Archive for the 'Idle Musings' Category

Pirates are better than ninjas

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

OK. So I was thinking about this fairly randomly… When you’re a ninja, your life is hard. If you get injured, even a little, it’s probably fatal. You’re running on a mission, and take a kunai to the shinbone, you’re done for. If you’re a pirate, and you’re running on a raid, pillaging some village, [...]

…. I want a new camera

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

I want a new camera. And I want it to be awesome. I want it to be like 8 mpx, I want DSLR quality, I want DSLR features (autofocus and manual focus, custom aperture settings, uber-high sensitivity with low noise). And I want it to weigh about 4 ounces and fit comfortably in my pocket. [...]

“I’m really excited about this year”

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

You know. I must be getting pretty damned jaded. This week’s been pretty slow. Worked a bit. Did a lot of random video gaming. Tried to adjust my sleep schedule (woo 11:30 classes!). Not a whole lot interesting … just sort of there. The roommate’s still in his room basically all the time. Dunno what’s [...]

sudden shifts in technological preference…

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

So, for a long time I’ve been a pico/nano user. Then one day I just sort of suddenly started using vim. I don’t know why … I just did. I think it was about 2, 3 months ago maybe. Away from “intuitive” and towards “efficient” I suppose. Then, just last week, I started using “control-d” [...]

A thought from the shower …

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

The afterlife is a really, really terrifying idea.