Pun Intended Consequences
In which the main character rambles on about stuff.
Aug 26, 2008
Some New Stuff
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FIRST post from new laptop and the latest Windows Live Writer. Everything is shiny and new. Vista Home Premium is humming along with whateve...
Jul 10, 2008
The Entitlement to Being Able to Do Anything
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A LITTLE bit of a whimsical title to this post, couldn't really think of anything better on the spot. It's a rant anyway, so you...
Nine to Five
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FINALLY got an honest-to-goodness 40-hour-a-week job. I must be seriously out of shape, because it takes a lot out of me. Still getting used...
May 6, 2008
The Master and Margarita
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I STARTED writing a small review of this book on my Facebook `Books' application, but then realised I had a lot to say about it. And one...
Apr 30, 2008
Tabbing in Opera and Notepad++
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Notepad++ I'll get to Opera in a bit. It took a quick read-through of the source code (hurrah for open source), but I've finally got...
A Shoebox Budget
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A recent Lifehacker article gave me the idea of turning my formerly-useless Nokia phone box into a repository of all my receipts: This way ...
Apr 29, 2008
Found in Response to a PC World Article
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The article, 18 Features Windows Should Have (but Doesn't) elicited some less-than-reverent responses from readers: zipzap said at Apr ...
Apr 28, 2008
Hilarious Misuse of `Mullahs'
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I found this hilarious new usage of the term `Mullahs' and couldn't resist putting it up here: `Furthermore, I made the switch beca...
Apr 23, 2008
The Monkey King ... er, The Forbidden Kingdom
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VERY enjoyable movie. Jackie Chan and Jet Li together make movie magic--I just had to say it--and give the audiences a compelling show. Iron...
Jan 31, 2008
Synchronicity
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This is kind of a strange post. The thing is, I see or experience strange coincidences in my life often enough that I've given a name to...
Jan 2, 2008
Life in the Cloud
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OK, so suddenly I find myself with the urge to blog a bit about my changing computing habits. If reading techie stuff makes you want to tear...
Dec 25, 2007
LEDs: Light Emitting Diodes
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If you look at your car's digital clock, microwave display, laptop computer's indicator lights, or your keyboard's Num Lock/Caps...
Dec 21, 2007
Monopolists and interoperability?
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Here's an economist's take on Microsoft's new file formats. From the article: `While Microsoft could have kept the traditional ...
Nov 30, 2007
Slashdot Humour Post #2
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I'm sorry but this stuff is just too funny not to share with y'all non-Slashdotters. The post (Your Ex-CoWorkers Will Kill Facebook...
Nov 29, 2007
Rambling post
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My discerning readers may have noticed by now that I'm not much for blogging about personal stuff that's been going on in my life. O...
Nov 18, 2007
Windows died
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I was on ouou.com, watching some video when suddenly Windows faltered and crashed. I briefly saw a blue screen detailing some error and then...
Nov 16, 2007
Beowulf
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Very impressive movie. I could have sworn in some scenes that the actors were really there, but apparently it's an animated movie, so th...
Sep 8, 2007
Some interesting articles about child abuse
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These articles raise some interesting questions about society's tendency to see all men as potential child molesters: Are We Teaching Ou...
Sep 3, 2007
Some cool Firefox themes
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Aside from the default Firefox theme, there aren't any really cool themes that I've found -- but I do like a couple of themes which ...
Jun 1, 2007
Getting my.monash email in your Gmail inbox
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Yup, it's actually possible to send and receive my.monash (or any other uni/workplace) email from your beloved Gmail account. Here's...
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