Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter et al diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people validate their own self-importance makes me long for a 'Shut up' button — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. Who says I'm late to the social party?
How now brown Slough
· 155 words (devours less than a minute)I think I may be the first person in history to write something positive about this bizarre industrial town. Well, almost.
A question of opposites
· 211 words (eats up less than a minute)Who would invent a language with well-defined constructs and prefixes, then go and smash all the rules? Only English could do it to this degree.
Street lingo
· 258 words (munches about 2 mins)I’m so uncool. I’ve started campaigning for proper English usage. Word.
To facebook or not to facebook
[1 comment] · 667 words (vacuums up about 3 mins)The unfortunate rise of the nerb. I heart your mum lol. Facebook me later, blud.
Lost in translation
· 31 words (laps up less than a minute)When translating sites from foreign languages to English, always be aware of the potential pitfalls of using the wrong word.
Multilinguality
· 1448 words (wastes about 7 mins)Some people speak English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and Swedish. I speak BASIC, 68000, C, Tcl, awk, PHP…
On being a Textpattern developer
[2 comments] · 775 words (wastes about 4 mins)A recent addition to the Textpattern development crew, here’s a little personal insight into the mindset behind that Bloke on the forum.
Censorship for an Instant
· 271 words (kills about 2 mins)Google Instant has been visited by the rude police, but they’re not very discriminate.
