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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jun 10th
I think I only just understood what the title of that film meant.
I never thought about it till tonight.
Why do you look grumpy?
Why are you so sad?
Why are you such a dick?
Why are you so angry?
Sigh.
Tonight was fun right?
People had a decent meal. Cheap too. Caught up with old friends.
Too tired to continue…
…
Quick Tech Post
Jun 8th
Firefox, I’m sorry, but you’re losing. You have nothing going for you anymore.
Chrome and Safari both have extension support now and a javascript engine that is far superior. I was actually quite amazed that the latest Safari 5 outperforms the latest dev build of Chrome. Very interesting indeed. Then we have IE9 which by the way things are going will be the most standard compliant browser once it reaches final. I’m not saying it’s full standard compliant now…far from it but the way the dev team is working (shown through their blog) I won’t be surprised if they come out on top in terms of standards.
Ironic.
In the mean time Mozilla is holding onto everything they have. Development cycles are way too slow and performance improvements are subpar compared to the competition.
As you may all know Apple just announced the iphone 4. Too bad it’ll be released in Australia one month after it’s release in the States. I think I can wait. Hopefully Optus provides some form of discount for existing iphone customers to cancel their contracts like they did last year.
The Apple fanboys are jizzing in their pants whilst the Apple haters are crying “It’s not magical! It’s not revolutionary”.
Well you know what? It’s not about inventing something that’s “new” it’s about taking what exists and making it work.
Windows 95 was “revolutionary” but Xerox had the concept like 20 years earlier. Touch screen isn’t new either, we had PDAs since the 90s. But the problem was that none of it was widely adopted! Technology was shoddy, it needed someone to step in, raise the bar and force the industry to innovate. People in the tech business are lazy, mainly because they’re run by old money who have this philosophy of “milking as much out of one technology as possible”. I mean really, before the iphone it was simply which phone had the “better” camera. What else did a phone have to offer? Now it’s a platform, so much more than just a “phone”.
It’s unbelievable, you’d think we’d be living in a world where video calls are common place. But I doubt many have ever made one. I’m not including webcams here. CISCO does a good job with it’s “Telepresence” system but it’s made for corporations and not feasible at all for the everyday user.
What else do I have to say?
I don’t care what you say about Jobs, his cock is tasty.
Hurtful
Jun 8th
I tend to write things on the assumption that nobody reads it. Yet I publicise it to the entire world.
And then I’m the one *surprised* that people read it. Amazing. I don’t think I’ll ever find it any less amazing to be honest.
I am also sick right now, caught the cold on Saturday I’m sure.
Yeah, feel pretty terrible at the moment, nose is blocked. I’ve drank so much tea. I find when I’m sick I’m more “fob”. Same thing happens when it hits the AM. My Engrish gets better and better.
Hey look a happy song is playing =) “Something to Believe” by David Choi. It’s in English. He speaks English.
Tomorrow is Tuesday.
Not that it makes a difference really. It’s STUVAC, so technically it should be a vacation right? Have fun before exams? Right? Right.
I ended up setting up my dad’s computer. Took me 2 hours on Friday night. My first time as well. Was quite proud, until I realised one of the power cables was 2 inches too short. The PSU sat at the bottom of the case rather than the top so it couldn’t reach the socket. Eventually I went to the comp shop today and got an extension cable…for $10. Bullshit. Ah well, it works now. But really, harddrive dampeners really work! The new case doesn’t have any…and the harddrive is fucking LOUD. So glad I’m giving it to my dad now.
I swear, my blogs have so many references that if I were to go back and read up on them I wouldn’t get half of them >.>
Dancing pigs and unicorns said hi.
Yeah…like that one.
Family Hilarity
Jun 6th
So yesterday my brother and I had an interesting short conversation…
James: “John, can I ask you a question?”
Me: “Sure”
James: “How do girls get pregnant?”
Me: “*laughs* um…”
James: “You know…when they get older…how do they get pregnant?”
Me: “How about I tell you this tomorrow?”
James: “I think I know how”
Me: “Really? How?”
James: “When the guy gets laid!”
Me: “LMFAO”
I don’t think he understands what getting “laid” means and probably just picked it up watching TV.
My mum these days get all up in my business about the people I go out with.
It all started with the “love-heart display picture”.
Mum: Who’s that?
Me: Who’s who?
Mum: The person with the love heart display picture.
Me: A friend
Mum: A girl?
Me: YES…a girl…
and then she asks a series of questions…
Mum: What’s her name?
Mum: What degree does she do?
Mum: What year is she in?
Mum: Do you have a picture?
Mum: Can I see it?
Mum: Where does she live?
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In another unrelated occassion.
Mum: I heard noises coming from your room last night.
