| The Horror Of Nature: Zombie Caterpillar Bodyguards |
[Jun. 30th, 2008|10:48 pm] |
When the parasitoid larvae are full-grown, they emerge together through the host’s skin, and start pupating nearby. Unlike many other combinations of host and parasitoid, the host remains alive but displays spectacular changes in its behaviour: it stops feeding and remains close to the parasitoid pupae. Moreover, it defends the parasitoid pupae against approaching predators with violent head-swings.
Nature is gross. |
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| XKCD and kids. |
[Jun. 25th, 2008|11:38 pm] |
The alt text for this was great too:
"I bet my future kids will read this someday. DEAR FUTURE KIDS: how did you get internet in the cellar?" |
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| The LinuxHater |
[Jun. 25th, 2008|11:35 pm] |
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Get some balance, weather the criticism, and maybe even improve yourself. LinuxHater gives you all of these. |
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| The good and bad of Linux. |
[Jun. 25th, 2008|11:08 pm] |
From The Linux Hater:
Linux without a compiler? What good is that?
To me, that line seems to sum up a lot of what is good and bad about Linux.
Have fun fixing your sound cards all weekend. I'm out.
Have to say I agree with you there brother.
It's great that it's so easy to compile from scratch if you need to, you ought not to have to do it all the time. |
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| Slow Dance - Poem by a terminally ill cancer patient |
[Jun. 23rd, 2008|09:01 am] |
SLOW DANCE
Have you ever
watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to
the rain
Slapping on the ground?
( Read more... ) |
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| Brunei Stop Sign |
[Jun. 18th, 2008|02:37 pm] |
One of our project guys took this picture in Brunei, presumably at an airport. |
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| New Job .... |
[Jun. 14th, 2008|01:04 am] |
Update: Yeah, updated while sober. To make it make sense.
Well, technically an old job, remixed. This time I am in charge, from day one. And it's freaking me out a little.
I've inherited a team of programmers, and the weirdest thing is, when I work with them, I can see where I've come from, and yet I having problems relating to them. Its like waking up one day and forgetting how to use your left arm - you know that this is something you should know, but you don't, and you can't figure out why.
So yeah, I have to get in-touch with my inner nerd.
In other news, during my exit interview, it was suggested that I take a good hard look at myself, to see what it is that I could improve. And to make sure not to repeat those same mistakes again. I was intrigued, and was interested to hear his opinions:
He said I was "aggressive and arrogant".
What the hell does he know, I'm so much smarter than him, he's just a stupid no-talent ass-clown! I should smash him. |
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| I am 2 to the 5! |
[Jun. 14th, 2008|12:54 am] |
Yes, I did increment lately, and I again have that comforting feeling of being a power of two again.
We had a long lazy weekend, which was a nice break from things. New job is going OK, etc etc. Fresh produce markets are always fun, and we stopped in for a bit of reflexology.
It is so relaxing, we go in and chill out on a curtained off lawn chair in the middle of the markets, and let the sounds of the hubbub wash over us. Basically we deliberately took 30 minutes to chill out.
So Yeah - awesome day.... |
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| Awesome Lighthouse pic |
[Jun. 9th, 2008|11:30 pm] |
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| Cool Art. |
[Jun. 7th, 2008|12:09 am] |
Rich Tuzon
"The Great One"
acrylic on wood |
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| Freakangles: Free Webcomic by Warren Ellis & Paul Duffield |
[Jun. 1st, 2008|11:49 am] |
Set in post Apocalyptic earth (I think) and centered around a bunch of "Freakangels" with exceptional telepathic powers.
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| Time for the obligitory outlook file conversion |
[May. 30th, 2008|04:16 pm] |
Having given up the laptop on my last day of work today, and in preparation of moving to Lotus Notes, we find ourselves at that time once again when we must perform the filesystem shuffle, including but not limiting to converting the Exchange OST file to an Outlook PST file.
