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Comment on when you bring it on yourself by Chintana

Chintana — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:10:47 +0000

Having it as an addressable URL is a bit unfortunate. People came up with RDDL for solving this problem but that didn’t caught up with the masses. Not sure why a library tries to fetch it in the first place, when it’s clearly stated that you shouldn’t.

Comment on when you bring it on yourself by H

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:54:17 +0000

Ahahaha. Serves them right. Over-precision has a way of returning to bite you in the posterior.

Comment on tablogging by Engwar » Blog Archive » Compromises

Engwar » Blog Archive » Compromises — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:14:07 +0000

[...] of a coherent essay these days can partly be blamed to the rise of the tablogging. Then again, striking a balance between a tech, utterly abstract mumbo jumbo or something explicit [...]

Comment on the localized urban myth by H

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:27:37 +0000

Ah, of course. “Ooshna” foods. Never could tell them apart. Especially the different varieties of banana and fish, some of which are supposed to be “heaty”. No one in my family is susceptible to this type of “heat” because we never *learned* about them, whereas some of my more knowledgeable cousins break out in hives if they were to eat the wrong sort of banana. Could it just be the learning? We’re currently conduction such an experiment with our nephew — we’re not telling him *anything* about heaty foods.

Comment on checkpoint statistics by Curious Yellow

Curious Yellow — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:40:08 +0000

Unlucky mate could be worse, you could have the conversation that I used to get at the checkpoints:

Checkpointman: Yaapanedha ipadhune?
Me: Ow (FFS, you know I was born there! it says so on my ID!)
Checkpointman: November 26th-dha upandhinaya?
Me: Ow (Aaargh!)
Checkpointman: Dhemaladhe?
Me: *head explodes*

What on earth is the point of an ID card if you get asked to confirm your identity at every damned checkpoint?

Anyway, kottu on demand and sunshine everyday right? Can’t beat that.

Wait, actually, it’s summer here.

A very skimpy summer.

They get hotter every year (the summers, not the girls…. well, the girls too ).

Aaah Britain, gotta love it! How’s tricks Drac?

Comment on online activism by Annotated Bibliography: Twitter and the Iranian Election Protests « OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:21:04 +0000

[...] Online Activism The Lair, 22 June 2009 http://lair.fierydragon.org/2009/06/online-activism/ Extract: “It seems like a made-for-a-VC-presentation fairytale – an oppressed people rise up, converge online and overthrow the comedic villain that everyone loves to hate. It could even be the next “You Got Mail” (You Can Haz Tweets?). On the face of it, I should be all over this – power to the people, information should be free, and hey, it’s Iran. My (completely irrelevant and probably unedified) view from several thousand miles away is that there could be worse things that a change of regime. And that this view is probably diametrically opposed to my country’s foreign policy causes me much amusement.” [...]

Comment on wonkey isn’t good enough by rasti

rasti — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:21:39 +0000

Aiyo drac, you know it’s a bad day when you’ve got to spell out and explain your own horrific puns.

(cozy)(ninja)

Comment on I can’t hear myself think by Ochre

Ochre — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:32:57 +0000

I’m with you on this one. I’ve tried audiobooks, and they drive me crazy. Podcasts are mildly better, although I can’t “learn” anything from them (as the frequently used, and not-at-all-remembered) language podcasts on my iPod bear witness.

Ah me. I may have to try the early Discworlds though, as per Kisholi’s recommendation. Who doesn’t love a good Pratchett?

Comment on what’s in your wallet? by drac

drac — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:05:02 +0000

Oh, I know they can find excuses – but having an insurgency is an excuse that was taken seriously by lots of external parties. Rebuilding, not quite so much.

I doubt you need the disclaimers around here, fortunately. We’re well away from the madness.

Random source of astonishment – when there was a ceasefire a few years ago, everyone was talking eagerly about a peace dividend. Now, not quite so much. Wonder why?

Comment on what’s in your wallet? by SpectralCentroid

SpectralCentroid — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:45:50 +0000

Dude, you seriously underestimate our ability to find excuses. There’s is much potential in ‘rebuilding the war torn areas’ and ‘clean up operations’.

Disclaimer:
Of course I know they are important. That’s not the point.

p.s. Someone said that the lokka himself said ‘there will be no more excuses’ at some speech he delivered. Bravo!