This is my blog. There are many like it, but this one is MINE. My blog is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My blog without me is useless. Without my blog, I am useless. I must write my blog true. I must write better than my enemy who is trying to outblog me. I must outblog him before he outblogs me. I will… Filter Posts All The Fun Stuff The Serious Stuff Archive (Fun)Tumblr (3.0; @gusneil)http://blog.gusneil.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0jsomPKk1qzysf7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>When has anyone ever required a shaving outlet on any daily commuter train -does this look like the Orient Express?</p>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/436709437http://blog.gusneil.com/post/436709437Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:55:36 +0000<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky6qctwOIW1qzysf7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You’ve got to love a sarcastic publican.</p>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/402364399http://blog.gusneil.com/post/402364399Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:29:17 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky2skabihf1qzxzwwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumblr.9gag.com/post/398108381/vote-with-your-wallet" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">9gag</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://9gag.com/gag/18595" target="_blank">Vote with your wallet</a></p></blockquote>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/398195948http://blog.gusneil.com/post/398195948Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:33:20 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky1w3ewqOe1qzysf7o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nothing like a quick call from 3 (the mobile phone network operator) to get a problem sorted…..yes, an hour and twenty, not a minute and twenty.</p>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/396951491http://blog.gusneil.com/post/396951491Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:45:14 +0000<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qwLpquelYFI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qwLpquelYFI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Now this would be cool…..</p>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/394726106http://blog.gusneil.com/post/394726106Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:25:15 +0000<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky8ly2VVrf1qzysf7o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky8ly2VVrf1qzysf7o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/404654831http://blog.gusneil.com/post/404654831Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:00:00 +0000<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxzbyb6HvV1qzysf7o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxzbyb6HvV1qzysf7o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/394756823http://blog.gusneil.com/post/394756823Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:00:00 +0000“Mastermind contestant Kajen Thuraaisingham has entered the record books after posting the lowest ever score on the BBC quiz show.<br/><br/> The 28-year-old answered just five questions correctly – the worst total in the programme’s 37-year history.”<br/><br/> - <em>You self esteem is likely to take a significant bashing after not only failing on national television, but by being subsequently humiliated in the press for being the worst in 37 years!. Article by Murray Wardrop (Telegraph) 02 Feb 2010</em>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/366994676http://blog.gusneil.com/post/366994676Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:40:25 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx7mffMhcB1qzysf7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx7mffMhcB1qzysf7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx7mffMhcB1qzysf7o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx7mffMhcB1qzysf7o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx7mffMhcB1qzysf7o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx7mffMhcB1qzysf7o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx7mffMhcB1qzysf7o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Hmm…might have to think twice before splashing out for the iPad with competition from Google like this.</p>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/366748269http://blog.gusneil.com/post/366748269Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:28:00 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx5owoVZSd1qzxzwwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumblr.9gag.com/post/364862126/new-guide-to-converting-to-metric" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">9gag</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://9gag.com/gag/17878" target="_blank">New Guide to Converting to Metric</a></p></blockquote>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/365127082http://blog.gusneil.com/post/365127082Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:04:58 +0000“The Kernow branch of the Celtic League complained to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) about the use of the term “inbred” and other mockery of the people of Cornwall in the media.<br/> But the commission said it was powerless to prosecute anyone because under the Race Relations Act, the Cornish did not exist as a separate nationality from the English.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Surely there are better things the EHRC should be considering ?!?! </p> <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7101988/Calling-Cornish-inbred-allowed-in-law-ruling-states.