Tag Archives: Stupid

Let me tell you all the ways …

… in which I hate you. 800 MBs of RAM. And you know what? I haven’t even used Flash since I started Chrome. So in the midst of Flash versus Apple (well, we’ve sort of blown past it, but anyway), … Continue reading

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There now, let’s not be completely fucking retarded.

Kalle-Alms-MacBook-Pro:trunk me$ svn st ? build ? universe.orig ? scratchpad.rtf M asynchro.xcodeproj/user.perspectivev3 M asynchro.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj M asynchro.xcodeproj/user.pbxuser ? Classes/multilineTableViewController.h ? Classes/multilineTableViewController.m M Classes/gridreaderViewController.h M Classes/gridreaderViewController.m M Classes/mgXMLWorld.h M Classes/mgXMLWorld.m ! Classes/MultilineTableViewController.h ! Classes/MultilineTableViewController.m ? tavern/world.xml ? universe/uni.jpg-files M asynchro-Info.plist ? examples/stiles … Continue reading

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Mac OS X 10.6.2 and input methods.

So, I turned on Japanese on my Mac. I also turned on “let individual applcations have separate input methods” because I often talk to A in English and B in Japanese and C in Swedish simultaneously on Adium, and it … Continue reading

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Hurry, hurry, hurry! You must immediately do nothing at all!

I got an email from NVidia with the following title: NVIDIA Newsletter – Hurry, Renew your Subscription by April 15 2010 Which at the top of it had in big colored text the words: HURRY, RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION BY APRIL … Continue reading

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Per se.

Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_say Note in particular the line that in parentheses starts with “also misspelled as”. kthxbyem8s

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It’s evolving.

DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) was introduced some years ago, and pulled headlines e.g. with Sony’s “invisible on the Running Processes software” that was secretly installed onto computers when a music CD from Sony was loaded. I personally bought a number … Continue reading

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Indeed I verily doth suck.

279 points, i.e. 69.75% i.e. fail. By 1 point = 0.25%. Actually, I knew I’d failed all along. I’m actually surprised I got that high. Next time Kalle will get the opportunity to (with any chance of success) try this … Continue reading

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iPhone does not love linux.

With my previous praise for the iPhone, I must of course balance it with some flak. You know me, I’m big on the balance stuff. After all, I did play a Seeker*. Anyway, the iPhone does not love linux. I … Continue reading

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Hospitality, and Merry Christmas.

Hospitality must be the most underrated cultural shock in existence. From looking people in the eyes when talking to them, to not staring at people when talking to them (i.e. direct opposites) (and for the record, the former is Sweden, … Continue reading

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The yen, part 2.

I whined about mentioned the yen and its happy little adventure up in the clouds in an earlier post roughly a month ago (Oct 28th) and figured I’d post an update. Or rather, today was “a first” — and not … Continue reading

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