Archive for October, 2005

lasik again

Further to this, I checked out opalvision and went for a preliminary test. Apparently they reckon I am eligible and then invited me for a second test. They use an Alcon 4000 machine. However, they didn’t talk me through anything. Nothing at all. I just didn’t feel confident or comfortable there.

So, will be checking out The Adventist and The Sanatorium - apparently they also use American machines - Intralase.

Allegretto Wave sounds great.

linkage

Before linkage.

I know I’ve said it before, but it really, umm, grinds my gears — you know, like when you can’t find the droids you are looking for.

Revert. You know when you get an email and you put it to the bottom of your stack to reply to later? Then the sender follows it up a while later with “Please revert.”?

First, I was going to get to it. 43 folders baby. Second, what do you want me to revert? That’s my reply now. I am sooooo not getting promoted anytime soon.

Somewhere out there there is an English language book that is incorrectly instructing people in the use of this word , causing my gears to grind.

Okkkaaaaayyyyy. Deep breaths.

Links.

The Clothed KamaSutra.

Adverts that change with the weather. Little bit NSFW.

WTF is Web 2.0?

We are social beings. The need to connect and communicate is inherent to our human nature. Social Software is simply technologies that enable interaction and communication. Social Software is a large construct of Web 2.0 business. The social software convergence is the combining of existing mediums with technology enablers.

Shagging in space.

How much is your blog worth? Me - 44k. Simonworld - 280k. Ooof.

Timecoded vinyl? You what?

Special vinyl records pressed with a digital timecode are played on normal turntables. The timecode signal is interpreted by a computer, connected to the turntables through an interface called the Scratchamp. The signal represents where the stylus is on the record, in which direction it is travelling, and at what speed. This information is interpreted by the computer and used to play back a digital audio file which has been ‘mapped’ to the turntable.

Blackberry Thumb.

[some links via Lancerlord and Kottke]

Currently loving listening to Far Away - Dishwalla and Hey Ya - Razorlight.

More in a bit.

slight flux

Gonna be fannying about with the layout. So please bear with me.

Can you have ’slight’ flux?

UPDATE: Not sure I can be bothered. The K2 code is still beta and I would have to upgrade again soon. So might just leave it for the moment.

breath

What do you think is wrong with someone that has a breath that smells like an electrical fire?

weekend sms

Mostly from Gunther.

Just seen tanker in harbour. Name: “Supa Bhum”. Registered “Bangkok”. I’d like to think it has an entirely female crew. Should think this is the time of the morning they would be hosing down the deck. And each other.

Just being visited by two high priests of the internets PCCW sect. Working their black magic now. Never ceases to amaze me. Soon there will be zeros and ones being snatched out of the air. These guys should get paid loads for this. Giving the gist of the internets to the masses. Forget doctors. Sure they save lives, but what sort of life is it without the information super highway? I tell you, there is a word for a world without it: middle ages.

[Shaky: Reminds me of that darts guy. “There’s only one word to describe that: magic darts.”]

Slogan for Philips Electronics: “See, Hear, Experience Everything.” Don’t they know it’s too late?

Duck my ass with no lube. Greenpeace boat docked near DB ferry. What whales are they saving here? All that charity money going to hippies to spend on at least 3 hookers each (Like the Janzen ratio, where you buy three shirts as you know one will be a disaster). Rainbow warrior my angry gweilo ass. Hong Kong is no place for freeloaders. British would never have allowed them to dock. The ducker should be scuttled in the harbour.

Come on son of Jor-El. Kneel before Zahn. Smootchie Bootchies.

So. Slept through 4 calls from removal men. Eventually answered when they banged on the door. He looked at me and said “How about we come give you 20 mins to wash up?” So here I am washing up while my removal guys wait outside. Feel awful. But it’s too late cause I have seen everything.

Am outside the police station. I can see the paint falling off. This would never have happened on The Queen’s watch.

Shit in my pot noodle state. Where the hell is food?

Broken arrow. Broken arrow. I repeat. Broken arrow. Team has split up. Cannot locate. [Shaky: He was stood about 3m away from me]

Where the hell are the fireworks? Nelson action directly correlates to British naval supremacy which can be traced to colonial expansion thus the founding, protection and flourishing of the Hong Kong we know today. Yet no recognition. But for Chinese Labour Day we send up enough fireworks to make it look like a bad day at the Somme. Honouring who!? Farmers and layabouts in their singlet vests pulled up over their stomachs.

Just checking my preferences and notice there is an icon button saying “show all” - don’t they realise that its too late? And I have seen everything….and have gotten away……….on-the-grass.

weekend

Friday night: very drunk gweilo.
Saturday morning: in trouble gweilo.
Saturday: sleeping gweilo.
Saturday evening: hangover howwwwwwn gweilo.
Sunday morning: geeking gweilo.
Sunday afternoon: lazy in front of telly gweilo.
Sunday evening: still in front of telly gweilo.
A History of Violence - disappointed gweilo.

lost rhapsody

Erm, strange. Lost/Bohemian Rhapsody.





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