tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56597102050316833732011-04-21T14:46:26.022-07:00Apparently you learn something new every day. Everything I learn is here.Alex Hayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793924613133124605noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659710205031683373.post-67985194529289155522009-04-16T14:38:00.000-07:002009-04-16T14:42:13.973-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZnfSsHcv6jM/Seel1nYmKDI/AAAAAAAAABE/B1_1uJCuos0/s1600-h/actual-size-pop-up-business-card.jpg.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 105px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZnfSsHcv6jM/Seel1nYmKDI/AAAAAAAAABE/B1_1uJCuos0/s200/actual-size-pop-up-business-card.jpg.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325407424912697394" /></a>Wow, what a douche. A funny, funny douche. Almost an Alan Partridge quality to him. His website is almost as good as his business cards.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk">The secret to success.</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5659710205031683373-6798519452928915552?l=everythingalexlearns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alex Hayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793924613133124605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659710205031683373.post-77764894927240259232009-04-05T10:51:00.000-07:002009-04-05T15:36:34.749-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pestiside.hu/entry_images/bronze-gomboc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 468px; height: 351px;" src="http://www.pestiside.hu/entry_images/bronze-gomboc.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><br /></div>It's a Gomboc and it'll cost you €900.<div><br /></div><div>"Why!?" you exclaim.</div><div><br /></div><div>Because it's the world's first self-righting object.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yep, you can flip this bad-boy anyway you want and it'll always end up standing in the same way.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Isn't that a Weeble!?" I hear you shout.</div><div><br /></div><div>No it isn't! A Weeble is weighted at the bottom whereas a Gomboc has even density throughout. </div><div><br /></div><div>I want to see a building made of one. Dubai, that is my gift to you.</div><div><br /></div><div>Product page <a href="http://www.gomboc.eu/site.php">here.</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5659710205031683373-7776489492724025923?l=everythingalexlearns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alex Hayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793924613133124605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659710205031683373.post-39215001908696114662009-04-05T10:19:00.000-07:002009-04-05T11:51:44.773-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZnfSsHcv6jM/Sdjph73c1pI/AAAAAAAAAAc/m7x7Nlb8ncU/s1600-h/postittable.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 188px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZnfSsHcv6jM/Sdjph73c1pI/AAAAAAAAAAc/m7x7Nlb8ncU/s200/postittable.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321259728953464466" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>What do you do when you've got way to much time on your hands and you've screwed up the office supplies order, receiving 30,000 post-it notes instead of 300?<div><br /></div><div>Obviously <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/1700732">this.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Oh and the picture above is actually a table designed by Tom Seymour made from 5000 sheets of paper, made to look like a giant post-it note pad. It's pretty damn cool and will only set you back £700.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'd probably use it up in the first day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Product page <a href="http://www.tomseymour.com/products.html">here.</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5659710205031683373-3921500190869611466?l=everythingalexlearns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alex Hayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793924613133124605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659710205031683373.post-26082071154807656012009-04-04T11:57:00.000-07:002009-04-04T12:03:48.660-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZnfSsHcv6jM/Sdet0JXysnI/AAAAAAAAAAU/pL1HZ-dZpAY/s1600-h/logo-home.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 79px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZnfSsHcv6jM/Sdet0JXysnI/AAAAAAAAAAU/pL1HZ-dZpAY/s200/logo-home.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320912596142043762" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The internet is a scary place because of sites like pipl.com.</div><div><br /></div><div>But it is also fun to stalk people.</div><div><br /></div><div>Type in a few names and see which of your friends are paedophiles-in-hiding!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.pipl.com/">pipl.com</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5659710205031683373-2608207115480765601?l=everythingalexlearns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alex Hayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793924613133124605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659710205031683373.post-10284920581945342322009-04-04T11:34:00.000-07:002009-04-04T12:22:52.335-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Annoying-Man-C.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 404px; height: 306px;" src="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Annoying-Man-C.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(70, 70, 70); font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; font-family:verdana;font-size:13px;"><blockquote>A 97-year-old man from Dorset is believed to have become Britain's oldest skydiver after jumping out of a plane at 10,000ft (3,048m).</blockquote></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#464646;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div>Man, I hope I'm still up for jumping out of a plane when I'm 97 instead of rotting alone and cripplingly arthritic in stale urine, unloved and abandoned.</div><div><br /></div><div>Just think of all that flapping skin.</div><div><br /></div><div>Video of the momentous jump <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7983045.stm">here.</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5659710205031683373-1028492058194534232?l=everythingalexlearns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alex Hayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793924613133124605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659710205031683373.post-51472361396765642922009-04-04T11:29:00.000-07:002009-04-04T11:47:54.057-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.champsportal.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/surfthechannel.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 83px;" src="http://www.champsportal.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/surfthechannel.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.champsportal.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/surfthechannel.png"><br /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Who still watches TV!? </div><div><br /></div><div>Cavemen.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.surfthechannel.com/">Surfthechannel.com</a> lets you watch pretty much anything, anytime you want.</div><div><br /></div><div>Say bye-bye to your life!</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5659710205031683373-5147236139676564292?l=everythingalexlearns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alex Hayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793924613133124605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659710205031683373.post-51385455537261013922009-04-04T11:02:00.000-07:002009-04-04T12:06:34.941-07:00<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Screensavers should be something to look forward to.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>They should be a spectacle of dazzling colour to rouse you from the gormless 5 minutes you've been staring at your computer without touching your mouse.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now they are:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.usingmac.com/2008/10/13/top-10-mac-screen-savers">Mac OSX Screensavers</a></div><div><br /></div><div>(Warning: the 'plasma tunnel' one is likely to consume you). </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5659710205031683373-5138545553726101392?l=everythingalexlearns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alex Hayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793924613133124605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659710205031683373.post-55161796165719766622009-04-04T10:21:00.000-07:002009-04-04T12:01:45.955-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZnfSsHcv6jM/SdeagVM0HiI/AAAAAAAAAAM/EY5UBr8qgKs/s1600-h/main_logo.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 54px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZnfSsHcv6jM/SdeagVM0HiI/AAAAAAAAAAM/EY5UBr8qgKs/s320/main_logo.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320891364998913570" /></a><br /><blockquote></blockquote><b><br /></b><div><b><br /></b><div><b><br /></b></div><div>I don't know about you, but I work across 3 different computers. One at work, my laptop and a PC at home. It's always been a bit of a pain transferring files between them...</div><div><div><br /></div><div>A neat little program called "Dropbox" can be installed on your Mac, PC or Linux machine and basically creates a folder which is shared between them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pop a document into the folder on your Mac, and it'll appear in the equivalent folder on your PC. Simple as that. You can also put files in a public folder then send people links to download them.</div><div><br /></div><div>You get 2 gigs of space in a free account, but you can pay for more.</div><div><br /></div><div>download here: <a href="http://www.getdropbox.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">getdropbox.com</a></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5659710205031683373-5516179616571976662?l=everythingalexlearns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alex Hayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793924613133124605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659710205031683373.post-7143466179622001122009-04-03T10:58:00.000-07:002009-04-04T12:06:21.985-07:00<div><br /></div>Welcome to Everything Alex Learns!<div><br /></div><div>They say you learn something every day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Everything I learn is here.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5659710205031683373-714346617962200112?l=everythingalexlearns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alex Hayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793924613133124605noreply@blogger.com0