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Fassands of 'em. They littered my journal for ages, so I put them all here...
(Note: Many of the links to the tests - particually towards the end - are now 404ing because the test no longer exists, this is part of the ebbing and flowing of the net, sorry)
 | You scored as Neo, the "One". Neo is the computer hacker-turned-Messiah of the Matrix. He leads a small group of human rebels against the technology that controls them. Neo doubts his ability to lead but doesn't want to disappoint his friends. His goal is for a world where all men know the Truth and are free from the bonds of the Matrix.
Which Action Hero Would You Be? v. 2.0 created with QuizFarm.com |
Note, Contary to most of these tests instructions, I've put the images on *this* server, partly to save them from an awful lot of bandwidth costs, mostly so that when the pages start 404ing I still have them here. Some of the links below will be broken (Due to other people *not* hosting the images locally and the site being shut down)
Discworld: Which Ankh-Morpork City Watch Character are YOU?
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How indie are you? test by ridethefader
You're just too cool for school, aren't you? You're pretty narrow minded and opinionated with regards to music (and probably most other things as well). But you're allowed to be, because you really are better than everyone else. You take pride in obscurity. You probably prefer vinyl too, you elitist bitch.
Buffy Tests
Standing In The Way....
Which Buffy Musical Song Are You?
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We Are Amazed!
How Big of a Buffy Fan Are You?
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Normal Fan
How Obsessive Are You Over Buffy?
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You are Restless!
Which Buffy Episode Are You?
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Size?
How Jedi?
:: how jedi are you? ::
Discworld Novelty
Find out which Discworld novelty you are.
Pixies Song
You're always the one who stands out in a crowd. People look forward to seeing you. You're well dressed, well-mannered, but spontaneous enough that it's very easy for you to make friends. Your interests include the paranormal and government conspiracies, but you also enjoy sitting back and eating a good meal. You probably have a lot of pets that you take care of obsessively. |
Magic User
Your magical style is Magus.
What type of Magic do you work?. Take the Magical Style Quiz by Paradox
Social Disorder Test
| Disorder | Rating |
| Paranoid: | Low |
| Schizoid: | Low |
| Schizotypal: | Moderate |
| Antisocial: | Low |
| Borderline: | Low |
| Histrionic: | Moderate |
| Narcissistic: | Low |
| Avoidant: | Moderate |
| Dependent: | Low |
| Obsessive-Compulsive: | Low |
-- Click Here To Take The Test -- | |
Soul Test
Hasn't anyone ever told you that you're artistic?
Fair enough. Perhaps they haven't. But now that you know, you must become one with your inner self.
Virtues: You look for immense creativity and individuality in people, including yourself. You're not happy with anything less than brilliant, and you focus on being expressive. You value energy, liveliness, and upbeat personalities, but you're not supportive of moodiness when you yourself can be unreliably moody. Seeking activity, you like the bustle of business but need the secluded atmosphere of a studio or private corner.
Aspirations: You feel the need to express your talents, whether it be through writing, drawing, singing, dancing, composing, performing, or photographing. While you strive to ever improve your work, you want to display it as soon as possible when your impatience kicks in. You want to be a prodigy but you might not have the means right at your fingertips. Trust me, do NOT move to New York to do it. Yeesh!
Quirks: Conformists bother you because of their lack of individuality. You're often late or unreliable. You're showy and refuse to share the spotlight. You only tell little white lies. You worm your way into the hearts of others, but be careful; some people despise the show-offs.
Factors: Surround yourself with activity and you'll always have material to work with. Involve friends and family in your projects so they don't feel like envious outsiders.
Future: Show business or not, you'll settle down happily if you're among those who appreciate your natural talents and desire to perform. Don't stay in one place too long, and don't be too hasty in defining your relationships. Who are you to judge what only time will tell?
17
I act like I'm 17.
This test was brought to you by Melissa - No, really.... Take it here.
