Sometimes you think you are at the wrong place at the wrong time. Maybe you just got hit by bird droppings or something. Most of the time it is only minor inconveniences that makes people think they are in bad luck. Things can be much worse than that…
Who would have figured that the mouse is at least thirty seven years old today? I didn’t know. On 17 september 1970 the first computer mouse was patented by Douglas C. Engelbart.
Being someone with a great affinity for all things technological I often wonder how life would be without all the technical gadgets, instruments and convenience applications. For me life would be hell. Simple as that. However this isn’t necessarily true for everybody. Although I often see the benefit of using technology there is also a great danger involved in the mass deployment of technology. The problem is not the technology itself but the people who use it. Or better phrased: the people who don’t know how to use it. The most productivity increasing tool can become a lethal weapon in the hands of technologically challenged people.
Dancing is not really my cup of tea. I’m a horrible dancer and I really look ridiculous when I try. That is not really a problem because I don’t want to dance anyway. People who actually can dance really look cool doing it. Some people have such control over their body that moving to the music actually looks graceful. No matter how graceful a person looks dancing, the first move always looks ridiculous. It is really fun to go downtown to some dance hall joint and watch people join the dancefloor and actually strike the first move. I’ve spilled many drinks from laughing at people who are about to start dancing.
Oh how funny, let’s pull a funny face in front of the camera. Here is a five star collection of posing drunks, dopies and weirdo’s. Disclaimer: all depicted people pretend to be retards. I do not intend to make fun of mentally challenged people. I do intend to make fun of weirdos who put their own stupid face on the net.
Don’t you just love these picture sites? Picasa, Flickr and all the other ones. I just love to watch people, even on stills. Every now and then I think of a theme and I hunt down pictures that fit the theme.
Todays special: people photographed offguard. You know the situation. You just started to say something when someone takes a picture and you look like a complete retard…
I’ve been known to love an ugly car or two but damn, is this fugly or not? This car appeared on the 2007 SEMA show in Las Vegas. It is so ugly I can’t even put it on the main page, so you’ll have to click below….
Are you wondering how the Hans Reiser trial (of Reiserfs fame) is proceeding? You can read all about it right here. This is pretty heavy stuff as his little boy seems to be turning against him, very dramatic.
Whenever you are in a sticky situation there is always someone who can give you some good advice…. otherwise you can always write to Miriam. She knows all…
If this is old shit please feel free to flame me in the comments. To me, for one, it was new. What? Yes, I know many of those sent-in letters are fake and made up by the editors. I should know since I wrote all comments on this blog myself.
As you may (or may not) know the number one transportation in the Netherlands is the bicycle. Kids learn how to ride a bicycle at the age of three or four. By the time the kids go to school they can control and ride a bicycle as well as they can walk. I always liked to terrorize the streets and pavement on my bicycle when I was young. I even raced bicycles. The only thing I didn’t like was that all bikes look alike.
I customized my bike by mounting a steer from a race bike upside down on my regular bike. This kind of looked like the steer of a chopper motorcycle. Really cool. Unfortunately I don’t have pictures of that bike. It got stolen when I was twelve. Apparently other kids liked my bike too.
Mijn blog is nog geen twee weken oud en ik grijp nu al terug naar oude meuk. Weliswaar op verzoek, maar toch, de trend is gezet… het gaat keihard bergafwaarts. Zeg niet dat u niet gewaarschuwd bent…
Enige tijd geleden is het bedrijf dat mijn diensten afneemt overgenomen door een aantal andere bedrijven. Nadat de overname beklonken was kreeg het personeel van zowel de oud-CEO als van de nieuwe eigenaren een mailtje. Dit verleidde één van mijn collega’s tot het rondsturen van een mailtje met de strekking: “Oh nee, meerdere eigenaren… nu gaan we nòg méér spam krijgen”. We zullen deze collega voor het gemak maar even “Gerbrand Wijnandts” noemen, een veilige keuze daar ik niemand ken die zo heet of zo zou wìllen heten.
This bear dog is not dressed up, his mother was violated by a panda bear
George Orwell may have been off a few decades but he was right. The government wants total control over your life. They don’t control all information (yet) but are getting ready for that. It turns out the US government spied on all electronic data traffic at AT&T.
Mark Klein who retired from AT&T was responsible to split all fiber optic channels within the AT&T facility in San Francisco to the secured room 641A. Access to room 641A requires NSA clearance. As Mark Klein puts it “I connected the Big Brother machine”. All traffic is copied to the secret room. This is a violation of the constitution. Here is the video in which Mark Klein blows the whistle.
I always had this secret desire to get a tattoo. If only I could decide on the design. I tried some scribbles on paper but never got it the way I wanted. After 15 years I finally gave up and entered a tattoo shop. The tattoo-guy showed me a couple of designs. I liked them… but those were not really for me. You see I’m not your typical tough guy. I can’t wear aggressive or bold tattoos. I need something cute, a little furry kind of thingy.
The tattoo guy asked me where I wanted the tattoo so he could estimate how large the tattoo could be. I showed him where I wanted the tattoo and instantly I saw his face glow with exitement. He said: “lie down. I know just the kind of tattoo you are looking for”. I laid down and let the inspired artist do his job. Here is the result…