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Category Archives: From the hip

Opinion pieces. If I sound grumpy, it’s because I shoot from the hip; which usually mean I talk out of my ass.

The Cupertino Effect In Action

March 26, 2008 – 0:59

Was recently affected by the Cupertino effect: “bounce of ranging monkeys” instead of “bunch of raging monkeys” and “historical impotence” in place of “historical importance”.

By Anders Dahnielson | Also published in Writing, Computer, Language | No comments

Forbidden to throw yourself in front of the train

March 6, 2008 – 14:04

Förbjudet att kasta sig framför tåget

Here’s a type of sign I can’t remember seeing anywhere else like London, Paris, Milano, L.A. or the few cities with subways I’ve visited (realize that NYC and Berlin is missing and that I need to book a vacation). Is this symptomatically Swedish or am I just prejudiced?

Sign found at the end of platforms in Stockholm’s subway system.

By Anders Dahnielson | 2 comments

Incontinental

February 10, 2008 – 21:55

Of course Germans have jokes. They’re just not funny.

By Anders Dahnielson | Also published in Humour | No comments

Global Warming

February 8, 2008 – 22:52

You know global warming is getting worse when someone start to live blog it.

By Anders Dahnielson | 2 comments

My New Keyboard

January 5, 2008 – 0:55

I hate my new keyboard, it can’t speal.

By Anders Dahnielson | Also published in Computer | No comments

Dialog Boxing

November 29, 2007 – 0:19

I’m thinking of translating an operating system into Ramsay. How about this for a reboot dialog?

I’m so fucking annoyed. We shutting it down and starting it up again!

By Anders Dahnielson | No comments

The Smirking Gnu

November 23, 2007 – 18:22

I have been using GNU/Linux as my main desktop OS since 2002, but today was the first time I’ve seen “Linux” being explicitly mentioned in the system requirements for a regular run-of-the-mill hardware product:

Windows Vista 1) / XP (SP1 and above) / 2000 (SP3 and above)
Mac OS (10.x and above) Yes
Linux (2.4 and above) Yes

The product? A Kingston 1GB Datatraveler 100. Yes, I know, it should work with any OS supporting the USB mass storage class. I just thought it looked sweet.

By Anders Dahnielson | Also published in Linux, Computer | No comments
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