Jellybean
What Jelly Belly flavor are you? I'm -
| Person | Similer | Complimentary | Anejo | 94% | 97% | James | 90% | 91% | Samantha Straus | 98% | 99% | rachel | 97% | 98% |
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Complimentary
Along the top is who took the test, so in the Aquarion(x)/Anejo(y), it was me, and in James(x)/Rachel(y), it was James, kay?| X | Aquarion | Anejo | James | Samantha | rachel |
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| Aq | X | ||||
| Anejo | 97% | X | |||
| James | 91% | 88% | X | ||
| Sam | 99% | X | |||
| Rachel | 98% | 88% | 89% | 98% | X |
What Star Trek: The Next Generation character are you?
a freaking cool quiz by Devotion
 | Yuoo ere-a zee Svedeesh Cheff! |
Which "Natural Wonder" are you?
What Pattern Are You?
So which letter of the alphabet matches YOUR personality, huh?
Victims are tied into you and stretched inch by agonizing inch, until they are either rent limb from limb or they confess. Or hey, maybe both. Not as bad as some people, someone tells you what you want to hear you'll feel better.
What torture would you be?
What is YOUR Highschool label?
Wowie! You are Redensek! You are techy yet cute, and pretty much all around cool. Everyone loves you! You're fun, popular, and can mold yourself to fit right in to any situation.
HOW SHOULD YOU KILL YOUR FIRST/NEXT VICTIM? find out at: slitmyfuckingthroat.cjb.net
(The person who did this test worries me. Seriously)
Which Eddie Izzard are you?
Surreal Izzard: You talk bollocks all the time, and don't care who knows it. You are King Pig from Hell, and talk to strange people on buses. Your underwear is consipring against you, and if James Mason was here, he'd have something to say about it. And that something would be WEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Maths Paper
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If I were a Springer-Verlag Graduate Text in Mathematics, I would be Saunders Mac Lane's Categories for the Working Mathematician. I provide an array of general ideas useful in a wide variety of fields. Starting from foundations, I illuminate the concepts of category, functor, natural transformation, and duality. I then turn to adjoint functors, which provide a description of universal constructions, an analysis of the representation of functors by sets of morphisms, and a means of manipulating direct and inverse limits. Which Springer GTM would you be? The Springer GTM Test |
Mythological Creature
I took the What Mythological Creature Are you? test by
Anime Artist
Wee! I took the Shounen or Shoujo test, created by peacefulchaos
How Evil?
Are you evil? find out at Hilowitz.com
Which Labyrinth character?
I'm Sarah. I'm imaginative and creative, though a bit of a brat sometimes. If I use my wits, I'll get what I want. Nobody has power over me!
Take the "Which Labyrinth character are you most like?" quiz by smarmy
What Tarot Card?
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A defintion of the card Fool: |
What D&D Class are you?
From http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~ellingwd/dndwho/index.htmlLawful Neutral Elf Mage Bard
Alignment:
Lawful Neutral characters believe in the triumph of law and order above all else. It does not matter whether the leader is for good or evil; the leader will be followed, because the order they provide is the most important thing.Race:
Elves are the eldest of all races, although they are generally a bit smaller than humans. They are generally well-cultured, artistic, easy-going, and because of their long lives, unconcerned with day-to-day activities that other races frequently concern themselves with. Elves are, effectively, immortal, although they can be killed. After a thousand years or so, they simply pass on to the next plane of existance.Primary Class:
Mages harness the magical energies for their own use. Spells, spell books, and long hours in the library are their loves. While often not physically strong, their mental talents can make up for this.Secondary Class:
Bards are the entertainers. They sing, dance, and play instruments to make other people happy, and, frequently, make money. They also tend to dabble in magic a bit. Detailed Results:Alignment:
Lawful Good ----- X (1) Neutral Good ---- X (1) Chaotic Good ---- (0) Lawful Neutral -- XXXX (4) True Neutral ---- XXX (3) Chaotic Neutral - (0) Lawful Evil ----- X (1) Neutral Evil ---- (-2) Chaotic Evil ---- (-2)
Race:
Human ---- (-1) Half-Elf - (-2) Elf ------ XXXX (4) Halfling - (-2) Dwarf ---- XX (2)
Class:
Fighter - (-8) Ranger -- (-3) Paladin - (-5) Cleric -- (0) Mage ---- XXXXXXX (7) Druid --- (-3) Thief --- (-1) Bard ---- XXXXXX (6)
Deathboy Test
 0% - 10% (Britney)Oh dear, oh dear. Far from being a world destroying DeathKiddy, you appear to enjoy kittens, bunnies and boybands. Not a cloud enters your sky and all is sweetness and light for you. Fucker. |
Obscure Website Test
I am most like http://www.eiu.org. I am a very tongue-in-cheek person. It's often hard to tell if I'm being serious,
and I have almost a kinda spooky vibe. |
I am most like http://www.eiu.org.
