Personally, I’d pimp mine out with spinners and a five foot tall rear spoiler, but to each his own I say.
Month: February 2011
Samsung Kies Software
Is the worst piece of shit you ever did see. It’s super slow, bloated, and looks like the retarded monkey who decided on the design gave the job to a colorblind Amiga programmer.
Actually, I’ve never used any mobile phone/digicam/video cam maker’s software that was even close to being acceptable, but this Kies crap bundled with my Samsung Galaxy 5 is just laughably bad. Time to start up on my old desktop rig: FOUR TIMES longer than PhotoShop CS3.
This is just fucking unacceptable, shitty code. Shame on you, Samsung.
Karelia / Alone in the Wilderness
It was nice being able to sleep in a tent for a few nights this past year; I like camping and look forward to taking Max and Mina…
There are a couple of nice outdoors themed links I’ve been wanting to post, so:
Unforgettable Vacation In Karelia – Nice photo set from Finland or Russia, can’t tell which. (It’s hosted on English Russia, so watch for pop-ups.)
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Then there’s this clip from a film called Alone in the Wilderness:
This kind of stuff just fascinates me – I often wonder if I’d be able to handle a month or two of solitude.
The guy’s homepage is here.
I’m acquiring the full video as I type this, so I may write about it again.
Max and Mina’s Tribute to the White Stripes
“The White Stripes belong to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is that it can last forever if people want it to. Thank you for sharing this experience. Your involvement will never be lost on us and we are truly grateful.”
–The White Stripes, February 2, 2011
And so:
We did this back in August of last year.
I was never a huge White Stripes fan, but the way they are ending is inspiring. I sure wish my favorite bands had gone out like this.
Legion, the chat transcript
Adam: yo
what up
Adam: that’s cool, I like chatting to myself anyway
me: hey
you there?
Adam: they killed the black guy!
me: ?
Adam: and he had a prosthetic hand…
bastards!
Legion
it’s a really good movie!
such an intricate plot
me: oh
Adam: and great acting
me: you should see spartacus the series
pretty cool
Adam: what up man
me: not much
just finished my only class for today
Adam: nice
me: i was sitting under the trees outside drinking coffee
Adam: gonna go do something fun?
me: um
soon
got a pal who’s cousin has an m4
Adam: lol
me: we’re going to go to the police range and surprise the shit out of some cops
Adam: nice
me: his uncle’s the governor of a nearby province so he has all the papers
he usually takes it to the range and gets asked about it by all the cops after he rocks full auto
Adam: oh no, black guy number two is rushing the zombies
fuck, where’s omar when you need him
oh shit, the little girl is a zombie
me: farmer in the dell
Adam: she ate him!
fuck
the white girl is going crazy
she’s in the van!
The little kid is leading the zombies
me: is that a gladiator movie with zombies or what
Adam: now the angel is taking an mp5 out of the diner
karate chop
flying forward kick!
cap to the dome!
me: wtf that movie sounds awesome
Adam: gasoline flame thrower
me: robocop
Adam: ooh, white girl is getting lucky
back safe in diner
me: you need to see walking dead
Adam: sorry, the movie must look super cool through text
me: it sounds awesome
Adam: that’s what I hear
me: keep going
Adam: oh shit, baby girl stabbing!
me: i wont bother watching it
Adam: lol
oh shit, the baby girl got tossied in the air
Adam: shot by machine gun!
Adam: like a midget toss
now the girl is in labor!
me: wtf
Adam: her vagina is glowing!
me: that movie is fucking complicated
Adam: never mind, was just a flashlight
wow, that baby popped right out
looks like quaid from total recall
Adam: “The baby was not meant to be born…but the future was unwritten. The baby was born.”
one handed baby catch!
Adam: wow, the angel is being rear naked choked@
oh, choker pwned by a switchblade hidden in a mace
Adam: “sorry, we’re out of business”
lolz
angel got shot in the head with a flare gun
wow, I think I should go study
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Adam is offline.
Thanks for the D
I was in a bank the other day, holding Max and waiting for Nam to finish renewing our car insurance, when a student from a while back spotted me and came in to say hi. Then she started tearing up and thanked me repeatedly for passing her last year, and pointed down to her bulging midsection.
“I’m six months pregnant,” she said, “and I just don’t know what I would have done if I hadn’t graduated yet.”
I remembered her case very well – it had been a tough call, with various problems if I chose to help her, but in the end, I passed her. I dealt with the problems. I forgot about her class and started teaching new ones… and now she was here.
I was kind of embarrassed, but I squeezed Max closer, and looked her in the eyes and told her to be a good mom.
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It’s 50,000% better to be told someone’s pregnant after you make a decision like that than before.
Mina’s new turtle
(thx mark!)
Readability
I’ve really tried to keep the design of this site pleasing and simple over most of its incarnations. It bugs me when I visit sites that have interesting content overlaid with shitty design and ads, so I’ve been using the Readability javascript for a long time (it currently exists as a Chrome plug-in). Simply stated, it simplifies pages, strips out extraneous crap, and makes them easier to read.
Readability has now launched as a subscription service, starting at $5 a month. I would pay for it if I browsed on my mobile more often, but $60 a month is a bit too much for me… I like the idea a lot, but I’m not willing to pay that much for it.
I’m very grateful they’re keeping free the Chrome plug-in around.