Archive for the ‘The Never Ending Story/Other FLB Events’ Category

Happy New Years

Posted on December 31st, 2007 in The Never Ending Story/Other FLB Events, Time Wasters | No Comments »

^ at the title. :)
Hopes to become more active on this blog, as indicated before, and also because…my firefox window has faaaar too many tabs waiting to be blogged.
Cya next year ;)

New Layout and Fur Elise

Posted on November 27th, 2007 in Dumb Things That Happen, The Never Ending Story/Other FLB Events, Time Wasters, Computer software/hardware, Tech News, Site of the Day | No Comments »

As we have returned from our hiatus, our layout shall be changed. This current one may be the one we choose, but whichever one we decide on will still need much revisions. Some of our pages may not work, our RSS icons have disappeared. Please excuse us as we prepare for our final exams :P. Afterwards, you can expect a lot more activity on the site.

On a slightly random note…
Ad from Microsoft:
Does your computer randomly play Fur Elise or It’s a Small, Small World? Don’t worry! It’s not a bug. This is a design feature! If this occurs, please place your computer in the fridge as it is overheating, fan is not working, or your power supply is on the fritz. While it is cooling, check out the help pages!
Your Computer is Playing Classical Music Randomly

Posted on September 12th, 2007 in The Never Ending Story/Other FLB Events, Dumb Things That Happen | No Comments »

Flashladybug has now officially undergone sabbatical and will be returning at a future date after all of its authors figure out what is going on with their lives. Our apologies for not further allowing you to waste time reading random technology or news articles.

Apologies for the downtime

Posted on August 29th, 2007 in The Never Ending Story/Other FLB Events | No Comments »

Our apologies for the downtime….we had some um, issues with certain people and spam…
It got sooooo bad, that wordpress was using so many cycles that our host was shutting it down everytime it ran. We will be resuming posting soon, after I get my act together and find us a better theme :P

What do penguins do in their free time? (Video)

Posted on July 25th, 2007 in Photos/Videoes, The Never Ending Story/Other FLB Events, Time Wasters | No Comments »

PSA : Blogathon 2007

Posted on July 24th, 2007 in PSA-Types, The Never Ending Story/Other FLB Events, How To's | No Comments »

Okay, time to link to something different for a post. . .
(it’s been a while since we had a real PSA)

Its almost time for the Blogathon 2007. The idea behind the blogathon is a 24-hr marathon fundraiser of blogging every 30 minutes for 24 hrs straight, to raise money for charities around the world. You support the people you know doing it by either giving them blog topics to blog about, or by sponsoring their blog and making a $$$ donation.
Read more about it here

http://www.blogathon.org/faq/2007/07/10/history_of_the_blogathon.php

Flashladybug isn’t participating this year (a bit of a lack of time, and I only found out about this yesterday. . . .), but we might next year, and I know someone who IS participating this year, raising money and blogging for the National Kidney Foundation. Her blog is here http://hotarunohikari.livejournal.com/profile.
If you want to search for other charities to donate to, take a look at the list here http://www.blogathon.org/list.php?sort=charalph

VIdeo : Southern Lights

Posted on July 16th, 2007 in Science!, Photos/Videoes, The Never Ending Story/Other FLB Events, Picture of the Day, Time Wasters, Lacking a Category | No Comments »

While I find something to actually post here, enjoy this vid for a while. . . .

Homer Simpson buys a computer (video)

Posted on June 28th, 2007 in Photos/Videoes, The Never Ending Story/Other FLB Events, Time Wasters | No Comments »

Just thought I’d leave off on a happy (and mildly funny) note.

Cya *wave

Posted on June 3rd, 2007 in The Never Ending Story/Other FLB Events | No Comments »

Right, so, I’m off to a short trip overseas. Mainly…4 weeks. I’ll be back in july. Until then, i may post a bit while on the road, but, not guaranteed. Until now till then…good luck mark :)

gbye

Man Claims New Sleepless Record : 11 Days

Posted on May 30th, 2007 in The Never Ending Story/Other FLB Events, Science!, Labs/Experiments, Dumb Things That Happen, Site of the Day, Time Wasters, Lacking a Category | No Comments »

A Cornish man says he has broken the world record for sleep deprivation by staying awake for 11 days and nights.”


Hardest part

Weary Mr Wright told BBC News: “I feel pretty good, It’s been a bit of a slog, but I got there.”

He said that his ‘Stone Age’ diet of raw food helped parts of his brain to stay awake and remain functional for long periods.

He said: “It makes it much easier to switch from one side of the brain which is really tired, to the other.”


During the record attempt, Mr Wright noticed his speech becoming incomprehensible at times and colours appearing very bright.

A webcam and CCTV cameras monitored him 24-hours a day.

The attempt was part of Mr Wright’s research into the body’s relationship to sleep.

He argues that parts of the human brain require a
different amount of sleep and it is possible to stay awake and remain
functional for long periods.”

Read the full article here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6689999.stm