I have glass. I have a glass cutter. I have putty. Soon, I will have an intact balcony door again. Also, I heart Reverse Garbage, it's been far too long since I wandered around there.

Reference: http://users.monash.edu.au/~ralphk/glass-cutting.html

I want one! *plots to raid hardware store...*


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The same street in Dubai in 1990:


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I rode to work, motherfuckers! [route] <-- (14km, approximate because Google Maps still doesn't think you can ride/walk over the harbour bridge ( Read more... )

I heart MIT, really I do.

http://web.mit.edu/jcb/humor/high-speed-ravioli

( ravioli-based relativistic kill vehicles )

Do any of you have a pair of old or broken circum- or supraaural headphones (i.e. 'cans') that you're holding onto for no good reason? Give them to me please, the bigger the better! I'll be gutting them, so as long as the headband and ear bits are intact (and preferably comfy) I don't care about the drivers or cables ( Read more... )

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”


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2nd driving lesson done, 118 hours to go. Massive improvement over the first lesson, felt significantly less retarded and much more comfortable.

*beepbeep* I'm a motorist!

http://twitter.com/glittalogik/

It was bound to happen eventually.

Tuesday night I got $200 worth of sci-fi and fantasy novels courtesy of market research (yay for Dymocks Book Club passing my details to 3rd parties, I guess ( Read more... )