I was cleaning up around the house this morning, and I came across a 32Mb flash card. As I picked it up to put it away, I found myself thinking that it was almost too small to be useful. After that, I gave my head a shake and started to think about how much technology has changed over the years - at least since I started fiddling around with it ( Read more... )

Kiped from Quixote317...

Bold the things you have done:
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I Love You" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Built your ( Read more... )

I swim for exercise - usually a mile or so 3 times a week. I've done this for the last 15 odd years, mostly at lunch time. (Yes, I'm a creature of habit ( Read more... )

I've owned a variety of cars over the years - from half-dead beaters to nice shiny new toys. None of them have really been truly awful experiences (although I must admit to despising some of the design of my Ford truck - the ergonomics stank ( Read more... )

At work yesterday, we were talking about solving a problem or two, and one of my colleagues quipped:

"Vi isn't the root of all evil, but it's certainly in the middle of it"

...if you're not a Unix geek, don't worry - it's meant to be obscure...(and so's vi).

Via CNN: Scary Tech

...somehow #5 (Windows Vista) seems particularly apropos.

Context Matters

I don't know who thought up that license plate, but they should win an award for it.

I was browsing through BoingBoing this morning, and found a bunch of interesting linkage:

First on my list is The Paper Forest Blog, which is filled with some really fun little bits of papercraft and links to a lot of others that are way beyond my meagre abilities with a pair of scissors ( Read more... )

Heard on the radio this morning:

Daughter: Dad, do you believe in intelligent design?

Dad: No, I think evolution explains it pretty well.

Daughter: Mom says that if intelligent design were true, then God must be gay.

Dad: Wha? Why's that?

Daughter: According to Mom, all the best designers are gay.

I don't know if it was intentional, but this video is about the wierdest genre mash-up I've ever seen:

1) Bollywood
2) Michael Jackson (circa "Thriller")
3) Vampires?
4) Zombies

The effect? Apocalyptic...