Me: I had a friend over.
Mum: It sounded like a girl
Me: Yes…
Mum: Why was she over?
Me: Was fixing her computer
and then the questions start…
Mum: What’s her name?
Mum: What degree does she do?
Mum: What year is she in?
Mum: Do you have a picture?
Mum: Can I see it?
Mum: Where does she live?
…and another time…
Mum: What were you doing up 2:30am in the morning?
Me: Work…
Mum: Then why was the phone in your room?
Me: I was talking on the phone with a friend…
Mum: Female friend?
Me: Yes…
and then the questions begin…
Mum: What’s her name?
Mum: What degree does she do?
Mum: What year is she in?
Mum: Do you have a picture?
Mum: Can I see it?
Mum: Where does she live?
Every time I go out these days she asks a bunch of questions.
Me: Okay mum I’m going out tonight!
Mum: Who are you going out with? High school or uni?
If it’s high school people she knows I’m not gonna be seeing any girls…oh snap!
Otherwise more questions will ensue.
Sigh.
My mother thinks I’m a slut.
Hilarious Night
Jun 6th
“Don’t worry, you don’t have to dress up for me”, I said.
“How else will I pick up white boys?”, she said.
“You can be my gay best friend!”, she added.
Hilarity ensued when I tried acting “gay”.
“Oh yes, it is quite cute isn’t it har har!”
Okay, so I was quite proud of myself tonight. So we were lining up for emperor puffs in Chinatown right? The line was epically long. At least 30 people lining up to get it. We waited A LONG LONG time to get our delicious emperor puffs, although it obviously wasn’t that long due to my epically hilarious nature, bitching about life and all it’s hilarities. Then out of nowhere, this woman sneaks in and cuts the line. She cut in BEHIND me so I guess it didn’t matter but I decided to tell her off.
“Sorry, but I think the line is down there! *points to end of line*”
“Oh is it? *turns around to run off*”
Bitch got served.
And then we ended up at the Promenade. Ah the Promenade, third time these semester where I’ve just sat down on those steps chatting about god knows what. Anyway, out of nowhere this woman sits down right next to me. Pulls out a cigarette, lights it, turns to me and goes
“Is it wet here?”.
“I think it’s just the cold steps.”
We later finds out she’s from Perth and to be quite honest she has a bit of a British accent and you know how that gets me off hahaha. Anywho, she goes on about how people have been telling her to be careful of the “lebos”.
“Over at Perth we’re scared of the Abos, you know Aboriginals? Yeah, but here it seems that people are scared of the lebos…*pause* Are you lebanese?”
No, I don’t think so.
LMAO.
Okay fine, it’s not as funny when it’s down on “paper” but it was hilarious when it happened.
You know what’s even more hilarious?
No I won’t say it.
So I made a little bet with life today and all it proved is that there is no such thing as fate. Yay!
I wonder…
I can make time
Jun 4th
1am.
Tired.
Eyes droopy.
Head slightly woozy.
Night was good.
How high up am I?
What does the sign say next to this ladder?
Sleeping.
Not making any sense.
First Day of Winter
Jun 1st
If you have me on facebook you’ve probably seen this video but I like to upload it through multiple avenues.
It’s not really creative and has been done before but I decided to have some fun with it. Took an image once every minute and strung it together using iMovie and added Four Seasons Winter to it. It fit in quite well so I’m rather pleased.
First day of Winter guys. Let’s hope she’s not a cold hard bitch like she usually is.
Computer OCD
May 29th
My dad’s birthday is coming up and I thought I’d give him my old PC, but cover it up with a brand spanking new case so it feels “new”. It’ll replace a 7 year old Dell which has worked seamlessly without a problem during the 7 years. Quite amazing actually. But I foresee many more problems than it solves.
But let’s go through the problems that it solves first.
1) Windows 7 >>> Windows XP
2) No more “John why is my internet so slow?!” (when talking about the computer…) “No mum, firefox has frozen…just give it a second…there we go. See?”
3) Orders of magnitudes faster!
I think that’s more or less it.
Helping my dad to convert from XP to 7 is going to be a bigger problem. One problem my dad has is that for some odd reason he finds it “cool” to have multiple email addresses. He uses all of them. He has hotmail, gmail, yahoo, tpg mail and some other odd emails he’s collected over the years. What’s worse is the fact that he uses Outlook Express to manage them. So getting the emails from Outlook Express to another mail client will be a challenge.
In addition, over the years, we’ve made a couple of formats and each time we format, we backed up the data onto another partition. The problem is that he now has 3-4 backups spread across 2 partitions. So getting him to consolidate all his data will be another problem.
I will need to spend a good day or so getting him to consolidate his electronic life. Should be fun.
