Drew Mitchell: Why World Rugby will regret ‘dangerous’ Hodge ban
Drew Mitchell: Why World Rugby will regret ‘dangerous’ Hodge ban | Fox Sports:
Wallabies great Drew Mitchell was left “completely baffled” by World Rugby’s decision to ban Reece Hodge for three weeks — scrubbing him out of World Cup pool play in Japan.
I know Australia is on the other side of the planet, but has the blood gone to his head, “baffled” why, there’s a flow chart telling the refs how to handle contact with the head – only issue here is that it couldn’t be dealt with on the pitch!
Have you seen the entire Mr. Creosote sketch from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life?
Have you seen the entire Mr. Creosote sketch from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life? / Boing Boing:
The Mr. Creosote sketch from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life went viral this weekend after director Quentin Tarantino was alleged to have said it’s the only scene in film he was ever disturbed by. Watching it, it struck me that I’d never actually seen the whole thing, and that you might not have, either.
I’d managed to block this from memory, and a lot of people have never seen this, the comedy is genius, but yes, it’s disturbing. After Eight anyone? 😬
Parents bill RNLI for £7 lilo after coastguard saved their child in £7,000 rescue mission from drifting out to sea
The parents of a child rescued from the sea by Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) coastguards have sent the organisation a £7 bill for a destroyed inflatable lilo.
Is it wrong to suggest that maybe the parents should be pushed out to seas instead? ☹️
Antiquarians Conquer Europe! – News – Antiquarians – Darlington Mowden Park R.F.C.
Victory is ours! 🏉🏆
Antiquarians Conquer Europe! – News – Antiquarians – Darlington Mowden Park R.F.C.:
Perhaps awoken by the delightful lunch, maybe the hangovers had finally worn off, or it was simply the desire to get the rugby out of the way. Whatever the cause, the Mowden boys proceeded to smash every team put before them
ECG app and irregular heart rhythm notification available today on Apple Watch –
ECG app and irregular heart rhythm notification available today on Apple Watch – Apple (UK):
Starting today, the ECG app on Apple Watch Series 4 marks a direct-to-consumer product that enables customers to take an electrocardiogram right from their wrist, capturing heart rhythm in a moment when they experience symptoms like a rapid or skipped heart beat and helping to provide critical data to physicians.
Am off to do me some OS updates, if I’m not back soon then I’ve gone to the doctors 😬
Apple Card – Apple
If you find a place that doesn’t take Apple Pay yet there’s this.
So the physical card is for when you find somewhere that doesn’t take Apple Pay, sorry, but if I have a card that looks this good I’m using it all the time, don’t care if I earn less cash back.
Luckily, unlikely to hit the UK any time soon that I can see, so I don’t need to make silly financial decisions!
BA plane lands in Edinburgh instead of Dusseldorf by mistake
BA plane lands in Edinburgh instead of Dusseldorf by mistake – BBC News:
A British Airways flight destined for Dusseldorf in Germany has landed in Edinburgh by mistake, after the flight paperwork was submitted incorrectly.
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The passengers only realised the error when the plane landed and the “welcome to Edinburgh” announcement was made.
Looking forward to understanding how the hell this one happened!
Disney hires for Lucasfilm Games (Not as exciting as I thought)
Disney hires for Lucasfilm Games as EA flounders with ‘Star Wars’ (updated):
There hasn’t been a Lucasfilm Games-badged release since before 1991’s Monkey Island 2, but that isn’t stopping Disney from resurrecting the classic label.
Got all excited reading this, well nostalgic at least, loved me the Lucasfilm Games, loads of fond memories, but I guess it pays not to be an ‘up to the second blogger’ as it was explained away with;
Disney has reached out to the media to explain that this isn’t a “revival” and it’s definitely not anything like LucasArts. The team at Lucasfilm that oversees games relating to its IP (including Star Wars Battlefront II) has been working under that name for years
But, my brain was already ticking, there’s a great list of LucasArts games over at Wikipedia, some of favourite wastes of time include;
- Star Wars Dark Forces
- The Monkey Island franchise (loved the humour)
- Shadows of the Empire
- The Jedi Knight games, adored these
- Rogue Squadron
- Xwing vs Tie Fighter
- Force Commander
- Day of the Tentacle (Just odd!)
- Rescue on Fractalus
Rescue on Fractalus was my earliest memory, I both loved and loathed it, ridiculously simple game premise yet I was terrible at it, absolutely terrible and it drove me nuts, I’ll leave you with this clip on Youtube, so you can all wonder how I possible could have enjoyed this and just how old I am!
Smart luggage firms close because of airline battery rules
Smart luggage firms close because of airline battery rules – BBC News:
Was looking at these as have a few trips this year, and thought if nothing else the battery packs wold be good for topping up phones that always seem to drain faster on the move and the kids iPads on flights. However …
… the rules had created confusion at check-in, meaning people were unsure whether they would be able to travel with their bags
Even the least smart of us can tell that luggage that can’t travel with is isn’t particularly smart, or even luggage!
School to stop spanking pupils on their birthdays after parents complain
School to stop spanking pupils on their birthdays after parents complain:
A school in Texas is going to stop spanking its pupils on their birthdays after parents complained about the “special celebration”.
Firmly in the WTF! Category!