I dutifully direct your attention here.
Update:
Except that tool is borked. shoulda looked further down the comments before trying it out.
The only thing that worked for me was to configure my home outlook to connect to the work server, which I shouldn't have still had access to. |
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| Shame on us: Residents of a Sydney council appose a Muslim School |
[May. 27th, 2008|08:40 pm] |
Camden Council opposes Islamic school development
Pauline Hanson had this to say:
"Every school in Australia is Christian apart from the Islamic schools. I have no understanding of what they teach in the Islamic school, do you?" Ms Hanson asked.
Are we surprised that she has "no understanding"? I'm not. And as I remember, my public primary school was not Christian, it was secular.
 This bigot had the lion share of jaw-dropping quotes from the ABC TV article:
"Our democratic rights are being taken away. We just don't want [muslims] here. Not only in Camden, we dont want them in Australia. [All their countries] are dictatorships, they want to rule our world."
Some other mind-bogglingly stupid comments.
"We're not bigots, we have the right to express our opinion."
You have the right to express your opinion, if you are express a bigoted opinion, you are a bigot.
"My kids don't speak Arabic, so they cant go to this church. Next thing you know there'll be a mosque, then a little town ... it's not right. It's totally not appropriate for the area."
I'm not catholic, but I don't have a problem with Catholic churches, even if they continue to fuck young boys.
"I'm not saying all Muslims are bad. They are not all bad, but their teaching is."
That's like saying: "The people of Camden aren't all bad, but they are all crack-whores"
ABC Reporter: Why are you wearing an Australia flag?
Bigot: Why not? Why shouldn't I? Why is the ABC against Australia?
Google turned up some more depressing bigotry from some small-minded douchebags:
The pigs’ heads, planted on wooden stakes on the Camden site, with the Australian flag draped between them, are believed to be in protest of the Muslim school proposal.
Found here. My response to that
Why is it that alot of people confuse "secular" with "Christian"? Would they appose a Buddhist Temple? |
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| Awesome Dilbert Quote about tolerance |
[May. 22nd, 2008|09:03 am] |
Why is OK for you to be an idiot, but not OK for me to recognise it?
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| Even the mother got it wrong |
[May. 21st, 2008|11:41 am] |
Brooklyn family court employee: What's your daughter's name?
Mother: Chicago.
Brooklyn family court employee: Like the state?
Mother: Yes.
From Overheard in NYC |
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| And, Most Importantly, Do You Have Alcohol? |
[May. 21st, 2008|11:10 am] |
Guy #1: I have a moral dilemma.
Guy #2: Does it involve alcohol?
Guy #1: No.
Guy #2: Does it require alcohol?
--F Train
From Overheard in New York |
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| Strongbad on Breakfast Cereals |
[May. 16th, 2008|11:26 pm] |
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| No, I wont Twitter. |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|05:38 pm] |
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| We're still talking to Voyager after all these years! |
[Apr. 13th, 2008|10:03 pm] |
http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/thirty-years-tracking-faint-whispers-from-space/2007/08/31/1188067368154.html
My favourite bits:
"The Voyager technology is so outmoded," said Tidbinbilla's spokesman, Glen Nagle, "we have had to maintain heritage equipment to talk to them."
That is because the ageing probes can only chat at a sluggish 32 bits a second, far too slow for modern computers.
"The computers look like the stuff out of the old sci-fi movies, with blinky lights and big colourful buttons," Mr Nagle said.
Voyager 2 phones home to Tidbinbilla every day. Travelling at the speed of light, the signals take 11.5 hours to arrive. Voyager 1 calls once a month, its signals taking almost 14 hours. A two-way exchange takes more than a day. "It's slow conversation, but its a great conversation," Mr Nagle said.
They say that Voyager is so far away that it is having difficulties picking out our sun from all of the other stars, which is important since it needs to re-point itself before transmitting. |
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