June 2011
I quoted this a moment ago, and thought that actually it’s worth posting here as well. That’s a passage from Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men In A Boat. I remember reading this part at the airport waiting for a flight many years ago and I return to it every now and then..
George comes out really quite sensible at times. You’d be surprised. I call that downright wisdom, not...
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“Tumblr iPhone 2.0: Now available on the App Store…”
– Tumblr Staff
.. gabba gabba gabba.
Meanwhile, in a galaxy not far away…
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WatchI have been told by a known video sharing site that this video is (again) not available in my geographical location (by the way, I do like my geographical location, thank you very much!) so I am sharing you, with the kind help of Grooveshark (who accidentally deliver to my geographical location) my favourite Black Crowes song — 99 lbs.
I only got to hear it once I bought that particular...
.”..industry officials predicted that mobile broadband charges could rise in the Netherlands to compensate for the new restrictions.”
http://m.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/23/netherlands-enshrines-net-neutrality-law?cat=technology&type=article
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That’s not exactly a prediction but a threat. And well done to The Netherlands for this law!
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Watch(via DEBTOCRACY - ΧΡΕΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ)
How (some) Greeks see it. Others see it this way.
“I used to take a drug called Neurontin, and I just never stopped crying,”...”
– The fiscal case for legalising marijuana | Samantha McCann | guardian.co.uk
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The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the... →
Rules of thumb and other fingers.
“Аз не знаех какво искам да уча, като ме приеха. Не знаех дори какво означават...”
– SOFIA LIVE - Емиграцията на птиците
Ох, от мрънкане вече почна да ми писва.. Абе сине, като не знаеш какво искаш, че иди след школото и поработи нещо треторазрядно за година-две. Виж какво означава да ставаш рано и какво искат да кажат с израза “няма безплатен обяд”. Пък после виж в...
“The tax payers are like the torturer’s assistant whose job is to revive...”
– Golem XIV - Thoughts: “Orderly Default” - Liars lexicon
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Changing Tumblr Dashboard
I think I had it with Tumblr, so this here is a temporary solution till I find a suitable blogging platform to move my blog to. It’s not a matter of if but when.
But, for the time, here’s how common mortals can disable the wretched Helvetica Neu imposition to something that is actually readable in FF.
Go to Stylish and install it. The plugin will let you add styles for sites you...
WatchTerry Pratchett - Choosing to Die (by Eric)
Thanks to Jerry for the link he posted on Twitter.
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Medieval Food - Medievalists.net →
The Medievalist, one of those slightly off-the-usual feeds I read, have made a fine collection of papers on medieval food as well as a few videos at the bottom.
Konfitüre and Marmelade
Although few might make the distinction in Germany, Wikipedia tells me that:
Der Ausdruck Konfitüre ist in der Schweiz üblich. Er wurde früher in Deutschland eher selten und meist für Aufstriche benutzt, die nur aus einer Fruchtsorte hergestellt waren und die noch Fruchtstückchen enthielt. Die weitaus üblichere Bezeichnung für mit Zucker eingekochte Früchte ist in Deutschland und Österreich...
Обичай равенството..
.. прегърни многообразието”. Хм. Чета статия в Дневник и ме напъна да пиша. Няма да защитавам права или да взимам страна — познавам една сурия люде със сексуална ориентация различна от моята та даже един от най-близките ми приятели има плеснат ген. И това е то.
Не, не ми е думата за или против парада, ами за това, как не всеки подход е правилен навсякъде. В България все още хората...
CRAZY TALK: ANNOUNCEMENT →
johnphillips:
From the BBC - Read by John Cleese.
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have therefore raised their security level from Miffed” to “Peeved.”
Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not…
“Towards the end of last month, the Relationships Foundation published a report...”
– The world needs a new Marx, but it keeps creating Malcolm Gladwells | John Harris , The Guardian
A convenient bad example, aren’t we. 