deskthority

new blog post: testing the waters

you guys! i thought i would test out a new blogging platform. the wysiwig editor on this blog host is pretty nice. and i like the smiley yellow mans more here

anyways this is my side blog. i will post blog posts here sometimes. please feel free to comment on my blog posts! i love to foster a sense of community with my readers.

my interests include happy hacking, happy dogs and all dogs. i live in holland! but i don't ride a bike. yet! i should probably buy one.

My Blogroll:
Daniel Goshdang Beardsmore

Looking forward to your blog posts.

Also dogs.

And happy hackings.

Bikes.

Awww yea what is up my man! :=)

how about some corn

John Carmack rocked so hard as a kid…

That a beagle?

scottc wrote:how about some corn

well maybe a little on the sides

new blog post: yeah, but for real though!

hey! i think i really like blogging here. i don't have to worry about anything like people Tracking My Links And Clicks. Or my blog visitors! sure, i know lots of you have taken the time to sign up for geekhack or deskthority just so you can participate in the community element of my blog and for that i am truly grateful, but i do worry about the safety of our unregistered users' browsing information.

here are some questions for the more astute, world-wide-blogging-web aficionados:

-is google analytics anything like Bonzai Buddy?
-does deskthority have a Norton?
-why is the Norton so annoying?!
-have you ever shaved your legs?
-do you think about it?

Dear Mr. Sth,
what do you think would be the best way to shave my legs? I tried duck tape, but then I accidentally the whole leg. What would you suggest?

Sincerely, BlueBär

BlueBär wrote:Dear Mr. Sth,
what do you think would be the best way to shave my legs? I tried duck tape, but then I accidentally the whole leg. What would you suggest?

Sincerely, BlueBär

with shaving

I don't think you live in Holland at all. The picture shows an enormous mountain peak in the background which scares me as a Dutch person. Heights. This can't be the lowlands. Surely you live in Tibet. Come to think of it, the monk dog gives it away.

Mountains? Try saying that to a Scotsman.

Aussie vs. Scotsman: "Real men use real knives!"

Back on topic:
Nederland as viewed from the Caribbean sea.

webwit wrote:I don't think you live in Holland at all. The picture shows an enormous mountain peak in the background which scares me as a Dutch person. Heights. This can't be the lowlands. Surely you live in Tibet. Come to think of it, the monk dog gives it away.

i'm only staying in holland. i hail from in between two mountain ranges and these flat lands are really what scares me.

hey! here's a question for dutch folks: why techno? why so MUCH techno? why ONLY techno? dang. too much, man. too much techno. stop!!!


Fig. 1: Technoverload!!!

Didn't you know before you arrived? There's no limit!

I think the techno makes the XTC palpable. Or was it the other way round? I don't know, I grew up in a timeframe when grass and reggea and ska were the thing. If I'm correct XTC and techno/trance have peaked some time ago, destined for export.

webwit wrote:I think the techno makes the XTC palpable. Or was it the other way round? I don't know, I grew up in a timeframe when grass and reggea and ska were the thing. If I'm correct XTC and techno/trance have peaked some time ago, destined for export.

mdma makes everything more tolerable but i still hate techno when i'm on it.
and hey aren't like 3 or 4 of holland's richest bastards DJs?!



anyways i only brought it up because 2 separate girls on OKCupid invited me to go hear techno at a techno place and it's bumming me out

Surely there's some folk music still around? Trust me, there's nothing hotter for ambience than jaunty fiddle music. Well, it works in Scotland…

Muirium wrote:Surely there's some folk music still around? Trust me, there's nothing hotter for ambience than jaunty fiddle music. Well, it works in Scotland…

getting colder

<Tries to figure out what's on the other side of techno music, even further away than folk.>

Bach?

Lots of folksy music here, Nederpop, Palingsound ("Eel sound"), Levenslied, etc. Andre Hazes was the king.

new blog post: don't forget!

you guys! don't ever forget what's important to you. do you what you love even if you can't do it all the time. do what you have to and don't worry about if you like it or not, just get it done so you can worry about what really matters: maintaining your sawblade pogs and preventing delamination during play:

blog post update: do what makes you happy!

like picard!

New Blog Post: Contest Contest

i want to have a contest. the problem with this want is that i don't know what format the contest should take.

so i'm having a contest to figure out what the contest should be!

the rules for this contest are easy:
come up with the best, most realistically possible but ridiculously outlandish contest concept.

the prize for this contest will be an assortment of novelty keycaps from whatever i have laying around (nothing super dumb!).

the ACTUAL contest will have a better prize.

Does this have to be an input device-related contest, or would something like long-distance SCUBA unicycling count?

sth wrote:New Blog Post: Contest Contest

i want to have a contest. the problem with this want is that i don't know what format the contest should take.

so i'm having a contest to figure out what the contest should be!

*snip snip*

Inspired by your initial post I'd say you should do the contest in the "Wrap a dog in a towel" format. Whoever produces the most entertaining dog (or equivalent) wrapped in a towel (or equivalent) wins.

Julle wrote:

sth wrote:New Blog Post: Contest Contest

i want to have a contest. the problem with this want is that i don't know what format the contest should take.

so i'm having a contest to figure out what the contest should be!

*snip snip*

Inspired by your initial post I'd say you should do the contest in the "Wrap a dog in a towel" format. Whoever produces the most entertaining dog (or equivalent) wrapped in a towel (or equivalent) wins.

this is a great idea! i am, however, concerned about discriminating against those who are not lucky enough to have dog pals at this time in their lives. but i like where this is going.

daniel, no, it doesn't have to be input-related although i am certainly open to that. it should however be something that is easy for anybody to participate in regardless of what they own or can buy.

Can it be who owns the most XT Model F boards?

new blog post: blog link

motha
fuckin
YOOOOOOOOO
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... nerds.html

Compgeke wrote:Can it be who owns the most XT Model F boards?

no but if it involves lots of dusty old keyboards you will DEFINITELY be in the running