I took this pic yesterday outside a nearby ATM. Taken at night-time without a flash, hence the bad quality. Good advertising means not over-doing it.
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Monthly Archives: December 2006
In Our Time
Saturday, December 30th, 2006
I’ve started listening to BBC’s In Our Time episdoes again, on my phone this time. It’s the best way to spend some 40 odd minutes; if you haven’t heard any episodes yet, you’re missing something. Oh, and here the podcast link.
Some wisdom for y’all
Sunday, December 24th, 2006
Stop what you’re doing, and look at the bottom of my site’s home page. Here’s a handy link so that you can be sure what I’m talking about. I wrote a small Python script to generate some random quotes, and there it’s integrated into the site’s hidden region1 for any and all too see. Click [...]
Way of the Weasel
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
Currently reading: Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel. Is it so wrong that I recognise some of the situations mentioned in the book, or that I think that it is full of handy tips?
Line Rider
Saturday, December 16th, 2006
Line Rider is one of those games that you look at once, just because everyone on the net’s talking about it. I sure didn’t get what all the fuzz was about. And the I saw this YouTube video: Man, people can create amazing stuff out of the simplest of things.
How Art Can Be Good
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Paul Graham’s latest essay. Sample: What counts as a trick? Roughly, it’s something done with contempt for the audience. For example, the guys designing Ferraris in the 1950s were probably designing cars that they themselves admired. Whereas I suspect over at General Motors the marketing people are telling the designers, ‘Most people who buy SUVs [...]
Craigslist meets the capitalists.
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Craigslist meets the capitalists. Hilarity ensues.
Deadhouse Gates
Monday, December 11th, 2006
The Malazan Book of the Fallen is my new favourite series. I just finished reading Deadhouse Gates and oh-my-gods do I love the book. Steven Ericson is an amazing writer. I had a lukewarm reaction to Gardens of the Moon (book one of the series), but was intrigued enough to try continue reading. And boy [...]
The Dumbing Down of the Programmer
Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Read ‘The Dumbing Down of the Programmer’ part one and two over at Salon—it’s an old article, but good. Use this link as a bookmarklet to bypass ad screen.