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It seems that the quest to get Windows Live Messenger to function properly at work has a new chapter. After fixing error 8100030F, his friend 80048820 showed up and got taken care of. But this is apparently a persistent foe, and yesterday decided to show his face again. Since the previous solution couldn’t be used again, I used the built-in troubleshoot option to try and figure out the problem:

So the problem is caused by some inability to connect because the program can’t use the required ports. Since I’m behind the company firewall, nothing could be done about that, so I had to do a few searches and a few minutes later, I did find a way to solve the problem. Open Internet Explorer, go to Tools –> Internet Options, choose the Connections tab, click the LAN settings button and tick the Automatically detect settings checkbox. That got it working again. Now let’s see for how long.

Ahh, how I love wacky products based around the second best thing Russia gave us – vodka. A few months ago, Bakon Vodka was revealed and now we are presented with “milky vodka” in a breast shaped bottle. Milky because it’s supposed to be some kind of Irish Cream, but the pun is too obvious to be missed. The design is by a Russian designer, Pavel Gubin:

Just what we needed, another reason to drink straight from the bottle…

(via The Inquisitr)

With everyone distributing free hugs around, this guy has a slightly different approach:

(Image courtesy of daily dose of imagery)

In the first episode of season 13 of the popular British motoring show BBC Topgear, the identity of The Stig is revealed. The Stig is a recurring character in the show, the expert race driver that never shows his face. Its identity has been thoroughly speculated upon, with several names popping up and people saying there is more that one Stig.

Here’s the clip that shows The Stig removing his helmet and revealing that he is in fact Schumi:

Now why would they just reveal it like that and end the mistery around it? I’m guessing something else is going on and this is part of some marketing stunt. Let’s wait and see.

Remember Empire magazine’s Cryptic Canvas? The first time I tried it, I could only find 30 out of the 50 movies. But since I have a bit of a completion obsession, I had to go back and finish it. Here’s the list of all the movies in the picture:

Brick
Iris
Snakes on a Plane
Moulin Rouge
Pulp Fiction
Children of Men
Trainspotting
Milk
Chocolat
The Thin Red Line
Walk the Line
An Interview With the Vampire
Attack of the Clones
Traffic
300
Enter the Dragon
The pianist
Swimming With Sharks
Ice Age
Crash
Signs
The Two Towers
The Last King of Scotland
The Fisher King
The English Patient
The Dark Knight
Iron man
Anchorman
Pi
The Matrix
Stardust
Saw
Happy Feet
Cloverfield
Bolt
Flags of our Fathers
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Zodiac
Liar Liar
Million Dollar Baby
Scream
Monsters inc
No Country for Old Men
The Green Mile
The Crow
Hook
Gladiator
Pirates of the Caribbean
Eagle Eye
Little Children