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Yes, these are apparently a real product. I can't believe that the creators are unaware of the appearance.
My email address attracts a lot of misdelivered mail intended for participants in the plastics industry. Some of them are quite humorous.
der sir,i have attached my biodata with this mail for the vaccancy for diplomain tool & die engneering.plese trat ths mail seriouse
regards,
s k
I understand that the writer isn't a native English speaker, but at least make an effort.
Maybe you think you learned how to tie your shoes when you were five years old, but your knots still turn out lopsided and loose. Chances are you're tying a "granny knot" instead of a "reef knot". Learn the difference.
But now we need a word for a construct that has the opposite meaning when read backwards. Unfortunately "palindrome" doesn't carry any implication about meaning, so it's not as simple as "anti-drome". "Anti-palindrome" doesn't make sense either, since it isn't any inherent property of palindromism that is being negated. Suggestions?
(HT: DR.)
Welcome to 2010, and farewell to the zeros, or aughts, or whatever you want to call the past single-digit decade.
This year is another chance to live your life to its fullest! What would you do if knew 2010 were the last year of your life? Forget and forgive the past... don't drag around your regrets and grudges for another year.
You're living in the future!
Yeah, it's been a little slow around here recently. Among the many things going on are:
- It's my daughter's first Christmas.
- We have a foreign student from Ghana staying with us over the holidays.
- I recently bought the family an Xbox, and there are approximately one zillion shows and movies that we have been meaning to watch together.
- Work has been crazily lurching towards the end of one project year and into the beginning of another.
- Also, Eve Online.
So I've been a busy boy!
I'll be posting over the holidays though, since I'll be at home and relaxing. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas with your families and friends and that you're able to set aside the worries and stress of everyday life for a little while.
Luke 2:7-14And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Here's a sweet radio-controlled helicopter called the Blade mSR Ultra-Micro RTF Helicopter that looks to be an order of magnitude more advanced (and expensive) than the toys I've bought off of ThinkGeek. Here's a video, which I'd embed except that they seem to have disabled that option.
(HT: LM.)
Happy Halloween everyone! This is my daughter's first, and I can tell she's really looking forward to it.
How about some Halloween-themed wallpaper for your desktop?
Halloween wallpaper 1
Halloween wallpaper 2
Halloween wallpaper 3
Halloween wallpaper 4
My machine is sporting this haunted house and pumpkin dealie.
"You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream -- the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order -- or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. Plutarch warned, 'The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.' The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come to a time for choosing." --Ronald Reagan
(HT: SW.)
I'm not sure why little girls are so scary. I guess it's the juxtaposition of innocence and evil that is so disconcerting. (cf. "The Shining")
(HT: RD)
So what's the deal with techies and "so"?
So .. here’s a question: Have you noticed that tech workers start a lot of their sentences with the word, “So…?”Is it just me? Because I started to notice this around 1997 or so, when dot com companies started gaining in stature, importance, and wealth.
Tech veterans, recent hires, even people who left other careers to jump on the tech bandwagon would answer questions starting with the word “so.” As in, “So, what we do is strictly B-to-B,” or, “So .. I can’t tell you much about our upcoming release, except that it will radically change the way business is done.”
To be fair, it wasn’t just dot com workers. Some people I knew at chip companies, video game companies, and others, they would give me the “so,” too, but dot commers, that’s where you’d get it the most. It lasted through the boom, even the bust. Today, you’ll still hear it. Ask a question, and get a “So…” to start the response. I don’t get it from most other careers. Finance? Automotive? No “so.” Same with politicians. I’ve listened for it, but it’s not there. You don’t hear it from Clergy, either. In my experience, at least, it’s a tech thing.
So what?
I shop at WalMart all the time. I love WalMart. And yet... People of WalMart.
(HT: LM.)
The economics of Somali piracy, with a fun flash game at the end to let you try your hand as the captain of a pirate ship.
I wonder if the guy who invented the wheel ever got into a fight with the guy who invented stairs?
The Lodge-On-Wheels looks cool, but it seems like it would have some disadvantages over a traditional RV.
