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Hysterical literature
An interesting experiment. What happens when you get a woman to read literature while an assistant applies a Hitachi magic wand to her nether regions under the table? Clayton Cubit did just that. It seems you get porn, without any actual porn. It's NSFW for the prudish.
Session 1: Stoya:
Session 2: Alicia:
Session 3: Danielle:
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Republicans
I wish the US Republican party were the one Clint Eastwood seems to think it is. They'd be quite electable were that true. I worry that they'll be electable given the current state of the party anyway... -
The Washington Post
Today I learned that The Washington Post is so called because it's published in Washington, not Washington. In hindsight, it was obvious. But that's not the association my brain first made when I heard about the paper, and I guess it stuck. FWIW, I made exactly the same incorrect association when it came to the Washington Redskins. -
On the merits of redundancy
Some people think I'm paranoid. I wouldn't say so. It's just that I pay more attention to the potential worst case outcome that some. So when it comes to storage, I have a mirrored RAID array in my home server. The contents are backed up to a separate disk in the same machine. I also have an offsite backup in a datacentre ( Read more... ) -
Weather
I'm starting to wonder if I've made a mistake planning to go to Italy. The current weather forecast says 37 degrees on the day I arrive. I'm going to die. -
My weekend
I'm shattered after the weekend, but finally I made it to the top step of the podium. That win also leaves me leading the championship. Pretty great weekend all in all :-)
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Overheard on a train today
Two people were looking up directions on an online map via a smartphone. One read out to the other "it's a 500ft walk from the station". The other replied "Feet? That's a bit archaic, isn't it? How far's that? Why don't they use standard units ( Read more... ) -
Mozilla
Dear Mozilla developers. I know you're a bunch of incompetent morons, but would it really be so hard to change that and release a decent product? Please? -
So that was 2011
This time around, I'm less than a month late! A year end overview in January. Who'd have thought it? ( Read more... )
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