For those people with a Facebook, I can highly recommend setting your language to English (Pirate).

My grandma is currently en route to Poland to visit her son (my uncle) who is sick. It's a very long flight with three transfers: 9.5 hours Sydney to Bangkok, 11 hours Bangkok to Frankfurt, 1.5 hours Frankfurt to Krakow. To add to which she has patchy knowledge of English/German and travel procedures. I'm sure that people will help her, but I'm ( Read more... )

Remember the good old days when processors ran on 5 watts and didn't need heatsinks? Welcome to 2008. On the left, a Core 2 Quad processor. Middle, the huge heatsink/fan that it comes with. Right, the heatsink/fan that came with the motherboard (compare back to the chip on the left). *shakes head* This is getting pretty ridiculous, I hope ( Read more... )

My Wednesday date became a Saturday date due to me being sick (and I'm still not 100%, but feeling better). Anyway, she's pretty neat. She's totally as much of a geek as I am, and that's pretty rare to find in a girl. Which can be a bit awkward sometimes - I now know what it's like to go out with me - but it's also nice, we certainly have no ( Read more... )

Over a coffee today:

M: So how long was your longest relationship?
Girl: Not very long.
M: How long is not very long?
Girl: *pause* ... So how long have you been on RSVP?
M: Too long.
Girl: How long is too long?
M: ... Isn't the weather nice today?
Girl: Totally. It's such a lovely day.I have another sort-of-date on Wednesday (with a different ( Read more... )

I was randomly thinking about pickup lines for system administrators (sysadmins are people too!). So far, my best effort is this...

"Baby, can I get root access to your box? I... just want to install a package..."

This post sponsored by sudo: protection for geeks.

Those people who are into physics will enjoy this video... I've just been reading a book on the Standard Model so it's all really fresh in my mind. The LHC is due to come online in a couple of months, and should provide some really interesting data that makes and breaks theories. *waits anxiously*

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Hmm, I think I may have just had a one night stand. No regrets, though.

P.S. She since messaged me with: "P.S. you are AWESOME in bed ;)" Hehe. That's one I need to frame.

Via a discussion on another journal I've been reading the White Privilege Checklist and the Male Privilege ChecklistHaving tried to apply a similar approach to my own situation and feeling of powerlessness, I came up with an Attractiveness Privilege Checklist. Please note that I'm not trying to mock the other checklists, which are definitely ( Read more... )

I don't know if this profile is serious or not, but it brings back disturbing memories of MySpace...
hey babe wotz cookin do u wana set my pants alite if u do dont b shy brin it on as this lioness is dyin 2 tear u apartoh where do i start i luv my sports league union afl cricket im an easy goin girl neva take anythin 4 granted as u dont no wot ( Read more... )