February 2012
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We, the Web Kids - Pastebin.com →
We, the Web kids; we, who have grown up with the Internet and on the Internet, are a generation who meet the criteria for the term in a somewhat subversive way. We did not experience an impulse from reality, but rather a metamorphosis of the reality itself. What unites us is not a common, limited cultural context, but the belief that the context is self-defined and an effect of free choice. ...
Feb 23rd
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Why do people not like traveling?!
Okay… so I have just spend the last… 8 hours in transit…? I don’t get how people find the traveling part so stressful. Just leave plenty of time between transfers, and all will be well. No need to rush, or panic, just leave enough time. The part that I find stressful is the prep for going away. Making sure you have everything! Making sure the doors and windows are...
Feb 3rd
January 2012
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 14th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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WatchWatch
So… you wonder why I watch TED…? Well this video more or less sums it up in a way. (via Sebastian Wernicke: 1000 TEDTalks, 6 words | Video on TED.com)
Jan 11th
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A good old chat.
So I just spent the last few minutes or so at the bus stop chatting to a lovely man in his 90’s about a number of things. Started with card games then moved onto a friend of his who could count cards without the need for assistance. Later found out he and his friend were in Burma during the war. Unfortunately only he came back out of the two. 600 in 200 out. Makes you think. Glad we...
Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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The Lifehacker App Directory Curates the Best Apps... →
Lifehacker’s App Directory has to be one of the best resources out there for anyone setting up a new computer or event working on one for a friend or family member.
Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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“They will marvel at how vulnerable the repository of raw potential once was. How...”
– Even though this quote from Carl Sagen is about our planet. The pale blue dot. I think this particular quote is of note for a lot of things… and right now it makes me think of the internet… what with SOPA and PIPA along with many other similar actions. How many rivers will we have to...
Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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Time For A Change
Okay… so it is 2012 now… the world is not going to end, however I have been experimenting with new ways of blogging about little things that interest me, other than filling up my main blog with stuff that does not really warrant being on it. So time to revive the old Tumblr now that I have found out that I can do it using markdown! How am I restarting this tumblr then? Well I have deleted every...
Jan 9th
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