I am a very tongue-in-cheek person. It's often hard to tell if I'm being serious,
and I have almost a kinda spooky vibe.
I'm also very inquisitive, and like to question what most take for granted.
The Obscure Website Test
Art Test
If I were a work of art, I would be Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. I am extremely popular and widely known. Although unassuming and unpretentious, my enigmatic smile has charmed millions. I am a mystery, able to be appreciated from afar, but ultimately unknowable and thus intriguing. Which work of art would you be? The Art Test |
The Cat Test
 Take the What Cat Are You? test by webkin! |
Which LOTR Charactor would I be?
Gandalf the Grey If I were a character in The Lord of the Rings, I would be Gandalf, Wizard, a guardian against the Dark Lord. In the movie, I am played by Ian McKellen. Who would you be? |
...Autobots...
If I was an Autobot, I'd be: Take the Transformers personality test at android5.com! |
..reservoir dogs villian...
...evil criminals...
...James Bond villian...
 If I was a James Bond villain, I would be Auric Goldfinger.I enjoy golf, gold, and bisecting people with industrial lasers. I am played by Gert Fr?be in Goldfinger. Who would you be? James Bond Villain Personality Test |
...even afflictions...
 Take the Affliction Test Today! |
...and even bloody Quake villians.
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...to robots. Does anyone else think this is enough now?
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Not quite. Post Modernism!
Which Online Test are you?
![[If I were an online test, I would be The Lord of the Rings Character Test]](/assets/attach/tests/lord.gif "Click to find out which test you are") I'm The Lord of the Rings Character Test! I like to think that everyone is really a character in my strange fictional world - I don't care if no-one outside it has a clue what I'm on about. |
Updated 2002-02-21, Izzard, Maths, Mythological Creature, Anime, Evil, D&D, Tarot and Labyrinth tests uploaded
And updated again 2002-03-20 with Muppet, Wonder, Pattern, Letter, Torture, Label, Font, and First Victim tests. All these are Cat's fault.
And again, same day, with the Trek test
And yet again (2002-06-03) with the Simple Minds things
And again, (2002-06-11) with the Age and Soul tests
Today (2002-06-15) we update with the Disorder Test, Magical Test, Discworld Novelty Test, and Pixies Song tests
And once again today (2003-02-13) with the Buffy and OS tests, and with the new pictures.
2003-03-10 with the Indie test
2003-10-20, Discworld test
2005-11-04, Hero Test
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Home News
Bricks and wood almost trip up train on the Paddock Wood to Strood Line
ie, near where I used to live. Yay.
Panicking In Morse Code
Linux 2.5 will Panic in Morse Code
Because you might be trapped in a cell terrified of Van Eck Phreaking, trying to extact useful data from a set of encrypted 1940s punch cards encoded into text form.
Or something
Words cannot express how much this news pleases me. Firstly, it means that there are still people hacking the kernel who are not trying to use it for a political point (The recent debarcle about the non-gpl included firmware binaries springs readily to mind), and of course those people who can read morse will be able to tell when their monitor-less server panics, and why.
Asuming it has a keyboard attached.
As someone commented in the linked doc, it would be more useful if it did this with the power or hard-drive light...
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Anything on the Net
Truth that you can find anything in blogland, whilst looking at a "recently updated" list on blo.gs, I was intrigued to find the Diary of a porn publisher. (Warning, you probably don't want to go there on a uni connection. Or a work connection. Or any kind of connection that is monitored, in fact).
Faintly disturbing, but interesting too...
KPMG Over Content
KPMG, reports Simon have a horribly designed website that breaks in Mozilla (Which I can't run at the moment. Apparently "The procedure entry point GlobalLock could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNAL32.DLL", which I'm getting every time I try to start a new program Love Win2k, Love Win2k...). KPMG, I thought, the name sounds familier, so I searched my MP3 list, and low and behold...