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7101988/Calling-Cornish-inbred-allowed-in-law-ruling-states.html</a></p></em>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/359663920http://blog.gusneil.com/post/359663920Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:15:55 +0000<p><a href="http://kevinrose.com/post/359333390/ipad" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">kevinrose</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Kindle DX 9.7” - $489.00<br/> —<br/> 1024x768 color display upgrade - $1.00<br/> Internet browsing upgrade - $1.00<br/> iPod w/16GB upgrade - $1.00<br/> Run iPhone apps upgrade - $1.00<br/> 1Gz A4 processor upgrade - $1.00<br/> H.264 720P HD video upgrade - $1.00<br/> Bluetooth upgrade - $1.00<br/> 10hr battery upgrade - $1.00<br/> Multi-touch display upgrade - $1.00<br/> Digital compass/accelerometer - $1.00 <br/> —<br/> Your cost: iPad $499.00<br/><br/> It will replace my Kindle, and 3rd party development will extend the device to do things we can’t even dream up right now. I, for one, welcome our new iPad overlord - but then again I’m a card carrying fanboy.<br/><br/><script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/2613034.js"></script></p> <noscript> <a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2613034/" target="_blank">Will you get an iPad?</a><span style="font-size:9px;">(<a href="http://www.polldaddy.com" target="_blank">polls</a>)</span> </noscript> </blockquote>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/359418457http://blog.gusneil.com/post/359418457Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:44:14 +0000<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwsaivp89r1qzxzwwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Some people truly amaze me they’re still in existance. <p><a href="http://tumblr.9gag.com/post/351937894/pool-bbq" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">9gag</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://9gag.com/gag/17240" target="_blank">Pool BBQ</a></p></blockquote>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/354209395http://blog.gusneil.com/post/354209395Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:04:02 +0000“BA threatens cabin crew with loss of travel perks if they strike.”<br/><br/> - <em>FT - Saturday Jan 23. “too bloody right!”</em>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/348928205http://blog.gusneil.com/post/348928205Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:25:19 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwgppbOgHA1qae7swo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://letspresto.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">letspresto</a>)</p>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/342792290http://blog.gusneil.com/post/342792290Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:44:27 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwg7mkkDtP1qzxzwwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumblr.9gag.com/post/340986276/rules-for-pictionary" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">9gag</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://9gag.com/gag/16857" target="_blank">Rules for Pictionary</a></p></blockquote>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/341238773http://blog.gusneil.com/post/341238773Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:39:52 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw34qgxKbJ1qzysf7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Why would intel waste development time on this? Would an iphone/ipod touch app with ocr tech and text to speech not be a more elegant option?</p>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/328737205http://blog.gusneil.com/post/328737205Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:42:16 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvxd1zy0O21qzysf7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I sometimes dispair at the state of our education system…</p>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/323165122http://blog.gusneil.com/post/323165122Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:56:23 +0000<p><a href="http://fredwilson.vc/post/312920697/things-startups-do-and-dont-need" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">fred-wilson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://yancey.tumblr.com/post/311901087/things-startups-do-and-dont-need" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">yancey</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://cdixon.tumblr.com/post/311546950/things-startups-do-and-dont-need" target="_blank">cdixon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Things startups do need</b></p> <p>Sunny office</p> <p>Windows that open</p> <p>Democratically controlled music system</p> <p>Two forms of internet access</p> <p>Beer on fridays</p> <p>EVDO cards</p> <p>Video game system</p> <p>Good coffee maker</p> <p>Proximity to public transportation</p> <p>Proximity to park</p> <p>Heating that goes all night</p> <p>Health care plans for everyone</p> <p>Mac laptops with second monitors</p> <p>Plants</p> <p>Lots of in-person interaction</p> <p>Gmail and Google docs</p> <p>Soft lighting</p> <p><b>Things startups don’t need</b></p> <p>Fancy (Aeron) chairs</p> <p>Expensive art on the walls</p> <p>Vacation policy</p> <p>PR firm</p> <p>Dress code</p> <p>Private offices</p> <p>COO’s and GMs</p> <p>Business cards</p> <p>Microsoft products</p> <p>Dental plans</p> <p>Free lunches</p> <p>Central air conditioning</p> <p>Doorman</p> <p>Phone system</p> <p>Set time you need to arrive in morning</p> <p>Meetings</p> <p>Carpeting</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/316473135http://blog.gusneil.com/post/316473135Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:57:26 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvqbbkZJwK1qzysf7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You’d never have guessed would you?……</p>http://blog.gusneil.com/post/316451776http://blog.gusneil.com/post/316451776Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:35:44 +0000