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Famous last words?

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Don't judge a book by its cover

History is littered with famous last words. Here are a few:

Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.
Oscar Wilde, writer, November 30, 1900

Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough!
Karl Marx, revolutionary socialist, March 14, 1883

Damn it . . . Don’t you dare ask God to help me.
To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud.
Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977

I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.
Humphrey Bogart, actor, January 14, 1957

Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well–let ’em wait.
In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, ‘General, I fear the angels are waiting for you.’
Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary general, 1789

June 16, 2014
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Solar system social media

By IT and Computer Stuff

Facebook hits the solar systemStumbled upon the Worldometer website when researching how many people lived on planet earth for this cartoon.  Watching the number change before your very eyes is quite mesmerising, but I digress.  A few interesting stats presented on the site include:

  • the population currently alive represents roughly 6% of all people who have ever lived on planet Earth.
  • an estimated 106 billion people have been born since the birth of the homo sapiens
  • the world population is currently growing at a rate of around 1.10% per year (a decline since the 1960’s which peaked at 2%)

 

November 9, 2012
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Security breach

By IT and Computer Stuff

My experience to date with Cloud technology has been mixed. On the annoying side, I used it initially to transfer cartoons from one iPad to another, only to have the cartoon mysteriously disappear from one iPad (supposedly into the Cloud) never to be seen again. It got stuck up there with no way of retrieving it. Well, maybe there was a way, but I gave up and got on with life and drew a couple of Cloud related cartoons to seek my vengeance. (Evil, aren’t I?)

My next experience was confusing at first. My partner was overseas for work. While he was gone I noticed all these strange photos appear in my iPad photo stream (from his iPhone). Luckily for him they were all clean photos of restaurant banquets and people generally having a great time out. No wonder I had no sympathy on his return from a long, tiring, stressful work trip away!

August 2, 2012
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