I remembered KPMG's Corperate Anthem, plus Jungle Mix of same, entered blogspace last year for a few days before being shut-down due to bandwidth problems. It's back, go see. Download. Be scared.
Now, time to google for that error. No, scrub that. Time to reboot my computer, which fixes the problem, and then google for the error...
All this was fields
Salon have a a deal with Radio. I've now been blogging for a couple of years, and watching these things come up has been... interesting. Facinating, even. And I'm still not moving to Moveable Type, damnit. I like my system :-)
Butterfly
Lets go wandering...
Starting with part of Aquarionics' description tags, we get Home Made Trebuchets, and from there to Hangover Cures and from there onto rusting keys and via GlassDog to a nice Domain Searching toy to Pseudogeek.com (I Am Not A Geek) which aims to be a comprehensive guide to all bands ever. It currently contains Status Quo and Jamiroquai, so it's off to a good start...
But it also links to a band called Amor, which in turn wanders to The Davey Brothers, a site with far more enthusiasm than nice design (AND LOTS AND LOTS OF CAPITAL LETTERS SO YOU DON'T GET CONFUSED)
The original aim was to take this back round into blogland, do loads of stuff about other people's blogs, and then circle back around to Aquarionics by any means possible, but I got distracted about fifteen sites back (although it's only seven links in the final draft) and I'm still reading the archives of Lance Arthur's weblog at GlassDog which stopped last year, because it's good, and wellwritten. It also makes quite a few points as to why Aquarionics is going more weblog than diary, although I doubt I'll eradicate the diary completely.
Oh, something because people have asked. To just get the diary (ie, About Aquarion) bits, add "?filter=Aquarionics" to the URL. That's http://www.aquarionics.com?filter=Aquarionics, or just click on any single diary entry and bookmark the URL. Same - but for "weblog" instead of "Aquarionics" - for the pure weblog. There will at some point be a save-settings-type interface. There isn't yet.
None of your lip...
Don't Stick Bits Of Your Body Into Old-Style ScannersA lesson for us all, there
Harvested from usenetThose who spoke on this:
Samantha:
How old is an old style computer scanner? Mine is like, 7 years old…sticks face in
Aquarion:
Having thought about this somewhat, I can only consider they mean a sheet feeding scanner. So either the kid has eating problems already, or was onto a losing battle to start with…
Food for legal action
Americans sue fast-food chainsApparently, people who eat junk food do so because they have been lulled into thinking that deep-fried chicken with extra lard coating and a big sign in it saying "Don't eat this, your heart won't cope" is actually better for you then a diet of fresh lettace and raw carrot.
In fact, the actual story is that some horizontally-enhanced (Um, possible duel meaning there. That's "horizontally-enhanced" as in "fat", rather than "horizontally-enhanced" as in "Busty". Beware kids, political correctness can cause misinterpretation) Americans are suing McBurgerFriedChicKing for making them think junk food was good for them.
Suing for your own stupidity... how... interesting.
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Oliver:
Stupidity at its finest :)
next they’ll be sueing people for punning (not always a bad idea) :)
Fans, Wans and Evil Plans
*Real* Harry Potter fans wouldn't mind waiting for the next bookA war of words in crayon, between kids with short attention spans who belive that the world should ignore Harry Potter because the next one has been in production a long time. Particually of note is the phase:
Real fans stick to what they love. I'm a fan of the band A1, they were off the scene for around six months but they still kept their fans - their true fans anyway.Six months for A1? And you wonder how these people cope. It makes the four years I've been waiting for the new Space album seem like nothing. But where would the world be without the precocious 11 year olds of the world?
Those who spoke on this:
beaneater:
25 times! Give that kid some more homework, please.
Itai:
There’s nothing to it; I abhor fandom. I’ve a brother who constantly reads and re-reads his favorite fantasy series, i.e. The Wheel of Lance, Dragon Time and whatnot. I wouldn’t have minded, given that one’s bound to forget the first book in any given series once he has reached the last (fantasy books are bought by the ton); thing is, having read some of the aforementioned books, I cannot but reach an obvious conclusion: the entire series, the various series, are simply reprints of THE SAME BOOK.
