Monthly Archives: July 2004

Hats!

Bought a paper hat. It looks, at a distance, like a black straw hat, but is in fact made from paper. I look cool in it, though. Of course. 19 CHF at C&A. I expect it handles water considerably worse … Continue reading

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Spider-man 2, take 3

Why stop now, when I’m on such a good roll? The hospital Octavius was sent to looked pretty nice and expensive. So. Tell me, ladies and gentlemen. Would you trust a surgeon that tries to use a meat saw on … Continue reading

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Bike!

Finally got my allocated CERN bike. Whee. Off we go. But now can’t morally drink before biking home. See recent entry. Finally got my allocated CERN bike. Whee. Off we go. But now can’t morally drink before biking home. See … Continue reading

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Spider-man 2, continued

And one rantlet more. Or maybe two. Hello, Hollywood, this is for you: Fusion energy is not renewable energy. Allow me to restate that: Fusion power is not a renewable form of power. Once the tritium or deuterium is spent, … Continue reading

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Roma victor!

Can now claim moral victory over self, having turned down free beer on grounds that person driving me home would also have been drinking. Can now claim moral victory over self, having turned down free beer on grounds that person … Continue reading

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Weekend

Went to Annecy with a bunch of people. Nice lake, very nice, very crowded market along narrow streets, nearly warm water in the lake at the beach with the very sharp rocks. Got my back quite red. Ouchie. But still … Continue reading

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Thunder!

There’s a thunderstorm every bloody night now. The charm is weakening. There’s a thunderstorm every bloody night now. The charm is weakening.

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Time

By some definitions of youth, one month left. By some definitions of youth, one month left.

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How to run fusion plants on Manhattan

Saw Spider-Man 2. Where to start, where to start. As for logic and consistency: Puh-leeze! The inhibitor chip, to take one bit of random nonsense. The SE people forgot the “press here to disable” sticker, not that it was all … Continue reading

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convert(1)

ImageMagick comes with an utility called convert. One use I frequently have for it is to run my digital photos thru it, like so: convert image.jpg conv/image.jpg. So what I do is simply to uncompress and recompress it. This is … Continue reading

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Tjohei og gjesp.

Kjeda meg litt ein dag, så her er deler av skrujernet mitt, og litt pengar. Kjeda meg litt ein dag, så her er deler av skrujernet mitt, og litt pengar.

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