August 2008
84 posts
I hate customs in the us, canada and uk. They always make me feel less than a person. Don’t get me started on airport security.
Also, I’m also embarassed to admit that I thought the omnipresent CCTV would bother me more.
The british have way more flair than I was expecting, knowing North America. I love the currency, for instance, and everyone dresses nicely.
“She had such a large ass, she looked like a spanish woman”, oh grandma. I hate going there and I hate leaving.
On an unrelated note, holy shit the prostitues here are FORWARD. I’ve never had my crotch & wallet so firmly grasped by a stranger before.
You know, I really don’t care for most monuments. Just lots of unscheduled time and doing what I please and sleeping seems to work for me.
Hungover, woke up too late to do any museums (yay Sundays in Europe). Spent the day reading Murakami, sipping coffee & smoking way too much.
Mind you, people speak English more reliably in Paris. I throw a lisp on my pt and fake it. In Amsterdam, you speak english to everyone.
Bcn as a city is way more tourist friendly than Paris. Barcelona: “Hi I speak five languages, go here!”, Paris: “Eh how you say, fuck off”.
Spain is a lot like a fancier, wealthier Portugal, except everyone speaks funny, with a lisp. I am serious, that is how it feels like.
There’s a single patch of manicured grass you are allowed to sit on in the jardin du luxembourg. In the wee hours of tomorrow, Barcelona.
The streets look similar, the old men dress the same, the cleaning ladies are also brazillian.
I really liked the vibe in Amsterdam. Currently in Paris seeking things to do! Also, I got stood up by my travelling friend. Like, hardcore.
It’s almost creepy how webapps just switch language automatically according to which country you’re in.
Goddamn it. Whenever I need to convert CAD to EUR, the exchange rate is murder, and when I need to convert it vice versa it’s a pittance.
Over the next two weeks, { :phill => %w(Amsterdam Paris Barcelona Lisbon London) }. See you in September!
If I were Damien Hirst, I’d arrange it so that after I died my gold plated skeleton, mounted on a crucifix, would go to the highest bidder.
Just discovered Vim tabs, and my mind is expanding appropriately. I love finding about new features I should’ve known about already.
This weekend is your last chance up on the most epic storylines in webcomics. Start here: http://samandfuzzy.com/archive.php?comicID=566
Few companies make me so violently angry like telecoms. What a bunch of crap; I just want a plan that does not gouged me on sms.
“A mere six days later, the same weekend that Foo Camp (for Friends of O’Reilly)...”
– So open it hurts | San Francisco online
Heh. Beats the shit of trying to get away with using “metasyntactical variable”
“Phelps kick starts his day and his metabolism with three fried-egg sandwiches,...”
– Michael Phelps is now the top Olympian of all time. Here’s what it takes … | Sport | The Guardian
I guess one of the benefits of constantly exercising your body is that you get to eat whatever the fuck you want.
“I asked that question because people usually naturally gravitate to the middle...”
– Giles Bowkett: My Approach To Giving Presentations
This is actually really insightful.
I noticed this a while ago, when reading about American politics; if you watch carefully, policy discussion is almost always defined using a right-wing vocabulary (“illegal immigrants” being the...
“MALONE: Do we know how this void was created? How it came to be?
TAYLOR: Do...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Jean-Paul Sartre’s Script for Without a Trace.
“By establishing this autocannibalistic model we deconstruct the new global...”
– GWEI - Google Will Eat Itself
Hilarious!
But do they really own 891 shares already? 400 grand is a ludicrous amount of money to generate like that; shit, I’m doing something wrong if they’re raking in that kind of dough.
Shipment of tech books arrived! You know a book is fancy when it is only available in hardcover and it comes with bookmark strings.
“You might be inclined to think that metaprogramming is another hacker word and...”
– why’s (poignant) guide to ruby :: 6. Downtown
Huh. Apparently you’re supposed to evacuate in my neighborhood. Roads still blocked. Looks like I’ll be sleeping at my cousin’s.
I love bugs popping up in parts of code that have no obvious connection to any code I’ve touched. It totally brightens up my day.