MLP
So, Manic Miner then. It came up on IRC, so a few nice and friendly links, like the original author's frankly terrifying home site, or the authenic version of Manic Miner for Windows 95, but the purists will always go back to the original versions.Don't like Manic Miner? Play online Where's Wally (Thanks to Bevier for the link, Requires Flash)
Those who spoke on this:
gilmae:
I just played the Win 95 version, like the masochist I am…the jumping sound reminds me of the sound they played with the Six Million Dollar Man was jumping.
Sarabian:
Just installed the game to check if the music really was as I remembered. GAAAAAAAAFHGG
Sarabian:
I can’t stop whistling it now.
It’s get you Aquarion, I’ll get you. :)
Atch tea tea pea colon slash slash dot...
While I was at Aquarius' house he got Slashdotted. Neat.
Zeldman and Slashdot in the same week, damn him
Those who spoke on this:
Aquarius:
Yeah, however, it completely battered angel and took all the websites down ;) Price of fame, heh heh.
All things considered, I think I’d rather it hadn’t happened. Zeldman was good, though :)
Comprehend.
Janis Ian's Napster Thing, Article Three: Fallout.
Read. Understand. Send to the record companies.
Via pol on #afp
Keep In Touch
From Caveat Lector
I emailed her my blog URL. The nice thing about this is that next time we won’t have to waste all the tedious time it takes to “catch up” and can instead talk about books and games and cats and memories and all that kind of good stuff.
Because she’ll know what I’ve been up to. She can read it in my archives. If she’s crazy enough, she can look in on me almost every day. Multiply that by a lot of old friends (and even some family), and it’s a considerable saving in tedious “catching up” time.
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International court of Copy Rights.
A followup to a couple of microblogs I posted a little while ago. The Internet Debarcle (WYWOS: Janis Ian posted two articles about now Napsterlikes weren't really so bad, and were A Good Thing. Janis being a music artist herself, her article got a little more publicity than mine. She has also posted a second article, with some helpful suggestions) was a direct result of the American entertainment industry's proposal that they should be allowed to hack into any computer they belived was holding copyrighted material. The strength of this was rapidly pounced upon, not least by the big copyright holders who wanted to make sure it was only *us* who could do it...The results of it? Well, my private network contains copyrighted material, much of it ripped from CD, more bought legally from Game and Electronics Boutique, and how they tell the difference until afterwards has yet to be explained. Then you get into the legal bits, like movie execs not being allowed to leave the country, because (Unless .gov.uk/.gov.eu follow .gov)
In other news, I've lifted something from Eric's book so that the acronym tag in HTML is actually useful, as you may have noticed. Now all I have to do is to remember to put tags around things like HTML, WWW and Ěpistǔla.
Those who spoke on this:
Aquarius:
I ought to briefly note that you lifted it from Eric Meyer on CSS, not CSS: TDG. But that would be shameful pedantry, so I won’t. ;-)
Power to the sockets
According to the world's smallest political quiz (via Kryogenix) I'm a Left-Liberal.
Left-Liberals prefer self-government in personal matters and central decision-making on economics. They want government to serve the disadvantaged in the name of fairness. Leftists tolerate social diversity, but work for economic equality.
So that's all right then.
Those who spoke on this:
purplepanda:
You mean I’m not the only one? ;)
See shells, C shells, on the site floor...
So, ccooke - my friend, my housemate, and coder of many scary things - and I had this bet.
It started with him wanting to start an online diary, and me offering him an account here, very much like LoneCat has, and him deciding that he would prefer to write his own engine.
At this point, I made with the hollow laughing noises, and put forth the view that this would never get finished, and he would spend forever playing with it, and it would never go online as a diary engine.
After about a week, still confident in my apraisal, this was formed into a bet, along with the idea that even if it did go online it wouldn't stay online for a week, reguarlly updated.
Both of these bets I have now lost. ccooke's diary is both online, at http://cus.org.uk/~ccooke/diary, and has been updated for a week now. It is both sick and twisted, although it may not seem so at first glance. Dig a bit and you may see why.
It was not linked to earlier because cc asked me not to, rather than because of some petty attempt to actually win the bet :-)
RIAAlly?
RIAA to appeal Library Of Congress' Decision (Via John Robb via Scripting News, isn't weblogging wonderful?)
