August 29th, 2005
Why I Like The Register
There have been times when I’ve wondered why I read The Register. Then comes along a report like “Student constructs hamster-powered mobe charger” with gems like
We’ve often wondered for what purpose exactly hamsters were put upon this earth, and now we know: to charge mobile phones.
and
Perhaps if he’d knocked together a desktop cold fusion reactor powered by supercharged, neutron-emitting guinea pigs suspended in deuterium gas he might have earned himslef an “A”.
which seem to answer the question perfectly.