Today's 404 Video

We all occasionally get "Code 404" when surfing the web. It means that the page we requested through a URL is not available for whatever reason.

Normally these 404 notification pages are pretty anodyne. There are a few that attempt to be mildly humorous. However, the page you get when looking for a dead page on Nosh is different, and includes this video.

Nosh: 404 from Firespotter Labs on Vimeo.

Today's Wedding URL

Those of us who have seen Four Weddings and a Funeral will remember the bumbling vicar played by Rowan Atkinson. Well, your vicar need bumble no longer during your wedding. This couple was "married" by computer program. Computing magazine faults the relatively simple GUI of the program, but as the couple says, the computer is their best friend so why no have their close friend do the honours.

The marriage, of course, was not legal until they went and signed the registers before a Justice of the Peace. But it's the bit that counts, in this case Mr. Bit the robotic vicar.

Today's Hong Kong Life URL

Hong Kong is famed for the difficulty people face in buying a flat. The video below is an example of what some people have to put up with. (It's a parody, I'm afraid, but I'm told it's very true to life). Next, London?

Today's Wise Words

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."—James D. Nicoll