September 2009
Tsunami, peanut allergies, and child abuse. More common now than when I was a kid.
Which way do you slide this switch to turn it off? http://twitpic.com/jmxwv
This device doesn’t charge when it’s turned on. Why the fuck not? http://twitpic.com/jmyd6
Pro tip: Dont try to eat a kebab if you’re lying down. It’s starts out ok but the end is a total train wreck.
Lately I have been thinking Wellington hospital didn’t do all they could for me after the accident. It has been getting me down.
Michael Gambon on Top Gear. Fucking brilliant!
… Don’t ever say stuff just because you think you should. That’s the definition of an asshole.” (via @shitmydadsays)
I’m sick of this wheel chair bullshit. Time to do something about it.
I hate wheat beer
I’ve finally found the motivation to do some work and the customer’s computer is inaccessible. Fuck it!
Fuck Yeah Motorcycles →
An excellent Tumblr, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Watch
New glasses for the first time in 10 years. Everything is so shiny!
I like that @bbum has a dog called Ruby. I guess objective-c would be a mouthful.
I Just Made Love →
Living in the Future
When I press the “Post” button in my Tumblr app my iPhone will send a bunch of bytes to a computer on the other side of the world which will cause it to crank into life. It will do a bunch of database operations and some other unknown tasks eventually writing this post to a hard disk, thereby enabling you to read these words in your web browser of choice.
Because I have “Send...
The stupidest sentence ever written…
“Based on the book by the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
FFS!
This is pretty funny http://tinyurl.com/ly5gz2
Though irronically I can’t remember @gruber ever saying anything worth retweeting.
The worst/best thing about the iPhone is it removes a whole lot of reasons for getting out of bed.
Using rubber sheets makes you realise how much moisture a mattress normally soaks up while you’re sleeping.
#rathernotknow
NetNewsWire
NetNewsWire has switched to using Google Reader backend and with it has gained a whole heap of suck.
I paid Brent Simmons the money so he would continue making a great RSS client, not to become Google’s bitch.
Laptop battery myths
marco:
TUAW ends this article about laptop batteries with this advice:
Never leave the machine plugged in all the time. Laptops are meant to be portable. Using it as a desktop that never runs on the battery will destroy your battery life.
Cycles are your friend. Never letting the battery complete a cycle will greatly diminish your run-time. Try to avoid charging the battery unless it’s...
Wherein my wife and I forge a cross-cultural...
Me: You're just going to have to get used to the fact that we Jews are not big people. We're tiny. Pixie-like.
Wife: Yeah, right. Maybe fat pixies.
Me: Well, you gotta eat.
Good luck to @OneSadCookie on his next big adventure.
In the US their nutters start churches or march on the Capitol in protest. In NZ our loonies get seats on local councils.