George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American inventor and industrialist. He is known as the inventor of the Pullman sleeping car, and for violently suppressing striking workers in the company town he created, Pullman.…
Archive: August 2009
I’m currently playing the Open Beta for Champions Online, the new game from the studio that made City of Heroes, my MMO-crack of choice. I’ve been playing CoH since before it came out in the UK (17th of September 2004,…
While wandering around the net yesterday, I tripped over this video. This video is of a building being incompetantly demolished. Coincidentally, it’s the tower next to the one I currently live in. It’s really quite weird to watch something that…
There is a Very Loud Noise. Someone is driving a piledriver though your skull. There is a tribe of pigmy gnomes playing “Smooth Criminal” using your head as a xylophone. Good morning player, you have scored 0 out of a…
(I’ve maintained escaped quotes from the email, because I think this is funny) Dear Nicholas Avenell, Many thanks for using our website for your customer service query. We are currently replying to all queries within 2 business days, please bear…