Officially disguised as a Canadian
Author: RandolphI am a developer-tier member of ADN. I started writing something this week but I’m not really sure where I want to go with the concept. It’s not a Twitter clone, it’s more a social media platform, and there are amazing clients already. I use Felix, Kiwi, Riposte and Netbot. So instead, I recommend youContinue reading ADN (Or, what the cool kids are calling App.net)
We returned yesterday from a South American tour of four countries (one was just a dash over the border to have a look), namely Chile, Argentina, Paraguay (for a couple of hours) and Brazil. I’m still curating the photos from three of the nine cameras that went on the trip between the five of us.Continue reading South America
I checked my stats today and discovered that by far the most popular page on my website is this one: Some Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School (by Charles J. Sykes). Unfortunately, the referral URL still has the (very) old Simple PHP Blog URI, and my default .htaccess rule naturally points all 403 and 404Continue reading My most popular blog post works again
Since I originally read that Terry Pratchett is a Humanist (albeit a “bad one”), I liked the sound of the description, and I’ve adopted it where appropriate. I’m more of an irreligious person nowadays, but I’ll get to that. In Pratchett’s own words, “I think if there is any intelligence behind the Universe, it isContinue reading So here it is
I saw a photo tonight of an empty bed next to a window, an open magazine lying on it, so I wrote down a few hundred words in a little story. Check it out.
Put up a tree. Sing a song. Celebrate the end to an interesting year. Here’s looking at 2013.
In April this year, my better half bought me a laptop I’d been wanting for a while, and was going to save up for. It was a very pleasant surprise. I’d specced it out already (without knowing the cunning plan to buy it for me), so it had a 256GB solid state drive and aContinue reading I will never buy ASUS products again
Many years ago, when I was still young and impressionable, I first read about the so-called “end of the world” Mayan Calendar thing. Depending on the source, the end was either on the 21st or 23rd of December 2012. My 36th birthday is on the 22nd of December 2012. A week from now. I don’tContinue reading The Mayans
I didn’t write about the Aurora incident. I don’t believe I’ve written much about school attacks. There was one at Parktown Boys’ High School (my alma mater) where some gunmen held boys hostage, but no one was killed. Aside from the fact that so much of the initial reporting yesterday was incorrect, which is toContinue reading Lies, damned lies, and assault rifles
A man I knew died last year from an AIDS-related illness. He contracted HIV a decade before that, and I often wonder if he just gave up the fight. His name was Ian, and he was my friend. A number of my friends has HIV. Two of them are dead so far. Get tested. KnowContinue reading World AIDS Day