The moment...

of truth. No not the quote but the game show. Having got into it recently my confession is that yes it should be regarded as garbage at the same time though it does have a unique appeal / allure. Maybe because we are always drawn to the dark side like moths to the flame.

No there is nothing wrong with the 'dramas' of the players. People who took money from the family business, overcharged customers, had more than 10 night stands, daughters that felt sexual attraction for their mother's boyfriend, do not feel in love with their current partner, thinking of breaking up while they have a parallel illicite affair... Just ordinary people like you and me. With secrets, weaknesses, passions.

The difference being that these people who participate in the show get up on the stand knowing that they will hurt people - close people, including themselves. And for what ? Most people settle for 10.000 or 25.000 euros.

Hardly enough money to secure them financially, certainly not money to cover towards their basic needs, more likely to cover their wants. I don't feel sorry for the main players, I can't though not think about the surroudning family circle. Don't they know how it is gonna end up? Don't they have a choice? Or do they sell their collective family dignity to 'support' their son/daugher/boyfriend/girlfriend etc (and share the loot?).

The power of...

... visualisation or how to make people relate to facts and statistics. Not any facts and statistics, but those highlighting habbits and behaviours that are harmful to themselves (mostly) or to others.

A friend was recently at a "compulsory seminar" shall we say about road safety after he was caught speeding, in order to avoid having some points taken of his driving license. They must have scared him quite effectively since he seems to be a changed man now when it comes to road safety...

How does that relate to visualisation? Simple. In order to get the point across they used a number of videos depicting simulations of distance covered after breaking vs. vehicle speed. Suffice to say that the realtion is geometric, you could be F1 race driver but you still can't beat physics.

In closing just to demonstrate the effectiveness of visualisation watch the video below - especially if you are smoker (I am not a smoker and hell this video shocked me for the effects of passive smoking...)

Taking the piss...

... of some areas in IT.

• Agile

• technology-focused thinking
  

• project management

Fight Club...

..was not to be talked about (see first rule of fightclub) but definately a wicked and kind of 'standing on its own' movie. Can it be topped and if so by whon and how? Well a good start is Choke based on another book from Chuck Palahniuk who authored fight club in the first place.

Top games...

... (computer games that is) from my childhod that I could still play / get back into again:

1. The 'real time strategy' clan: warcraft II, command and conquer, starcraft
2. The 'real time tactics' range commandos , desperados
   
3. The 'can't classify games: Worms, Crusader

Games like that are not made any more...

Strips..

Not biltong strips this time, just some of the comic strips I follow online(when I remember to do so)

• UserFriendly
• GeekHero
• Dilbert
• Pilled High & Deeper
• xkcd
  

Every joke...

hides an element of truth. The following clip is definately a testament to that.Not a bad music score either...