Heh. That pac-man outline of candles alone is just genius. And MC Escher? Best Weird Al song in a long, long time.
White and Nerdy
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Yearly Archives: 2006
To Err is Human
Our secretary thought I was “definitely under 30″.
I think I must’ve looked really oddly at her.
We live in a Dark Age
The BBC reports on [torture in Iraq](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5368360.stm).
>Manfred Nowak said the situation in Iraq was “out of control”, with abuses being committed by security forces, militia groups and anti-US insurgents.
>The UN report says detainees’ bodies often show signs of beating using electrical cables, wounds in heads and genitals, broken legs and hands, electric and cigarette burns.
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>Bodies found at the Baghdad mortuary “often bear signs of severe torture including acid-induced injuries and burns caused by chemical substances”.
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>Many bodies have missing skin, broken bones, back, hands and legs, missing eyes, missing teeth and wounds caused by power drills or nails, the UN report says.
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>Victims come from prisons run by US-led multinational forces as well as by the ministries of interior and defence and private militias, the report said.
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>The most brutal torture methods were employed by private militias, Mr Nowak told journalists.
Yeah. Iraq is totally safer now than it was under Mr. Hussein. The people are so much better off. I really wonder why they do not kiss the ground the US forces walk on.
Spamvertising "The Pill"
I got a spam which offered to deliver “the pill” directly to my doorstep.
The spam was of course phrased very loosely so as to avoid the easily filtered keywords. I actually read it and have no idea if they’re selling the usual stay-hard pills, or actually “The Pill”. And if the later, would you really want to trust your birth control to something that was sold to you by gangsters?
The Daily Show – The misappropriation of 9/11
Haha.
“You’re joining us on September 12th, which as you all know is the fifth anniversarry of the misappropriation of the events of September 11th.”
“Guess what? The world’s never been completely safe. You can spread what you want – Democracy, manure, Nutella – it’s not gonna happen.”
Typical Apple
Just installed the new iTunes 7. Takes a reboot and some waiting time. Then got to see the new “iPod Summary” page.
351(Click for the Zoom, sorry, I can’t make it bigger here.)
What can I say. This looks so typical Apple.
Longest Trip to Work, Ever
Normally it takes me about 50 minutes (door to door) to get to work. Today, due to a bomb alert at the airport, the subways all got cancelled. Took me over 2.5 hours for the same trip. Great.
Oh, PLEASE.
New ICQ contact (yesyes I didn’t want to use it anymore). Someone who has filled out surprisingly much of their profile added me to their list.
Me: “Spammer?”
Her: “No”
Me: “Good, because there are too many of those” (I answer in German)
Her: “Yeeeeeeea”
Her: “Cam?”
Oh, great. Lemme guess. She’ll then send me the link to some cam spam site. So I answered:
Me: “Oh great, good riddance. I won’t talk to anybody of your kind. –> /ignore”
And put her on ignore.
Selina huh? Whatever. I know a spammer when I see one.
Career Moves
At work I got a brochure from a company selling RAID solutions. I’ve never heard of this company before. I then suddenly realize: “Oh, so this is where our former key account manager at ImaginaryStorageSolutions Ltd. got his new.” I used to inquire about cheap IDE/SATA solutions alot there. (For my company, of course.)
I am tempted to write them and ask if my guess is correct.
(I just realized that “to write someone” automatically means “sending an email” to me.)
I know what you did last weekend!
My co-worker Harald told me today on the way to lunch: “Hey, by the way, I saw you last weekend as you came out of your home!”
Me: “Huh?”
Harald: “Yeah, Saturday night, you walked across the street right in front of my car.”
Me: “I’d know that, I spent Saturday night coding.”
Harald: “Of course that was you, don’t kid me, you were wearing all black and stuff.”
Me: “I really dunno, maybe you mistook the greek guys under me for me? They’re not as tall or heavy, though.”
Harald: “No, of course that was you.”
Me: “And I tell you I spent the whole evening at home, only time I went out on Saturday was food shopping around noon.”
Harald: “That was right in front of your house, number 10 Gartenstrasse.”
Me: “Well, I live at number 79.”
Harald: “Oh”.
Me: “Well this is how rumours get started. At least you didn’t claim to have seen me with a hot blonde.”
Harald: “If I had seen you with a blonde I would have stopped the car, jumped out, and made sure you’re okay.”