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Vote Rick!

IronMan77 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:15:00 GMT

He Never Gave Us Up... Don't Let Him Down.

As you may or may not be aware, the infamous Rick Astley, of RickRoll fame, is nominated for 'Best Act Ever' for 'MTV's European Music Awards 2008'.

While Rick made it through the nominations round by write in, he needs our help to win the award (also determined by online vote).

To vote for Rick in the 'Best Act Ever' category click here

Interestingly enough, MTV decided to allow a user to vote as many times as they desire.

"Thanks for Voting!

Vote again to make sure your favorite wins." -MTV

This has played into the hands of the ingenuity and passion of Rick's large internet fanbase. If voting manually starts to hurt your click finger there are other options available to you.

The current best option is known as the 'iMacro Method'.

The 'iMacro Method' involves using the FireFox addon 'iMacro'. It is quite simple and essentially loops the process of voting for you.

To get directions for setup and running of iMacro click here

>Choose 'iMacro Method' under 'Voting Methods' to the right.

This method allows you to 'show your support' for Rick tens of thousands of time a day.

"We’ve been “Rickrolled!” - 10/01/2008

Over twenty years after his hit single went to No. 1 in 16 countries, 80s pop star Rick Astley has been nominated in the category Best Act Ever as his fans take his hit single ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ literally and flock to write-in his name as a nominee.

Rick Astley – in his first ever nomination in the history of the MTV Europe Music Awards – will compete against Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Green Day, Tokio Hotel and U2 for Best Act Ever." -MTV

Alternativly to the 'iMacro Method' is the abilty to run the webbased 'RickVoter' from your browser. A long as the window is open, 'RickVoter' will attempt to vote for you.

To run the webbased RickVoter click here

"The audience has spoken and MTV has been well and truly Rickrolled." -Richard Godfrey, Executive Producer, MTV Europe Music Awards

What does Rick have to say on being nominated for 'Best Act Ever'?

"To be honest, I think someone is having a wind up is the absolute truth of it." -Rick Astley

To listen to the audio of the short interview between the BBC and Rick click here

The second most important election you will participate in this fall... Make your vote count.

See the corresponding forum thread here.

The Piss Screen

IronMan77 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:15:00 GMT

The Most fun you ever had while taking a piss… well maybe.

Have you ever been in the middle of taking a piss and said to yourself “I’m wasting my time right now when I could be playing a game.” Well a Company in Germany has hoped to resolve that problem for you. With the Piss Screen installed in a bar or restaurant near you, you can enjoy a racing Sim while using the bathroom for the first time. The company claims this is not just a game, but a way to keep drunk drivers off the street. If a driver fails to pass the virtual road course, he is too drunk to drive and should call a taxi. While the accuracy of this system is still unknown, we can imagine the future conversations between police and someone being pulled over… “But officer, I scored a 95 on the piss screen.”

10 Minute Mail

IronMan77 — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:49:00 GMT

It seems like today everybody wants your email address. Whether you’re trying to download a file, access a forum, or play a video, many sites now require you to give a real email address and then respond to a confirmation link to prove it. For anyone who wants to avoid their Inbox exploding with spam, giving away your email to everyone is not an ideal situation. How do you know which sites you can trust and which ones you can’t?

10 Minute Mail to the rescue. From the 10 Minute Mail creator…

“By clicking on the link below, you will be given a temporary e-mail address. Any e-mails sent to that address will show up automatically on the web page. You can read them, click on links, and even reply to them. The e-mail address will expire after 10 minutes.”

I have used this service a few times, it's quite usefull.

The best thing of all… it’s completely free. Check it out.