Ski-inflicted hiaturs
Aaaand, I’m off to the Mountains. I’ll be back in a week. Let it snow, let it snow…
fungrimThe Ironism
The lair of Lars J. Nilsson. Contains random musings on beer, writing and this thing we call life.
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fungrimSam Harris Quote of the Day
On the subject of the bible, and improvements thereof: You and I both know that it would take us five minutes to produce a book that offers a more coherent and compassionate morality than the Bible does. Did I say five minutes? Five seconds–just tear out Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Exodus, and 2 Samuel from the Old Testament, and 2 [...]
fungrimMLP V:”Janet Revisited”
Ok, so I know this isn’t exactly new. But… This must be one of the best articles the Onion has ever made. At least it made me laugh hysterically.
fungrimBack in Town and Stinking of Whisky
I spent the Weekend at Torpshammar with St Jacobs Chamber Choir. And would you believe it? The proprietors were all whisky fanatics. Or sort of anyway. And they had this thing for Duncan Taylor & Co Ltd. Which is, of course, completely understandable. So, among other things I tasted: Invergordon, 39YO (Grain / Highland / Duncan [...]
fungrimDaniel C Dennet Quote of the Day
If you don’t know who Mr Dennet is, don’t worry unless 1) you like philosofy, and in particular, the philosofy of mind; and/or 2) you happend to be a christian. Personally, I like him a lot. Here’s a short quote I found amusing, especially if applied to, say, pseudo-science and its likes: Imagination is cheap, as long [...]
fungrimStephen Colbert YouTube Link of the Day
The Emmy Awards with Jon Stewards. Slightly old. But hey, enjoy!
fungrimThe DRM wet dream, part deux
I almost forgot. Everybody knows that DRM is soledly for fighting piracy. Right? Erhm… Wrong. Who would have thought it?! I’m chocked! Chocked I am…
fungrimEarth to Steve Jobs: Hello?
So. Apple is releasing a phone. Whoho! Stop the presses! Everybody will want one! Form a queue! My god, I love Steve Jobs, what a genious! Hurrah! Except… It doesn’t take long for you to remember what Apple is usually about. And if threatening bloggers isn’t bad enough: Hello Steve?! You do know that LG has already won [...]
fungrimSurprise of the Day: Ada 2005
Look what happends when I don’t pay attention: Ada 2005 is almost finished! Whee!I admit to having a soft spot for Ada. There were things I really liked, like type safety. But a couple of small things hit me hard, and I never really got into the language because of them. For example: No “java-like” interfaces. Being a [...]
fungrimMicro$oft and the DRM wet dream
We all have heard about Vista and its DRM features right? RIGHT? Erhm… No, at least I hadn’t really thought much about it. But… Things may get interesting soon if we don’t do something very drastic.Some points to consider for you: High Definition (HD) content will be artificially downgraded (think [...]
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