IANP.ORG » Funny http://ianp.org random thought and mutterings Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:41:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Quote of the Day http://ianp.org/2010/03/quote-of-the-day-2/ http://ianp.org/2010/03/quote-of-the-day-2/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:41:48 +0000 Ian Phillips http://ianp.org/?p=497 A: The creator of Ant has apologised. via James Duncan Davidson. ]]>

Q: What’s the difference between Ant and Maven? <br/> A: The creator of Ant has apologised.

via James Duncan Davidson.

]]> http://ianp.org/2010/03/quote-of-the-day-2/feed/ 0 Best. Method. Name. Ever http://ianp.org/2009/07/best-method-name-ever/ http://ianp.org/2009/07/best-method-name-ever/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:01:27 +0000 Ian Phillips http://ianp.org/?p=437 In the iPhone SDK (with camel case broken out into separate words):

attention class dump user yes its us again although swizzling and overriding private methods is fun it wasnt much fun when your app stopped working please refrain from doing so in the future okay thanks bye

Via Erica Sadun.

]]> http://ianp.org/2009/07/best-method-name-ever/feed/ 0 Quote of the Day http://ianp.org/2009/06/quote-of-the-day/ http://ianp.org/2009/06/quote-of-the-day/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:37:09 +0000 Ian Phillips http://ianp.org/?p=431 Tip o’ the hat to Bishop Hill…

In the US Congress, it looks as though they look across the Atlantic to our own Galumphin’ Gordon Brown for inspiration. This might look a bit like getting your chat-up lines from Benny Hill

Note: this post is only tagged as funny because if you don’t laugh then your only remaining options are to cry or take up arms…

]]> http://ianp.org/2009/06/quote-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Vibration Function http://ianp.org/2009/06/vibration-function/ http://ianp.org/2009/06/vibration-function/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:09:02 +0000 Ian Phillips http://ianp.org/?p=425 GameSetWatch is reporting about a new ‘motion-based erotic game’ for the Nokia N95:

Players have to move and tilt their phone along with the game’s music …, Play also seems to use the handset’s vibration function in some manner.

Oh yeah, I’ll just bet it does!

]]> http://ianp.org/2009/06/vibration-function/feed/ 0 Genius! http://ianp.org/2006/09/genius/ http://ianp.org/2006/09/genius/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:50:01 +0000 Ian Phillips http://ianp.org/?p=65 Via the BBC:

A life-size replica of a Guantanamo Bay detainee has been placed in Disneyland by “guerrilla artist” Banksy.

The hooded figure was placed inside the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride at the California theme park last weekend.

I mean, just how do you sneak in a life sized model in broad daylight? The mind boggles.

]]> http://ianp.org/2006/09/genius/feed/ 0 Wired’s Worst Software Bugs http://ianp.org/2005/11/wireds-worst-software-bugs/ http://ianp.org/2005/11/wireds-worst-software-bugs/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:36:58 +0000 Ian Phillips http://ianp.org/?p=54 Ironically enough, following this link to a supposed article about buggy software yields the image below (as of 13:39 GMT+2): Wired's 404 Error Page

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]]> http://ianp.org/2005/09/word-of-the-day/feed/ 0 David Blaine http://ianp.org/2003/09/david-blaine/ http://ianp.org/2003/09/david-blaine/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:09:46 +0000 Ian Phillips http://ianp.org/?p=11 I used to read Tom Coates’ weblog regularly, and came back to it after a break today. This post pretty much sums up my thoughts about David Blaine, and is very funny at the same time. My favourite quote?

…you too could make it if you just ate less mexican food and got your teeth fixed.

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