WYWOS: The RIAA don't like the current trend of internet music, because they see it as threatening their classic revenue model. Having suceeded in killing Napster and Audiogalaxy, they are attempting to stop (or at least, demand *heavy* licence fees for) all transmission of music over the Internet by a series of lawsuits intended to establish precendents when they win.
The appeal centres around the misguided reading of the record
by the Librarian of Congress, because Yahoo! put forth a self-serving testimony
because...
Yahoo testified in the CARP for one reason, and one reason only -- to lower the rate that would be paid for Internet-only transmissions, Yahoo!’s principal business.
Yup. Yahoo.com, the world's second most popular search engine, is really in the music business. I wonder if anyone can get them to read Janis Ian's articles?
'Wow indeed,' said Professor Blue Smush DinoBaby
Tales of the Plush Cthulhuccooke (My Housemate) has a plush Cthulhu. I think I may start hiding Bagpuss...
Those who spoke on this:
Huw:
Not the Bagpuss Kimmi and I gave you as a present!!!
Oi! Cthulhu! No!
RIAA defacement
The RIAA site was hacked, and replaced with a message of filesharing peace and harmony. Because Attrition.org isn't hosting mirrors anymore, someone else had to do it.
The stories that state that the hackers installed a gnutella client onto the server with instructions to grab - and share - as much as it could have proven depressingly false
Trackback
So I was looking at trackback, Movable Type's "Watch out, I'm talking about you" feature. And I thought... well, why? If someone is linking to me, they are likely to appear in my Referral logs. What is the point of my putting it in? Obviously, there is the Geek Cred feature of having an almost proprietary feature in my home brew weblogging software, but as far as I can tell, the extra effort I'd have to go though every post to a) find out if the blog I link to has trackback, and b) what it's trackback URL is to do so isn't worth my while, I might just as well store the referers and use them.
The obvious argument against this is the shear number of different referrals any blog might conceivably generate where Trackback will always be the same. For example, right now going to another site from here would generate the referrer "http://www.aquarionics.com/index.php", whereas it could equally go from... http://www.aquarionics.com/index.php?id=678, http://www.aquarionics.com/index.php?limit=3, http://www.aquarionics.com/index.php?limit=5, http://www.aquarionics.com/index.php?limit=10, http://www.aquarionics.com/index.php?since=2002-08-01m and that's just from links on this page! None of which, except the first one, will be current in a few months time.
Plus, to support Trackback, I must put what amounts to part of an RSS feed in each post so that Movable Type's Bookmarklet thing can magically know what to do. I don't object to the idea as much as... well, there has to be a better way of doing this. Comments?
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Seventeen
More MLP. But funny MLP. Link from Rachel:When my 12 year old daughter asked for this for her birthday, I kind of wondered if she was too old for it, but she seems to LOVE it. Her friends love it too! They play for hours in her bedroom with this great toy. They really seem to like the special effects it offers (the sound effects and vibrating). My oldest daughter (17) really likes it too! I reccomend this for all children.
Find Your Happy
The Jellybath. A $20 sachet that turns your bath to Jelly so it remains hot longer.
Ick
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gilmae:
My opinion tends to be if XHTML is handled poorly because of bad meta infomation, then not using it is not the way to persuade software developers to improve the meta data. Apparantly it works one way with css, but the opposite with (x)html. I’ll keep using xhtml 1.1 thanks all the same.
Anonymous:
The difference is that CSS fails gracefully, or is designed to at any rate. Senting XHTML as text/xml will result in most browsers (read: IE) displaying it as a seperate type of file. And it /should/ be sent as text/xml, because XHTML doesn’t validate as HTML anymore.
gilmae:
IE 5 and 6 doen’t seem to have too much trouble displaying XHTML, nor does Netscape 4.08. I haven’t got copies of Netscap3/IE 3, but i do have Netscape 2 and the only (albeit mine) XHTML site i have tried to view under it worked fine. Does that count as degrading gracefully? To me it does, so if it degrades gracefully, I will keep using it and eventually the mime type issue will be resolved.
MP:
My site is now done in pure XHTML 1.0 Strict. It works gracefully on IE4+, NS4+ (well, apart from one bug in NS6 which appears to be font size related), Opera 5+, Lynx (honest! Doesn’t look as good, but is much better than most sites), Mosaic 1, Cern linemode browser, HotJava… I haven’t tested under Linux yet…
Peterneko:
So we shouldn’t use new standards because stupid people write crap, invalid code. Er… kay…
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Mr mist:
Heh. It is ridiculous though. The very idea of beggars can be choosers. I’m hungry sir, please spare me some food… so long as it ain’t beans.
