It's been brought to my attention that someone died recently. And no, i'm not talking about number 2, or 'The Pig', from Slipknot. Or any number of deaths in the metal community recently. As nice as music is.

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Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914 - May 22, 2010)"Gardner's life was not only long but extraordinarily productive. He was a ( Read more... )

I have codes for http://www.dreamwidth.org if anyone would like one ( Read more... )

In some ways, i can thank the irrational, the indignant and the hypocritical... because when they think they've found weakness, push your buttons, wind you up, get in your face and rouse you to retaliate... they unwittingly (or perhaps psychotically, wilfully, beggingly) unleash the reins ( Read more... )

I'd thought of an awesome subject title while withering away my time in a Hong Kong 'apartroom', i'll call it. But due to one evil of the mind i should combat, the arrogance of inspiration, i wondered how i could ever forget such genius. And lo - it is forgotten. The title, which is sure to appear above at some point, i shall invent during, or ( Read more... )

Can't do it. Slept for 2 of the 5 hours i've been staring at the screen. And 'Sunshine' didn't download properly so i'm trying it again. Love that movie ( Read more... )

So i'm moved once again to type... to do what i should be doing. But by the strangest of things. It started with one person, Kitschkat and seems to be exponentially gaining momentum... that is... the number of Russian LJ users who are adding my otherwise mostly lifeless journal to their friends list. I'm interested... if any of you are listening... as to ( Read more... )

I'm thinking of perhaps making such announcements a regular occurrence... death, and those we lose to it, holds some-what of a fascination for me ( Read more... )

"If you were any more laid back, you'd be horizontal." - Ma ( Read more... )

If you can figure out the title then you'll realize that it's nigh-on equivalent to saying 'back to square one'. I mean this in several ways: I'm approximately, all things considered, exactly where i was two years ago ; My last post was entitled 'The beginning...' and i'd like to refer back to that time for some context ( Read more... )

...You may not have heard that the usually lovely people behind all of this useful blogging environment are planning to data mine our data. It looks innocent enough, but can we be too careful? I've opted myself and the communities i manage out of the scheme. That's right... you have to opt out... or else you're automatically opted in. Like U.S. ( Read more... )