µblog - archive for 2015-11

Purchased a videogame online at a place called “The Game Store”, randomly got a branch cutter at the same time #ecommerce

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Ju äldre jag blir desto mer resonerar Niklas Strömstedts eviga ord: “jag betalar mina räkningar i tid/det ger mig inre frid” #fb

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Here’s another blast from the past, The Sunday’s “Reading, Writing and Arithmetic”. From 1989 if iTunes is to believed.

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o/~ Still at the end of every hard-earned day / People find some reason to believe

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``Although Gorey’s books were popular with children, he did not associate with children much and had no particular fondness for them’’

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``Gorey left the bulk of his estate to a charitable trust benefiting cats and dogs, as well as other species, including bats and insects.’’

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So far very little mention of tryptophan on Twitter. Is that still a thing or is it later in the US day

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Really tired today, it’s a Jeb! kind of day

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Why is the missile cruiser Moskva called a Guards missile cruiser? Thought Guards was a land-based designation

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Hey hipster musicians, stop making tracks with 15 minutes of silence kthx

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I’m picturing Dilbert in a suicide vest and an AK, yelling “they took away the hugs!!!”

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Is is World War 3 yet

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Not a good month for Russian aviation, civil or military

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The #21.co business plan starts with “Sell $400 #Bitcoin “miner”, followd by 15 rows of “???” and then “Profit!”

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Usually I scoff at the idea of a media manipulation campaign but the recent attack on encryption sure makes one wonder

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o/~ How can you lie there and think of England / When you don’t even know who’s on the team?

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What’s the difference between the Int’l Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) and the Int’l Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM)?

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I suspect any attempts to Godwin @realDonaldTrump will only make him stronger @CukeKing

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Senaste Twitterproblemen berodde på att @ToreK förlorade debatt mot mig och ragequittade

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Today is Int’l Men’s Day, but don’t forget that everyday is Lesbian Lover’s Day (source: Dr. Ross Geller)

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ISIS represents Muslims like the Westboro Baptist Church represents Christians

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Email logjam at #work cleared - internal skype “Brace yourselves - emails is coming”

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a violent game but at least you get more XP for non-lethal takedowns than killing someone #smallmercies

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Customer email titled “Discordance”. Eris rules!

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o/~ Philosophy is useless // Theology is worse.

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I’m a huge Matthew Sweet fan but his latest stuff doesn’t grab me

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Two most popular classes of questions on /r/AskHistorians: 1) Nazi Germany 2) History of drug use. Go figure

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It’s Friday the 13th, aka Champagne Night!

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No algorithm survives contact with real data.

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Playing another forgotten classic - “Memories of a color” by Stina Nordenstam … so early 90s!

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Whatever floats your boar, I don’t judge.

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Entering a phone number on an international site, the entry field doesn’t accept the plus sign. facepalm

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Trying to book a car online but #Europcar’s site is so crappy I literally can’t login and give them my money

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Headed out for some night shooting. After 2 tram stops realize I forgot the cable release. Back I go, it’s not as if it won’t be dark tmrw

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“Half of the New Canadian Cabinet Members Chose to Skip “So Help Me God” in Their Oaths of Office” - replaced w/ “Ïa! Ïa! Cthulhu ftagn!”

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I’ve decided to standardize on US spelling for most words, but not “aluminium” because c’mon

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Price of a Bitcoin has increased >$100 in 24 hours. Obviously NOW is the time to buy

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(If you didn’t get the sarcasm in my previous tweet you should unfollow me pronto)

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TIL Candy Crush is worth more than all the bitcoins

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I guess now that I’ve finally found a way to make Twitter lists work for me, they’re gonna remove those too

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Stars are still ruling the official Twitter iOS app. No doubt bloody hearts are inbound

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Twitter’s attitude to Lists seems to be “if you can’t think laterally this feature just isn’t for you, give up trying”

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TIL that Joule (namesake of the SI unit) was British, not French.

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Why do today that what you can do in a blind panic tomorrow?

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