Welcome to Firstville, Population: Me

Posted on June 30, 2008 - Filed Under College | 7 Comments

Fuck Yeah!
Just got my results, and I ended up with 840/1200 marks, which works out as exactly 70 (i.e., a first), meaning I did exactly the bare minimum to get this degree. Hahaha, and the bare minimum amounted to little more than turning up at a friend’s place the night before exams and going over [...]

Alkaline Trio Nike Shoes

Posted on June 30, 2008 - Filed Under Music | 2 Comments

How very punk…

Nanny Statism Run Amok in Sweden

Posted on June 29, 2008 - Filed Under Europe, Liberty, Politics | Leave a Comment

This story is messed up.
An eight-year-old boy has sparked an unlikely outcry in Sweden after failing to invite two of his classmates to his birthday party.
The boy’s school says he has violated the children’s rights and has complained to the Swedish Parliament.
The school, in Lund, southern Sweden, argues that if invitations are handed out on [...]

Alkaline Trio, Ambassador, August 26th

Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment

Just bought my ticket. Life isn’t so bad after all I suppose…

Their new album can be heard here. You can download the songs too if you have DownloadHelper.

Dum da da Dum…

Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Personal | Leave a Comment

Having spent the past few hours reading and watching YouTube videos in a tired stupor, I somehow seem to have reawakened my idealism. Thus, I would like to extend heartfelt thanks to Chinese totalitarians and religious advocates of censorship for reminding me that Western liberal values are so imperilled, and for triggering in me the [...]

The Hitch in Fine Form

Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Philosophy, Religion | 1 Comment

Christopher Hitchens speaking in Toronto in November 2006 on the motion “Be It Resolved: Freedom of Speech Includes the Freedom to Hate.”

How I Feel Today

Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment


7 Words

Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Funny | Leave a Comment

This dead comedian George Carlin is quite funny.

Click For Win

Posted on June 25, 2008 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment

Link.

Maher, Hitchens and Other Sundry Pundits Thrash Religion (Mostly)

Posted on June 24, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, Funny, Religion | 4 Comments

Lulz all-round.

So Long Bananas

Posted on June 23, 2008 - Filed Under Environment/Conservation | 1 Comment

According to this NYTimes piece they stand a pretty decent chance of going extinct in the next decade or so.
This has happened before. Our great-grandparents grew up eating not the Cavendish but the Gros Michel banana, a variety that everyone agreed was tastier. But starting in the early 1900s, banana plantations were invaded by a [...]

The Lilypad

Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under Environment/Conservation, Video Games | Leave a Comment

This is one proposed design for floating cities that could have a role to play in countering or adapting to climate change. The cities are self-sufficient and movable, and are designed to house 50,000 people. Vincent Callebaut is the name of the fellow who came up the concept. I wonder if he ever played Final [...]

Broken Video

Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment

Following on from the Broken post, I neglected to mention that Trent made a video to accompany the album’s music. It’s all available on YouTube, so I would be remiss in not sharing it with you. It’s rather graphic, so don’t watch it if you have strong objections to seeing naked guys mutilated and tortured. [...]

DownloadHelper

Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under Tech | Leave a Comment

This is the best Firefox add-on since Adblock Plus. It allows you to download videos from sites like YouTube.

The Orange Lining

Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment

I wrote this a few days ago while I was in a bod mood and listening to Broken. I guess if the whole medicine thing doesn’t work for I can always go write for Kerrang! or some other childish music magazine…

Being in a bad mood, by definition, is not enjoyable. However, it is only under [...]

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