Monthly Archives: November 2005

odd: the geometry of gen 1

Now I’ve seen everything… geometry of Genesis 1. I suspect maths can go too far in looking at certain things.

Rhyme Bacardi with Party

[kottke] Ah, innovation: Top 10 Songs That Rhyme “Bacardi” with “Party”

Movie: Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride

Movie: Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Visually excellent, this kids movie (it’s a musical, of sorts) has some quite scary moments for small children, but tells a compelling story. A little too short, perhaps. Christopher Lee is excellent. Watch on DVD, I think, though, on the big screen, some of the words were hard to pick, and [...]

playing jokes on the contractor

playing jokes on the contractor

origin of the the wire coat hanger

[coudal] origin of the the wire coat hanger

Best Word Book 1963 vs 1991

How political correctness and cultural changes have influenced Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever,1963 and 1991.

CNN.com - Brown to start emergency planning consulting business - Nov 24, 2005

Talk about cashing in on your mistakes: the man who was sacked the US government’s emergency response to Hurricane Katrina - Michael Brown - to start consulting business - on emergency planning.

$100 laptop for poor

UN debut for $100 laptop for poor.

Actor Pat Morita dies

Actor Pat Morita dies, aged 73

feeds: state of the web

[fg] RSS feeds - what are they good for? Full marks for using a Venn diagram to good effect.

the exam beckons

After a less than wholly productive day of study, I’m off to sit an exam for a correspondence course on the Old Testament… I can’t say I’ve missed sitting exams.
Update: It was okay. At first reading, it was pretty frightening, but I managed to find four out of the eight questions that I could answer. [...]

traffic calming

[panther] Odd traffic calming approaches

Literary classics become txt msgs

BBC News: Literary classics become txt msgs; eg:
FeudTween 2hses- Montague&Capulet. RomeoMfalls_<3w/_JulietC@mary Secretly Bt R kils J’s Coz &&is banishd. J fakes Death. As Part of Plan2b-w/R Bt_leter Bt It Nvr Reachs Him. Evry1confuzd-bothLuvrs kil Emselves

Monergism

Word of the day: Monergism

DVD: The Usual Suspects

DVD: The Usual Suspects
An old staple, this kept me company while I ploughed through some housework - I still notice the odd subtlety that I haven’t spotted in previous viewings.

DVD: Ross Noble - Unrealtime

DVD: Ross Noble: Unrealtime
An amazing sequence of improvisational comedy, although quite crass in places. Two shows on two DVD’s, with a few special features showing that perhaps Ross is like this all the time.

What won’t be fixed in IE7

[Forever Geek] What won’t be fixed in IE7

isometric pixel kitchen

Making an Isometric Pixel Kitchen

the return of the (coffee) king

back to grind

Originally uploaded by cafedave.

Those of you familiar with Cronulla might spot this picture and have a knowing smile on your face. Yes, Grind has reopened (and Richard - the coffee king - is back). I was wearing my Grind t-shirt as we walked through Cronulla, [...]

Mac Mini in a Millenium Falcon

[fg] Installing a Mac Mini in a Millenium Falcon (with iSight camera).