Memeping
Did you know that mozilla's document bar is broken when you have more than one tab? it displays the last loaded document bar for all tabs. This could cause confusion when Aquarion isn't paying much attention and blogs without checking. Aquarion is a moron. News at 11...
Those who spoke on this:
sil:
Bummer. That was really exciting for a second ;) Kudos for looking to see if a bug had been filed, although Hixie got there first. :)
michel v:
For some reason, I thought ‘Memeping’ would refer to the fact Memepool.com is automatically pinging (ping-spamming) weblogs.com and blo.gs every 20 minutes, even when they don’t have updated.
But, I must be the only one who noticed this ping-spam pattern.
Do spiders make chutney?
Aquarius dislikes wasps slightly
Scott Andrews also has misgivings
Me? I have no objection to wasps. Nor spiders. Nor daddy long-legs, Nor any insect less than 1% of my mass. I can sort of see why people get upset, because some people just seem to attract insects. Personally, when I hold still while a wasp buzzes around my face they ignore me (unless, as happened on one occasion, the wasp comes behind my glasses. At which point I will close my eyes and murmer to the people who want to kill it to take a few steps backwards). I don't hit them, they ignore me, and go for the person who is jumping up and down and waving arms like a windmill.
Snails, on the other hand, worry me. We have an infestation (there is no other word) of snails. There are almost a hundred of them on the bush that climbs outside our house. They climb up my window and die, baked into snail pie by the late-summer sun. On one occasion one died in the hinges of our front door. It took a couple of minutes to open it the next morning. Outside was a pair of girls with "Jehovah's Witness" written upon them in mental chalk. They had leaflets. They had pink cardicans. They asked me if I wanted to talk to them for a little while.
I told them I'd love to, but the snails were invading and I had to hold them back. Thankyou, though.
They grinned, somewhat fixedly, and left, somewhat confused.
I then went - barefoot - to get the washing in.
And trod - barefoot - on four unseen snails. Every little bit helps
Those who spoke on this:
Sarabian:
Wasps, no problem. Now, if Aquarius had talked about horses… :)
I had a girlfriend who loved snails, she had a snail garden.
In my student house we never saw the snails (or possibly slugs) but every morning (or afternoon come to think of it) we’d wake up to the tell tail snail trails all over the house.
Mole:
This is why we keep lots of Saxa Table Salt around. A pet ejog also helps.
Chocolate
I have nothing to say, except...
Our Chocolate, which art in wrappers,
Maya be Thy name.
Thy opening come;
Thou will be eaten
In pubs as Thou art in houses.
Give us this day our daily bar
And forgive our Cadbury's
As we forgive those who Nestle against us
Lead us not into Woolworths
But deliver us to Thorntons
For mine is the cocoa,
The powder and the solid
Forever and ever
All mine.
(By Me, Supermouse, and others)
Those who spoke on this:
Castellan:
What?! even the coffee cream? – truly inspired I nearly nosed my coffee, ‘nuf respec’
Interesting Weblogs
- Eric S Raymond The less insane of the two main OSS evangelists
- Warren Ellis Does too much to list here, most recently the incredible Transmet.
Those who spoke on this:
gilmae:
It is not quite as hot on the surface of the sun as it is at the core of the sun
Which Blogging Tool?
Last one. Possibly ever.
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| You are a very conservative and introverted person. You live in your own world and you're not very easy to approach. Which Blogging Tool Are You? |
Those who spoke on this:
Marco:
Hmmm… I got that very same one…
Death.
So, from Aquarius we get the death test, which says I will most likely die of cancer (yay) or possibly a heart attack (joyous) on January 20, 2060 at the age of 78 years old. Other possibilities include...:
>Alien Abduction (13%)
Alcoholism (9%)
Homicide (8%)
Suicide (7%)
Contagious Disease (5%)
Confusion (5%)
And not in at all. Place your bets...
Corinne:
Horrid, horrid spiders. ewewewew get them away from me makes gesture of a cross