Lykke Li / Kings of Leon - “Knocked up”
Put this in your ears a sec.
Pet Peeve #9927
Products that advertise they are gender-oriented strictly for marketing appeal.
Grow up, advertisers.
So this is a thing.
gpgpgp asked: At what age is it unacceptable to get erections on public transport?
Are you kidding me? That’s the only place I can get erections.
harraton asked: A real question: What was something that you saw or experienced that restored your faith in humanity?
Can’t say I have that much faith in humanity. As a whole, we’re ugly, deceitful creatures who believe the world revolves around us.
That said.
Part of my commute for my last job was a 20 minute walk. Each day I’d buy a coffee, put on some music and walk slowly through a nice bit of London. And most days, while walking down my favourite little street, I’d see a moustachioed man in a flat-cap walking his tiny scotty dog. He’d be wearing a tweed jacket, he’d have a pipe and he’d look like the quintissential Englishman.
And he’d smile beneath his moustache and say good morning, although he knew was I listening to music. And you could see he meant it, even when it was raining or horrible. And I’d smile and say good morning back.
So there was that.
The Prix Pictet prize winner this year is a series of pictures of the Yangtzee river by Nadav Kander. They’re quite beautiful.
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@cleversimon writing a tweet
Nice photo, Rich.
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How I "met" your mother
The funniest part of the whole show is air-quoting the right part of the title.
Whatevs
Yeah, you could ask me things. And yes, I’m a hypocrite.
The Future Now
[SCENE: A mechanic’s garage. A nervous customer watches as a car mechanic looks over his vehicle.]
Customer: So… what’s the problem?
Mechanic: Weerlll…. it’s your software, innit.
Customer: My… software?
Mechanic: O’course, mate. You’re runnin’ 10.3. You should runnin’ at least 11.1 on a vehicle o’ this make.
Customer: I see. Well, that doesn’t sound too expensive.
Mechanic: Weeerll, you say that, mate, but I got parts and labour to consider, dun’t I? I’m an ‘onest businessman, I am.
Customer: But… it’s a software update. There are no parts involved, really. I mean, I could probably do that myself.
Mechanic: Uh… weeerll. Uh. Dunno ‘bout that.
Just sayin’.
Not entirely true, because some countries only use the metric system partially, and use the imperial system to some capacity still. England, for instance: try asking anyone there how many kilos they weigh.
I find there’s a perceptible age gap in terms of metric usage in England. Friends my age, especially ones who watch their weight using gym scales / modern equipment, will probably know their weight in kilos, whereas their parents won’t have any idea.
Guess it all kinda ties into the years the various countries picked it up, which is a fascinating dataset in itself. Algeria in 1840 and Iran in 1927? Who’da thunk it.
The newest version of Chrome supports Greasemonkey scripts natively
Apparently it converts them directly into Chrome extensions.