Does anybody wish to buy a 7 year old dell for $100?
Okay I think I’ve procrastinated enough need to get a start on that 40% report due Monday. I’ll have a rant about it but it’s really not worth the effort.
People and trains
May 28th
God I was meant to write this post up ages ago but I always forget.
Some people just frustrates me to no end.
These are the annoying people you see whilst catching trains.
- People that stand in front of the doors rather than being on the side when trying to board the train
Wanna let people get off first before trying to get your butt on the train? It’s worse when I’m trying to get off and there’s this mofo standing in my way. These days when I get off and if I see a mofo in my way I stand in front of them until they move out of my motherfucking way. Let the passengers get off the motherfucking train before trying to get on it douchebag! - The type of people that upon boarding the train immediately stands on the side of the door
When you have to stand on the train there’s usually 4 optimal locations to stand and they are the ones by the door. They’re usually the first to be taken when people are forced to stand due to lack of seats. I do it, you do it, we all do it. But what pisses me off is during on peak, the person at the front decides it’s smart to stand on the side immediately. Why does this cause a problem? Well, on some trains the pole believe it or not is not in the fucking center of the door! Outrageous right? So when they stand on the side, you have to squeeze your way in whilst people on the other side of the door are briskly walking through. - The type that ruin the seating structure of the train simply because they’re too lazy to change their seat direction
On those old trains and millenium trains you can change the direction the seat faces right? Well, there are some people who are just too fucking lazy to change the seat to face the wrong direction. How is this a problem? Well, you get a situation where you have two sets of chairs facing each other. It’s uncomfortable enough having to sit next to a stranger but having to sit opposite someone as well and get your leg room chopped off by like 99%? Assholes. - The desperate lonely men
I don’t really find these guys annoying since they don’t sit next to me, I just feel bad for the girl that is forced to sit next to them. I’ve seen situations where there are plenty of seats everywhere and some guy just decides to sit next to that one girl. - The I’m-too-lazy-to-get-up-so-you-can-get-out person
Whenever, I’m sitting on the aisle seat and someone on the inside needs to get out, I stand up move out of the way and let them out. But there’s plenty of assholes that don’t! It amazes me! Cause then I’ll have to be careful not to stand on their fucking toes and also have to be careful not to slam my fucking bag into their face. Get the fuck up and let me out. - The I-don’t-care-if-im-in-your-way person
On packed trains and you need to get out there’s also going to be that one idiot that will rather stay in their position than move so the 10 or so people behind them can get out. I don’t want to lap around the carriage just to get out, get off the train so I can get out and then you can get back on! The train aint gonna leave as soon as you step out. - School kids
Okay, we’ve all done it, left our school bags on the ground and passengers had to skip over them. But come on kids, pick up your fucking bags! - Asian chicks
When I see a white girl with nice hair usually it’s accompanied by a nice face. But nope, not the case with asian girls. There are asian girls that can have perfect hair, perfect legs and a nice butt to boot and as soon as you walk past them and take a peep behind your shoulder your heart just sinks. So how does this work in relation to trains? Well, you sit behind some chick and you know, she looks quite nice from behind, you then spend the rest of the trip pondering on what she would look up fron the front, she or you finally get up to go and take a quick look and bam! Imagination is out the window. What’s worse is if they’re some 40 year old. *shudder* I have to say a lot of asians look better from behind. Oh snap.
I think that’ll be all for the moment. I’ve probably missed some…meh, if you have any more leave a comment and make me happy =D
Off topic: Girls, if you’re going to put on a skirt that is teeney weenie too short, don’t bother trying to pull it down in an attempt to save your dignity, you lost it as soon as you decided to step out of the house.
Nice analogy
May 28th
12:36:04 AM A: well, the broken vase aint ever gonna get fixed.
12:36:20 AM B: when the kid whacked the soccer ball at it, that was the end.
12:36:27 AM A: it can be superglued
12:36:28 AM B: someone with the patience will stick it back together
12:36:33 AM B: brand as new
12:36:38 AM A: but i dont think it’ll ever be right again.
12:36:43 AM B: probably not
12:36:50 AM A: unless you like, melt it down..
12:36:55 AM B: but at least it’ll still be usable
12:37:05 AM A: yeah, just not the same
12:37:13 AM B: it’ll be better
12:37:29 AM B: and beautiful flowers will go into the vase
12:37:42 AM A: unless it’s too hideous and must be kept out of sight.
12:37:56 AM A: that’s when they stay at the back of the cupboard.
12:38:08 AM B: it’ll be awesome
12:38:12 AM B: and be on the window sill
12:38:38 AM B: and hope that it will not fall like it did once before
12:39:20 AM A: i guess
