December 2010
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New Years' Eve plans
Schedule for this evening:
omuraisu for dinner - check
Singing in the Rain with chocolate self saucing pudding and poached pears for dessert - check
To come:
Wii
Die Hard until I’m sneepy
And I’ve fallen in love with Gene Kelly all over again. *swoon*
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Chasing Squirrels | My Mom is a Fob →
My mom’s advice on how to get a guy’s attention:
Mom:`Think when you little you chase a aquarel, the squarrel will run fast away. But if you stop, the squrel will dstop too, he may also peek on what you doing. Mom: Do not scare the squarel.
Thanks to @sandysandy for reminding me that this site exists.
squarrels. hee hee.
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Review: Peninsula Tea Gardens @ Tranby House,...
Warning: Long post.
tl;dr version: The place changed hands in May. Seriously, never go here. It’s overpriced, and they’ve taken massive shortcuts with the quality of service and the food. And they don’t care about the customer, only about the turnover.
Directors’ Cut: My sister organised a little tea outing to the Peninsula Tea Gardens in Maylands some time ago and it...
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Icelandic Elf School →
bestofwikipedia:
The Icelandic Elf School, known as Álfaskólinn in Icelandic, is a school in Iceland that teaches students and visitors about Icelandic folklore. The school teaches about the hidden people and the 13 different kinds of elves that inhabit the country of Iceland. (via Marijke)
This is cool. And I want to attend.
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The 30 Steps to Mastery
(by Ben Casnocha via Bobulate, @owltastic)
Start.
Keep going.
You think you’re starting to get the hang of it.
You see someone else’s work and feel undeniable misery.
Keep going.
Keep going.
You feel like maybe, possibly, you kinda got it now.
You don’t.
Keep going.
You ask for someone else’s opinion—their response is standoffish, though polite.
...
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Patent infringement - Redcode →
(via @wobster)
A dev had a go at implementing a Shazam-like application in Java for academic purposes and intended to release it as open source. The code was written over a weekend, by himself, using known algorithms and hashing techniques.
He has now been approached by the patent owners of Shazam’s technology with requests to take down the blog posts he wrote about his side-project, and...
November 2010
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Reason #4353453 why I wouldn't last in the... →
darkmarkian:
I know that Avada Kedavra is all ~*~unforgivable and shit. But that wouldn’t stop me from using it. Ever. “THERE’S A BEE NEAR YOUR HEAD.” “THERE’S A SPIDER IN HERE ON THE WALL.” “THERE’S A FLY IN HERE AND IT WON’T GTFO.” “THERE’S THIS ONE BITCH WHO…
They’re onto something with this. I hate spiders and insects that munch on my stuff so this would be completely more...