February 2012
January 2012
Student mocks Oxford rejections
http://www.scoop.it/t/quite-interesting-news/p/999971211/student-mocks-oxford-rejections
Ancient tulip-like stomach-onna-stick creatures found in Rockies
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/20/herds_of_tulip_animals_found_in_rockies/
This hotel's internet...
…seems to work on a fucking white-list basis.
So no Google+ for me, even. Good thing I set up Tumblr to post to Twitter.
Technically no wifi in the rooms either. I just brought an access point. And thank God I did.
December 2011
1 tag
French vs. Spanish
IB: higher Spanish vs. standard French.
Christmas homework
French
Read 3 articles and make a note of what they were
Find 6 idiomatic expressions and what they mean in English
Spanish
Update reading log with at least 1 article, video or image relating to hispanic culture every week (write about what it teaches you, how the culture contrasts with that of Hong Kong, etc.)
Continue reading...
October 2011
1 tag
To Twitter: Yangshuo day 1
In the hotel. Wifi. But of course, China blocks every useful site. Fucking hell.
Schedules are so fucking unorganised…we even got off the train 3 hours late. Christ. Not sure how much more I can stand of all this “being positive and working with the team” bollocks. Interacting with so many people really annoys me.
Food’s not worse than expected. Obviously no better...
clientsfromhell:
Client: “I’m typing on the keyboard, but it doesn’t show on the screen!” Me: “Have you checked the cable from the keyboard to the computer?” Client: “Yes, I’ve checked all the cables.” Me: “Okay. Could you please give me the serial number on the computer, and I’ll be right out?” Client: “Sure, just give me a moment to find a flashlight…” Me: “Flashlight?” Client: “Yeah, somebody...
May 2011
“My daughter was first sued in the womb. It was all very new then. I’d posted...”
– Nanolaw with Daughter, via billt. (via nevali)
clientsfromhell:
Me: “I don’t think I’ll be able to work on the site today; my dog just died.”
Client: “What’s that?”
Me: “My dog?”
Client: “You can just use my computer, if you’d like.”
Me: “What? No, I need to go run an errand at the vet. My dog died.”
Client: “Oh! Hahahaha.”
Me: “…”
Client: “Sorry, I though DOG was just one of those techie acronyms you guys like to throw around. See...
clientsfromhell:
Client: “This isn’t a criticism, but I wanted to point it out.”
Me: “Okay… what’s the problem.”
Client: “This business card you designed for me is upside down.”
March 2011
Pre-exam (well…) ramblings
A thought came to me a while ago, and this is quite a pessimistic one, even by my standards…and extremely fragmented. Note that none of this has been proofread.
Tomorrow’s the last ICT practical exam. Friday’s the real Spanish oral exam. What “is” and “isn’t” right now is basically going to be just that. It’s at that point where, if I pass, I...
Angry Birds Rio →
macappsthatrock:
($4.99) – In Angry Birds Rio, the original Angry Birds are kidnapped and taken to the magical city of Rio de Janeiro, where they eventually escape their captors and set out to to save their friends, Blu and Jewel – two rare macaws and the stars of the upcoming Fox motion picture, Rio. Angry Birds Rio will pair the physics-based gameplay of the original game with unique twists...
“Can you just match it to the blue of the sky?”
– (via clientsfromhell)
February 2011
Apple Works on Line of Less-Expensive iPhones
macintom:
Apple is preparing to roll out a series of lower-priced iPhones to compete with other smartphones on the market. The new models will run about half the cost of existing iPhones.
via online.wsj.com
Please Apple, don’t make me choose between two different designs. I just can’t do it!!
There already are 2 designs. Black and white.
This is how people fan themselves:
rainbowsinmyass:
Rich People:
Poor people:
Idiots:
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH OMG!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH
LMFAO HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA GENIUS !
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHLMAOLMAOLMAOAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
“Send them a thank-you email”
Mum walks in with a stack of red packets for me.
Mum: Make sure you send thank-you emails to all of them…
Me (sarcastically): That's a lot of emails to send in one night…
Mum: Well, yeah, but do you want the money or not?
Me (I didn't quite get that last point…): Well, who're they from?
Mum: This one's from Daniel Lee…
Me: Never met him before.
Mum: Of course you haven't, they're all people from my office.
Me: Then how'm I supposed to send them emails?!
Mum: I'll read out the names and you record them now.
(Makes no sense whatsoever, but anyway)
Me: Why don't you just email me their emails and I'll email them?
Mum: All right. Make sure you send them thank-you emails!
Me: THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO EMAIL ME THEIR EMAILS!
Fuck, bring on the English orals. Anything but ‘pushing bullshit around the table, like dung beetles’, as Karl Pilkington said…
January 2011
Why do we spend our nights on Tumblr?
( ) Because we have no social life.
( ) Because our friends don’t call us to get out.
(x) Because we are too sexy to the world outside, and mere mortals don’t deserve to breathe the same air as we do.
When people tell their friends they're cybering:
kaitoshiion:
Most people’s reactions:
Me:
Oh my god what is wrong with me
When people change their url and/or icon...
imakleverbitch:
karinanana:
seriously every time. :|
December 2010
October 2010
Clients From Hell: Years ago, I was young, naive... →
clientsfromhell:
Years ago, I was young, naive and unemployed. While browsing the graphic design magazines in a book store, an older man approached me.
Client: “I see you look really interested in graphic design. I’m looking to hire a graphic designer.”
Me: “Wow, really? I’m looking for a job right now!”
…
Clients From Hell: Phone conversation with an... →
clientsfromhell:
Phone conversation with an acquaintance of my boss. They wanted to host a server with all of the music they’d copied from CDs, pirated or downloaded from iTunes.
Me: ”Legally, I need to sway you from starting a website that charges people to download all of the music you’ve copied off of your…
tokyo-camera-style:
So I have an out-and-about kit but when my plan for the day is simply to photograph, I carry this.
I couldn’t carry that much. The daily setup looks great, but I’d dump the dictionary.
My daily stuff — flash, Zorki C, Industar 50 collapsible, Jupiter 8 & 1-2 spare rolls of Tri-X.
Colour…goes in one of the Mamiya backs. When I’m bothered to take...