Yesterday, I tried Durian for the first time. Also, probably for the last time: It tastes like a combination of mango, avocado, and raw onion. It also smells like a combination of mango, avocado, and raw onion. But, see, while I like mangoes, and I enjoy avocados, I try to avoid raw onions by either skipping or frying them; so mangos clearly ( Read more... )

Sure, those ads that say "Meet singles in your area" are pretty annoying. They take up screen real estate, and list regions pretty close to your city, which they determine by your IP address ( Read more... )

Originally posted by ibigdan at Книги, которых не было

Sorry, everyove who doesn't speak Russian!


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A few years late, sure--but I finally got around playing Prince of Persia - Sands of Time. Now, I never did beat the original--I always ran out of 60 minutes (and patience) while trying to press "Jump" at just the right millisecond on my Nintendo--but I still remember the essence of that game ( Read more... )

I decided to turn off anonymous commenting. I don't post much, but I sure prompt a lot of comments, most of which try to sell me something...

Sorry, Anon!

Happy New Year, everyone! :-)

May it bring you much joy and happiness.

The mission was a success!

The temperature was 2 degrees above freezing. We arrived at 23 o'clock (took the 8th spot in line; the first five people waited from 20!), waited until 6 in the morning, and now Indira has a laptop with a $250 discount!

Good night, all!

This just occurred to me: you will not be confused by Inception if you'd ever connected (Remote Desktop, Terminal Service, ssh) to one machine, and used it to connect to another ( Read more... )

Among my files, I found this review of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron ( Read more... )

I think that now is a good time to document my theory of why the world is the way it is. Note that I don't call it a hypothesis: after thinking about it for a year, I'm fairly sure that it's correct, other than, possibly, tweaking the number a little.

Ninety percent of people on this planet are stupid.Think about it. Think broadly. Don't use a ( Read more... )