Time Unknown - Glow

Come play

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:54:54 +0200

Pseudopod made me laugh with a story called Sick Day. It reminds me the day last week when I noticed virgin snow covering a section of a train platform and planted careful footsteps to the very edge of the platform, the kind that might be left by a person jumping under the train.

So, listen to it. Laugh at it. Join my pranks, though they happen on genuine free time only.

Pocket sized loved ones

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:53:31 +0200

Let's assume for a little while that you, dear reader, are capable of suspending your dirty jokes for a while, namely, for the duration of this blog post...

Wouldn't it be nice if one could carry a pocket sized avatar of a loved one with them wherever they go? You could take the miniature darling out of your pocket and show them things, ask their opinions, see their reactions, gently pat their head to show that you care. They'd smile at you, talk with you, and be the all around adorable beings they just are. Best of all, you'd never really miss them.

Now, half of you are probably on the floor, rolling in laughter caused by your naughty imagination. Shame on you, you just missed a really sweet concept.

This is how geeks nap

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:12:53 +0200

Lately I have messed up my night time sleep more often than usual. I'm not by any means good at napping, so usually falling asleep is difficult. However, I've recently discovered that the Stack Overflow podcast will put me to sleep very promptly. Is it geek or what to find Joel Spolsky that soothing?

Snow

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:20:17 +0200

They say snow does not really have a scent and what you smell is actually what your own blood smells like. I like the way Demeter Fragrances' Snow smells like. Does that make me an ice queen..? I wonder what it would be like to wear it on a hot summer day.

Rain

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:13:20 +0200

Luckily Richard does not dislike Rain as much as he disliked Thunderstorm. Actually, this one was again quite neutral in his opinion. "Does not smell like rain", he said. I think it does, but unfortunately not like city rain. Not having ever lived in the country side this rain-on-flower-field kind of smell does not trigger any significant memories in me, just ever so slightly reminds me of some early morning walks.

Bonfire

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:38:49 +0200

Bonfire smells undeniably of a bonfire. For me this is an immensely positive scent, full of memories of certainty, focus, friendship and confidence. Nothing bad about it at all. Yet somehow it seems a bit too, uh, flammable scent for everyday wear.

A photon in need is a photon indeed

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:06:41 +0200

Next time you are bored (but you never are, are you, dear reader...) take a roll of cellophane tape, locate the end of it, and go into a dark room. Really really dark room. Then just pull and enjoy the friendly photons.

If this was interesting, now thing about this: If the same is done in vacuum, you get enough xrays to take xray pictures. Very cheaply. Now, how cool is that?

A Sensible solution for small business plural

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:46:07 +0300

Small business plural: One person company calling itself we/us in order to not seem smaller than all the other one person companies. See also me&dustbunnies and me&houseplants

I struggle with this myself too and today I ran into a most wonderful solution to this problem. sensible.com is using a simple sensible solution for this problem. You can find it by clicking on the "Who we are", for example.

Clear confirmation

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:20:55 +0300

Compared to most other such dialog boxes, this one, from Konqueror is a thing of beauty. I don't need to hesitate a moment when I see it. It assumes I know what I'm doing and has Quit as the default. It's just perfect.

Map is so much more than just the territory

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:25 +0300

I needed to learn about visual hierarchies for web design purposes and shocking the most illustrative guide to them seemed to be a map making book called Making Maps: a visual guide to map design for geographic information systems. Quite a mouthful, that. There are excerpts of the book available online for the curious and the needy.

Anorak numb relay

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:03:14 +0300

Much fun can be had with

an -m 5

and variants an a quiet afternoon. Thanks Danie!

Secret Society, here I come!

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:31:17 +0200

Hee, I knew it would happen someday! I have been invited to join a secret society. And that's all I'll tell you.

You'd steal a clip from a podcast?

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:14:18 +0200

Remember that annoying "Would you steal a TV?" clip at the beginning of so many DVDs? Well, I have not stolen a tv, but I did steal this clip from the Sowerby and Luff podcast. Would you steal this blog entry?

Absurd explained

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:47:36 +0300

YouTube video by LoneStar does a great job explaining the song American Pie. Before this the song seemed to have very weird lyrics. Now they make more sense.

Feather

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:50:39 +0300

Today I switched to a new theme on my lappy, one using a background image that I actually made myself. It's very different from the previous theme, but of course I like it anyway.

When uploading this screenshot I started thinking what it would be like to have the screenshot as the background image on some of my desktops. I bet it would look just like I had those windows open that way, as all the panels would align nicely.