http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?blogId=1 Michael Welsh, the runner of Michael's Blog. Michael Welsh is also known as yomcat, and has a beautiful wifey called Melissa. Michael Welsh will talk about random stuff in Michael's blog. Stuff like advanced mathematics and pretty beads. If it doesn't offend people, it's not worth saying. yomcat 2010-09-06T20:56:14Z http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1221&blogId=1 It's really possible.<br/><img src="http://yomcat.geek.nz/photos/tt.png" /> Trivia 2009-03-11T12:29:20Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1191&blogId=1 Does your liver grow back if you're dead?<br/> Trivia 2008-12-19T10:40:04Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1175&blogId=1 Music - <a href="http://last.fm/user/yomcat">last.fm</a><br /> Apps - <a href="http://wakoopa.com/yomcat">Wakoopa</a><br /> Activity - <a href="http://whatpulse.org/stats/users/234985/">WhatPulse</a><br/>NB: I may be "cheating" on one or more of these sites... Link of the day 2008-10-31T16:38:13Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1166&blogId=1 There's a quiz night going on at church on Friday. I've been conned into putting in a team (like normal), which consists of Steve, George and Messenger Boy. Plus (l)users. Oh, and Nathan.<br/>So basically, we sit there, freak everyone out with technology, try to crack Simon's network and have fun with his packets and do rubbish. It's $15 per head and fundraising for something. Probably the stupid hall that costs too much and isn't very useful as a hall. Oh well. Oh, there's four free spots in my team if anyone's interested. Team Packet Sniffers or Technology or Radical Underwear Pirates or something like that... Stuff 2008-10-06T08:42:49Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1159&blogId=1 Some of these sound like good reads. #9 has the potential to be a personal favourite. Along with #17 and #21.<br/><ol> <li>You Are Different and That's Bad</li> <li>The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables</li> <li>Dad's New Wife Robert</li> <li>Fun Four-letter Words to Know and Share</li> <li>Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors: An I-Can-Do Book</li> <li>The Kid's Guide to Hitchhiking</li> <li>Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her</li> <li>Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence</li> <li onmouseover="alert('Yes they do')">All Cats go to Hell</li> <li>The Little Sissy Who Snitched</li> <li>Some Kittens Can Fly</li> <li>That's it, I'm Putting You up for Adoption</li> <li>Grandpa Gets a Casket</li> <li>The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator</li> <li>Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia</li> <li>The Pop-up Book of Human Anatomy</li> <li>Strangers Have the Best Candy</li> <li>Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way</li> <li>You Were an Accident</li> <li>Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will</li> <li>Pop! Goes the Hamster...And Other Great Microwave Games</li> <li>The Man in the Moon is Actually Satan</li> <li>Your Nightmares Are Real</li> <li>Where Would You Like to be Buried?</li> <li>Eggs, Toilet Paper and Your School</li> <li>Why Can't Mr. Fork and Mrs. Electrical Outlet be Friends?</li> <li>Places Where Mommy and Daddy Hide Neat Things</li> <li>Daddy Drinks Because You Cry</li> </ol> Trivia 2008-08-29T15:27:25Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1154&blogId=1 Igpay-Atinlay opensyay upyay ayay ewnay orldway atthay ouyay evernay ouldway avehay oughtthay ossiblepay. Ybay usingyay Igpay-Atinlay, ouyay ootay ancay ul&#64257;llfay ouryay ascinatingfay uturefay unctionsfay otay ethay ullestfay ullnessfay astfay. Ouyay illway ebay ayay etterbay ersonpay, avehay ayay etterbay exsay ifelay, andyay ebay etterbay anthay ouryay eighborsnay.<br/> Trivia 2008-08-13T13:38:56Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1142&blogId=1 After telling people about this at church and how it's the coolest astronomical thing that I know, I thought I'd better get some pictures. So, stolen from the Internet:<br/><img src="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0705/horsehead_noao.jpg"> <img src="http://www.sidewalk-astronomy-club.com/img/horsehead-nebula.jpg"><br /> The second one is the one I know. The other one is from NASA and looks cool. Link of the day 2008-07-07T19:23:53Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1137&blogId=1 How does one get sent off in netball?<br /> How does one get sent off in doubles tennis?<br /> How does one get sent off in fours lawn bowls?<br/>Also, if a netball player decided to sit on the goal hoop, what would happen? Trivia 2008-06-14T17:56:02Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1136&blogId=1 Full marks. A+. 100%. Excellence. Whatever-the-hell-its-called-now.<br/><img src="http://yomcat.geek.nz/exam/6.jpg" /> Maths 2008-06-12T19:16:04Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1133&blogId=1 Melissa has a game. With interesting questions.<br/>Example:<br /> <blockquote>You are in a concrete room. There is a steel pipe 25 centimetres in length cemented into the centre of the concrete floor. The pipe protrudes about 15 centrimetres. A ping-pong ball is dropped down the pipe. There is a fraction of a centimetre clearance around the ping-pong ball and the pipe. Your task is to get the ping-pong ball out of the steel pipe undamaged. The only items that are available are a wooden ruler, a ball of string, a pocket mirror, a paper clip and a small magnet. Since nothing else is allowed into the room, how could you get the plastic ping-pong ball out of the pipe?</blockquote> <p>200 tink rating increase for the first correct answer. And a thorough explanation. Bonuses will be awarded at my discretion.</p> Maths 2008-06-01T11:58:08Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1123&blogId=1 Kids take note. You should always eat your vegetables.<br/>Even if you're just been punched in the stomach and sprayed your nicely chewed-up steak all over the floor and made someone else clean it up. Stuff 2008-04-24T10:38:49Z yomcat http://yomcat.geek.nz/lifetype/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=1120&blogId=1 Infinity is an interesting concept. I can create a digital "infinity" with ease.<br/>It's kind like this photo:<br /> <img src="http://yomcat.geek.nz/photos/inf.jpg" /><br /> But, I do it on my computer. I screen share to Blitz. Then, from Blitz, I VNC back to Strider. It's cool. And trippy. And it keeps going on and on and on (until I kill it. I don't really want to run it until I run out of system resources, because that would take too long). Stuff 2008-04-20T10:38:37Z yomcat