Monthly Archives: November 2005

Quote of the day

30 November 2005 – 11:59 pm +0800

A few people have already asked me why we’re taking twice as long to tell essentially the same story. And I don’t really know. We’ve been asking that ourselves. I’m going to have to come up with a better answer.
— Peter Jackson, Newsweek interview, November 2005

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Quotes | Comments (2)

Beauty for the day

30 November 2005 – 11:57 pm +0800

Wildlife in the river.

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A Question

30 November 2005 – 11:57 am +0800

It is vital to social conservatives to deny any kind of right to privacy, especially as presented in the language of Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
So how can I have the right to be secure about my “person[], house[], papers, and effects” if I don’t have an implicit right to privacy? As far [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Culture | Comments (2)

Changes afoot

30 November 2005 – 10:58 am +0800

WordPress is about to go to version 2.0. Here’s a list of changes one may expect.

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Blogosphere | Comments (0)

Quote of the day

29 November 2005 – 11:59 pm +0800

[Rent] opens with a group of artists living rent-free in a building set to be converted into a business by Benny (Taye Diggs), who used to hang with these cats until he sold out and got a job. This poor guy is abused more than any one else in the film, and it really turned [...]

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Beauty for the day

29 November 2005 – 11:55 pm +0800

Oh, that life were a beach…

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Reminiscing about movie ratings

29 November 2005 – 11:54 am +0800

Remember when a movie could kill off its hero in a burst of machine gun fire, including putting at least one slug through his forehead — onscreen! — show blood spattering the wall behind him and, as if that weren’t brutal enough, proceed toclimax the film by destroying the Earth and all life as we [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Movies | Comments (2)

Quote of the day

28 November 2005 – 11:59 pm +0800

Now, I don’t actually know much about real samurai, but the basic thing I’ve heard is they stand and stare at each other for hours, and then suddenly BAM strike once and the other guy is down.
That’s how you should code.
— Wil Shipley, “Free Programming Tips are Worth Every Penny“

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Beauty for the day

28 November 2005 – 11:53 pm +0800

Beauty or cutie? Can’t decide. Either way, nice to look at.

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Beauty | Comments (5)

Sometimes Chinglish is the best

28 November 2005 – 11:47 am +0800

I’ve griped about Chinglish before, so let me now praise it.
The store’s name:
FUTWARE
Their slogan:
Desire of comfy.
I defy you to render that in proper English and make it even half as effective or endearing.

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Life in China | Comments (2)

One of the core reasons WordPress is so cool

27 November 2005 – 1:07 pm +0800

From Matt, the grand high poobah of the WordPress community, on the things you shouldn’t need to think about:
I try to build everything imagining I have a million users. (Someday!) Small things add up — if there is an option in the interface that people have to think about for only 2 seconds (which is [...]

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Sayonara, Miyagi-sensei

26 November 2005 – 1:15 pm +0800

Pat Morita has passed away.
Remember, when painting the fence, up-down, no side-side.

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Movies | Comments (0)

Geek Novels

26 November 2005 – 11:22 am +0800

Will points us to Teh Grauniad’s list of Top 20 Geek Novels of the last century, and there is, as Will finds, much to nitpick1. Thus:
1. The HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams 85% (102)
Will says it’s overrated. But as an influence over geek culture, it’s tough to overrate Adams, [...]

By Ian Michael Hamet | Posted in Literature | Comments (4)

Quote of the day

25 November 2005 – 11:59 pm +0800

No Irishman is truly drunk who can hang onto the Earth by a single blade of grass and not fall off.
— Traditional

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Beauty for the day

25 November 2005 – 11:49 pm +0800

Turns out to be a Work Safe Week after all! (And, oh!, those shoulders…)

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