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Yes, today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Ahoy there, and all that. 
Archive for the ‘Fun stuff’ Category
Avast, ye landlubbers! Shiver me timbers!
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007Best video game title ever?
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Ah, the eighties.
For the Portuguese-speaking paranoids out there…
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007… go read this post of mine (including the comments).
You’ll never look at a blog that hasn’t had any new posts for a while the same way again.
Second level on Dante’s Inferno. Not bad. :)
Sunday, June 10th, 2007The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
| Level | Score |
|---|---|
| Purgatory (Repenting Believers) | Very Low |
| Level 1 – Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) | Very Low |
| Level 2 (Lustful) | Very High |
| Level 3 (Gluttonous) | High |
| Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) | High |
| Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) | High |
| Level 6 – The City of Dis (Heretics) | Very High |
| Level 7 (Violent) | High |
| Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) | Moderate |
| Level 9 – Cocytus (Treacherous) | High |
Take the Dante’s Divine Comedy Inferno Test
“Lustful”? Moi?
Dealing with a PHB
Friday, February 2nd, 2007
Dilbert (unlike, say, Wally) tends to be quite naive from time to time, but for once he achieved true genius.
I know, I know, Twitter is last week’s news, so I’m late. Sue me.
Twitter is a system where you can tell, easily and quickly (for instance, by instant messaging, or cell phone), what you’re doing. You can also “follow” other users.
Anyway, I just joined. My username is “Dehumanizer”; feel free to add me (I like to convince myself that people are actually interested ).
Twitter, at first glance, looks a little fun (it’s a new thing, after all), but completely useless, and even a bit self-masturbatory. However, looking at how other people use it, I’ve found that it’s not just for telling the world about useless stuff like “I’m going to the toilet”. People are using it as a mini-blog of sorts – with quick 1-2 line posts. Unlike a “normal” blog post, a Twitter post is so short that you can simply write something you’ve just thought or done, without interrupting your normal flow.
It’s also a way to, in a way, keep in touch with people, even if you don’t usually talk to each other, such as former co-workers.
Anyway, we’ll see if I keep using it or not. I probably will, but not “religiously”.
Click on the Blue E
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
Unix and Windows admins
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006“A Unix admin needs to be root. A Windows admin needs to reboot.”
(seen as a Slashdot sig)
Computers and the Internet according to "normal" users
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006Yes, it’s a new mini-site! This time, with a bit of humor to it (reminds me of the “Customerese-Portuguese” dictionary I wrote when I worked at IP Global).
So, here it is: Computers and the Internet according to “normal” users.
To give you a taste…
Computers get slower and slower with time; this is perfectly normal, and the only thing to do is to go to the store, and get them to format and reinstall everything (which isn’t a problem, because other than Windows, Office, all those cool toolbars and that nice purple ape buddy, there isn’t anything installed).
Computers ask “Are you sure?”, and similar questions, all the time, because they’re made for idiots. Since you’re an intelligent and educated person, you know that you can always simply click on “Yes”, without reading. It certainly saves time.
…and I shall DESTROY THE WORLD!!!
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006I absolutely loved this guide on how to destroy the Earth. From the intro:
This is not a guide for wusses whose aim is merely to wipe out humanity. I (Sam Hughes) can in no way guarantee the complete extinction of the human race via any of these methods, real or imaginary. Humanity is wily and resourceful, and many of the methods outlined below will take many years to even become available, let alone implement, by which time mankind may well have spread to other planets; indeed, other star systems. If total human genocide is your ultimate goal, you are reading the wrong document. There are far more efficient ways of doing this, many which are available and feasible RIGHT NOW. Nor is this a guide for those wanting to annihilate everything from single-celled life upwards, render Earth uninhabitable or simply conquer it. These are trivial goals in comparison.
This is a guide for those who do not want the Earth to be there anymore.
Long, but a great read.
