Posts from 2009

I’m a PC and I’m 4 Years Old

I keep seeing this video popping up on various different sites and think it’s cute so wanted to blog it for anyone I know to see. I really need to get Maddy to record a video saying “I’m a PC and I’m 2 Years Oldâ€? 🙂

<br /><a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=533e05d2-9f12-4a86-bdda-efd0455fcd36" target="_new" title="Kylie uses Windows Live Photo Gallery">Video: Kylie uses Windows Live Photo Gallery</a>

Me Thinks the EU Aren’t Too Bright

http://uk.gizmodo.com/2009/01/07/nonetoobright_consumers_snap_u.html

So I just read the article at the link above, and according to it, a newly passed EU Directive now bans the sale of 100W lightbulbs and you will only be able to get energy-saving style 100W bulbs in their place.

Hang on? So your telling me that instead of using a bulb which comes on straight away when I press the light switch and will actually light a room as opposed to a glow warm in a jam jar that takes half a light year to warm up to the point where it begins to emit light, not to mention the toxic gas emitted from energy saving bulbs when they smash which means I need to evacuate the room for 5-10mins to let it clear?

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