features airline photographs of hostesses from the golden age of flying. I absolutely love these fashions.

http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2007/02/glamour-of-flight.html

A good reason why you shouldn’t be a Playboy playmate

99thfloor — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:43:51 +0000

Some interesting statistics here… see how many Playboy playmates died young. It’s all pretty scary if you ask me.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_playmates_9

Year of the Pig – bad news for some

99thfloor — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:17:58 +0000

Seems like some of us are in for a rough ride in the “Year of the Pig” according to fortune tellers. I don’t believe in this stuff so it won’t happen to me….right? Here’s the link:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070217/pig_year_070217/20070217?hub=TopStories&s_name=

Puppy Linux 2.14 released… yeay!

99thfloor — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:02:59 +0000

Puppy Linux (my favourite live linux distro) has been updated to version 2.14 This is the easiest distro to get up and running on a USB thumbdrive which makes it great for data recovery on an unbootable Windows box.

Ignore the crappy website and check it out here… http://www.puppyos.com/

Women, take note

99thfloor — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:21:23 +0000

Hmmm, I guess I’ll be eating my lunch off the toilet seat in future…

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21240725-2,00.html

New version of ImgBurn released

99thfloor — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:04:07 +0000

One of my favourite Windows utilities has just been updated. ImgBurn 2.2.0.0 allows you to burn ISO images to CD with just a right-click. Not only is it awesome but it’s free (you can donate if you want to). You can’t beat that with a stick!

Check it out here… http://www.imgburn.com/

First post… and it has to be something cute.

99thfloor — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:06:03 +0000

Hey, my first entry… I figured it should be something cute so I’ve posted a photo that someone sent me. Not too sure of the origin but from the laptop screen it appears to be somewhere in Asia. Enjoy!