And people wonder why DVD players are so cheap and crappy… I pulled one to bits yesterday for spare parts. Well, actually I salvaged what was left of it’s bits, after Laura had already taken to it with some kind of extremely large, heavy blunt object. No, seriously – she’d torn the metal casing into… Read more
It’s really cute looking back at the [partial] IRC logs from when Sarah and I were first going out… except when it gets up to the bit which reminds me why we broke up. And to see the date on it, and to realise how long things weren’t right. I’m suddenly not quite so interested… Read more
This journal is now Officially Boring, so says Bobo. Kudos. :P
I’ve been talking to Rob this evening about borrowing some tools for use with my thesis – you know, the usual stuff for manipulating electronics; files, drills, etc. Then he says: “I also threw a hammer in the toolbox” My response? “Hehe… you know me too well. :)”
You know, this insurance I’ve got is truly top notch. Notably, section 12, which covers me for up to $8000, at $1000 per day, for time spent “forcibly detained on a means of public transport which has been hijacked”. ’cause you know, when I’m sitting in a plane that’s been taken over by terrorists, the… Read more
Back in high school I was part of a big group of people called the “geektree”, named after the tree around which we congregated in the school yard, which was named after us… Richard Stallman would be proud. ;) [Sidenote: I really should document the famous geektree at some point; remind me in a few… Read more
Raaaaaaaarrr! Fear the fearsome men of our household, who single-handledly almost killed a spider! It was a huuuuuuge two centimetres long if it was an inch! We are most certainly the bravest warriors in these here parts.