Ski-inflicted hiaturs
Aaaand, I’m off to the Mountains. I’ll be back in a week. Let it snow, let it snow…
The lair of Lars J. Nilsson. Contains random musings on beer, writing and this thing we call life.
Aaaand, I’m off to the Mountains. I’ll be back in a week. Let it snow, let it snow…
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Emmy Awards with Jon Stewards. Slightly old. But hey, enjoy!
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…
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]