What the hell is this stuff?.. And where can I find some? – (just a little camouflage joke there..)
Archive for November, 2006
The return of recursion?..
Posted by countlazarus on November 28, 2006
..well, maybe not quite – although I do like the idea that they no longer have enough letters to spell out the word ‘letters’…
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Truth in Science..
Posted by countlazarus on November 27, 2006
Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New ‘Intelligent Falling’ Theory
.. “According to the ‘Truth in Science’ paper published simultaneously this week in the International Journal Of Science and the adolescent magazine God’s Word For Teens!, there are many phenomena that cannot be explained by secular gravity alone, including such mysteries as how angels fly, how Jesus ascended into Heaven, and how Satan fell when cast out of Paradise.
The Truth in Science group, in conjunction with other Christian conservative action groups, is calling for public-school curriculums to give equal time to the Intelligent Falling theory. They insist they are not asking that the theory of gravity be banned from schools, but only that students be offered both sides of the issue “so they can make an informed decision.”
“We just want the best possible education for our kids,”said a spokesperson.
Proponents of Intelligent Falling assert that the different theories used by secular physicists to explain gravity are not internally consistent. Even critics of Intelligent Falling admit that Einstein’s ideas about gravity are mathematically irreconcilable with quantum mechanics. This fact, Intelligent Falling proponents say, proves that gravity is a theory in crisis…”
(gotta love the onion..)
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I like this picture today..
Posted by countlazarus on November 26, 2006
..er, that’s all..
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Exciting day so far..
Posted by countlazarus on November 26, 2006
..just awoke to twilight at noon. England, pah!..
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Chartres..
Posted by countlazarus on November 25, 2006
Richard Powers, in the Goldbug Variations, attributes this story to the painter Ben Shahn:
“…an itinerant wanderer travelling over country roads in thirteenth century France comes across a man exhaustedly pushing a wheelbarrow full of rubble. He asks what the man is doing. “God only knows. I push these damn stones around from sunup to sundown, and in return they pay me barely enough to keep a roof over my head.”
Further down the road the traveller meets another man, just as exhausted, pushing another filled barrow. The second man says “I was out of work for a long time. My wife and children were starving. Now I have this. It’s killing but I’m grateful for it .”
Just before nightfall, the traveller meets a third exploited stone-hauler. When asked what he is doing, the fellow excitedly replies, “I’m building Chartres Cathedral”…
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One for Emil..
Posted by countlazarus on November 25, 2006
..What Jimmy didn’t know was that Ralph was sick..
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Parking: The Drewery Method..
Posted by countlazarus on November 25, 2006
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Ego Googling..
Posted by countlazarus on November 21, 2006
“..Ego Google is an application that was inspired by the first chapter of Philipp Lenssen’s book on having fun with Google. The script automatically googles for the name that you enter and “is”, enclosed in quotes. For instance, if you ego-google “Tim”, this script googles for the phrase “Tim is”. It takes the search results and shows them to you here..”
Here’s mine…
* Andy is how it has become a very fun time to be a web developer.
* Andy is concerned,
* andy is an amazing canadian writer
* andy is an amazing canadian writer (1 product tagged by 1 customer) .
* andy is an amazing canadian writer”? .
* Andy is chosen to judge a beauty contest,
* Andy is upset with Opie for a charity drive donation of “3 miserable,
* Andy is not pretentious or even trendy.
* Andy is half man,
* Andy is respected by his colleagues for his humility,
* Andy is planning to create a short film involving ..Bunny Girl..,
* Andy is inspired by lots of things.
* andy is an awesome amazing perfect friend
* andy is an awesome amazing perfect friend .
* andy is an awesome amazing perfect friend 00:26.
… try it – you might turn out to be an amazing canadian writer too…
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My kind of street musician..
Posted by countlazarus on November 21, 2006
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The Long Goodbye..
Posted by countlazarus on November 21, 2006
Robert Altman, 1925-2006
Made some damn fine movies. Here’s the trailer for my favourite..
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Arkell v Pressdram..
Posted by countlazarus on November 20, 2006
.. A libel action brought against the satirical magazine Private Eye, which became a classic piece of Eye-lore, mainly due to the following exchange of legal correspondence:
Solicitor’s Letter (from Goodman Derrick & Co.)
“We act for Mr Arkell who is Retail Credit Manager of Granada TV Rental Ltd. His attention has been drawn to an article appearing in the issue of Private Eye dated 9th April 1971 on page 4. The statements made about Mr Arkell are entirely untrue and clearly highly defamatory. We are therefore instructed to require from you immediately your proposals for dealing with the matter. Mr Arkell’s first concern is that there should be a full retraction at the earliest possible date in Private Eye and he will also want his costs paid. His attitude to damages will be governed by the nature of your reply.”
Response from Private Eye
“We acknowledge your letter of 29th April referring to Mr J. Arkell. We note that Mr Arkell’s attitude to damages will be governed by the nature of our reply and would therefore be grateful if you would inform us what his attitude to damages would be, were he to learn that the nature of our reply is as follows: fuck off.”
[No further correspondence]
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With Christmas nearly upon us again..
Posted by countlazarus on November 20, 2006
.. here’s a suggestion for those still in search of that special little stocking-filler..
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The Onion: Still funny after all these years..
Posted by countlazarus on November 19, 2006
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Happy birthday, my huckleberry friend..
Posted by countlazarus on November 18, 2006
Johnny Mercer, 1909-1976. America’s greatest lyricist..
..and here’s one of his finest, sung by some girl..
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Tips for touring bands – number 1..
Posted by countlazarus on November 16, 2006
..How to fold your t-shirts, or.. ‘Yet another reason we love the Japanese’..
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One for Mary..
Posted by countlazarus on November 16, 2006
The late, great Laura Nyro gives a rare and riveting performance of her own ‘Save The Country’ at the Kraft Music Hall in 1968..
..I’m mesmerised by this clip. She was always considered an ‘uncomfortable’ live performer, and I love the way she seems to be auditioning characters, trying out and discarding various personae as she goes along.
Starts off like some school-marmy Joan Baez type but doesn’t get to the end of the first verse before she’s showing symptoms of psychosis. Tries to get back to sweet, thank-you-for-coming, singer songwriter, but the devil gets her again – the roll of the eyes and the look of pure poison she gives the audience halfway through is just fabulous. ‘I got fury in my soul’…you said it, girl..
Second half, she’s under control again – love will save the day – but you can tell she’s laughing at her own telling of the story, either amused at herself, or despairing, or both.
As the applause starts, good Laura makes a valiant attempt at propriety, giving the audience a suitably modest smile of acknowledgement, but bad Laura is on her like a shot as she turns away with one final, fleeting sneer. Oh, I wish she were still with us..
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Best Sellers..
Posted by countlazarus on November 16, 2006
Well, really, what else could it be?..
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Jobs I’m happy to let someone else do..
Posted by countlazarus on November 16, 2006
Part one of an occasional series – Fixing the antenna on the Empire State Building..
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Today I have been mostly listening to..
Posted by countlazarus on November 16, 2006
…still seems that the individual links don’t work, which is a shame, but this one does..
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