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Thanks to the cool guys at http://uk.moo.com I’ve finally got myself a cool set of personal business cards. I was put on to MOO cards by a friend of mine and am really happy with the results. I’ve even got a sweet orange mini card holder to keep them in pristine condition whilst out and about!

The cards are really cheap – about £12 for 100 of them. They have an online form to create yourself a set of personalised cards – you can upload as many pictures as you want to use as the back of the card (it will dole them out in even numbers – so 100 different images will give you a set of unique cards!). The front of the card can be up to 6 lines of text.

Check them out here:

Filed under: general by Chris

Just a quick update, I was thinking about how I tend to get involved with projects and that I’ve got a number of projects that I am working on at any given time. Some of these projects are for the long haul and others short and sweet. I’ve made a Projects page on this site as a reference for the various projects I’m involved in.

Currently, it has info for my PhD project, Cognicology and WiFi in Australia.

Check it out: http://chrisduran.eu/projects/

Also, I really hope to have some news soon on the all new WiFi in Australia I’ve been developing – stay tuned!

Oh, and I’ve ordered some personal business cards that I hope will arrive in the next week or so – they look very pretty… I’ll put up a screenshot once they get here.

Filed under: general by Chris

This new technology that people are calling the internet has spawned a large number of serial web comics (like, probably over 8 of them). There are heaps of comics out there of varying quality, from the very well polished to the not so good. I’ve decided to share my fourfive favourite comics that I follow regularly.

XKCD

This is the first comic I got into. It is by Randall Munroe, who describes it as a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Thanks to Mike for getting me into this.

http://xkcd.com/
Updated Mon, Wed, Fri – make sure you check the mouseovers too.

Dinosaur Comics

I got into this around the same time as XKCD. It is by a dude called Ryan North who is/was/could be a computational linguist, and it shows: The comic always has the same panels, with a heavy focus on the dialogue.

http://www.quantz.com/
Updated weekdays – check the mouseovers

A Softer World

This is a great comic by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau who design and write the comics respectively (yes, I arrange sentences in such a way that maximises the number of times I can use the word respectively) (yes, there is a subtext there). Peppered heavily with dark humour.

http://www.asofterworld.com/
Updated semi-regularly (once or twice a week) – once again, check the mouseovers

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC)

The latest comic I’ve been reading. By a guy called Zach Weiner. Zach seems not to be burdened with the terrible weight of political correctness. Awesome.

http://www.smbc-comics.com/
Updated fairly regularly (between daily to couple of days a week) – press the red button

The Perry Bible Fellowship

This isn’t really updated much at all anymore, but the content is solid gold. It has a pretty dark flavour and you need your thinking cap to ‘get’ many of the comics.

http://pbfcomics.com/

Anyway, there you have it.

Check them out and enjoy. Oh, hey, Dinosaur Comics have this comic randomizer, giving us over 3.26×10⁰⁹ comics – Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

Oh, and as a little side note, I’ve been watching Sanctuary, a series created by the brains behind the Stargate series. It even headlines with Amanda Tapping from the Stargate series. I’ve only watched a couple of episodes, but I think I’ll be able to get into it just fine. Thanks Jane for the tip off (and your honest thoughts on the Merlin series ).

Filed under: internet by Chris