darryl Darryl Pieber
Jaikus from darryl
Friday, 27 June 2008
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"It was not desirable that the proles should have strong political feelings. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working-hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances. The larger evils invariably escaped their notice."
~ George Orwell, 1984
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Monday, 4 February 2008
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I love how he talks to himself throughout his recordings, and it gives you the sense that there's some sort of "presence" in the room with you.
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
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Exactly. Imagine Nightwish and ACDC etc at 7am
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Friday, 26 October 2007
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Marketers will be the death of language. Of course the web is a medium. Metaphorically, it can also be thought of as a place. Just as an auditorium (for example) could metaphorically be thought of as a medium.
Sunday, 21 October 2007
Saturday, 20 October 2007
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It's such a fine line between the two, isn't it. I guess one way you can tell is that if people are staring unashamedly at you, you're probably acting. If they're pretending they're not staring at you, you're probably crazy.
Thursday, 18 October 2007
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
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It's not really called the Googleplex is it?
Monday, 15 October 2007
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Just change the language in the Control Panel, under Regional and Language options. I have a Finnish keyboard, but it's set to Canadian layout. You just have to remember where the keys are since some don't match the labels anymore.
Sunday, 14 October 2007
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950 km of bike paths in Helsinki (too bad there weren't more in the city centre). And 3800 hectares of forest.
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Recently, Finnair has started checking me in automatically, at least from HEL. I get an SMS the day before with my seat (aisle preference factored in) and gate details. I respond "A" to confirm, and I'm checked in. No lines. No hassles. Very civilized.
It completely breaks down at Heathrow of course.
Friday, 12 October 2007
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How do they compare to the books?
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A guy just got off my plane in shorts. I think he's in for a rude shock.
Jaikus from darryl