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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Time
By some definitions of youth, one month left. By some definitions of youth, one month left.
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
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
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.
Kingdom of Loathing