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2007-12-19
I like patterns
... even almost-patterns. It's a long way to drive until another pattern comes around. damn.
Sorry, nothing new to tell. Just christmas-shopping like anybody else and what's currently on my mind is too private for the web. Yes, suddenly I care.
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2007-12-14
Time for trivia:
A socket. There. Nothing more to it! Shush about all your metaphor-crap like how the socket resembles the female force in the world or that it is todays pandora's box and source of all good and evil. It's also not about one of the great victories in standardization. Shaddap. There is no pig in the wall and it doesn't watch you. And no, I don't want to denunciate the dumb people's phlegm and their unwillingness to think about where electricity comes from and CO2 and *greenwhine* Today, a socket is just a socket.
... or is it?
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2007-12-10
We went for the "winter-tollwood" festival on Munich's "Theresienwiese" yesterday. And I have to say - altough it was freezing cold and there were more people on one spot than I can usually endure - that this is a fun place to visit before christmas!
There are huge tents where you can buy all kinds of stuff (ugly, pretty, way too expensive, hand-made, hand-made by Indian kids, usefull, pointless, ...), eat exotic foods or get your hit of culture by listening to concerts and readings. Interestingly, this festival combines the feeling of shopping-centres with alternative hippie-crap and an overall peaceful spirit despite of the crowdiness. Clear recommendation!
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2007-12-07
The punctuation-amount guide for dummies
Here comes the mandatory list of how to use punctuation marks. Well, it's not going to be about where to place commas (I'm not on firm ground at this topic myself - at least in English), but about how many punctuation marks to place. Easy? Then why do so many people suck at it? So, read further and get enlightened:
| . | This is the right way to end a common sentence. Not a question and not a command, though. |
| ... | This is the only way, I'm aware of, to use more than one period consecutively. The triple-pointer can be used to emphasize that a train of thought is not going to get finished here and the reader has to make conclusions of his own. Sparely used, this can make your texts even more interesting. However, do not end every sentence with these marks. That makes you look scatterbrained and boring. If you want to appear this way, you can toss in a hint of ignorance by writing "..."s instead of simple commas - at inappropriate places to top it off. |
| , | Place them, where they help readers to understand sentences. One is always enough! |
| ,, | Surely a typo? Happens. |
| ,,, | Too many marks for a typo. I haven't seen this actually written anywhere, but it would surely annoy me. |
| ; | Usually used as a weaker form of the period. Use it to make a cesura while emphasizing, that the sentence isn't actually over. Use it to end every sentence to emphasize that you're a moron and/or a C-/C++-/Java-/...-programmer and forgot how to use human languages.
Oh, and of course it makes the winky eye wink ;) |
| ;;; | Come on, nobody does that. |
| ? | The question mark was invented to mark questions. So, use it when you are asking something. You might also end a sentence with it occasionally to indicate incertitude or confusion (yes, I'm that generous.). If you're uncertain if you should use it in a ambiguous situation, there is a simple rule: Don't. |
| ?? | Might indicate that you are really, really, really confused. Basically, you admit that you feel dumb at the moment. So, guess what I think, if you use it always instead of the recommended amount of question marks (hint: it's between zero and two)! |
| ???, ????, ?...? | No. Just don't. If you want to piss me off, that's the way to go: Act hysterical. I don't like you. Most probably. |
| ! | *sigh* The exclamation mark, my old friend. As its name suggests, the exclamation mark marks an exclamation (what a dumb sentence). So, putting the "!" after a sentence is the equivalent of shouting - already close to WRITING WITH CAPSLOCK. If you know that and use it that way, you can emphasize sentences and add a little more meaning. If you use the exclamation mark after every sentence, you don't empahsize any more, but shout. And that is plainly unpolite. Ass. Of course, there are also command-sentences - where you have to place exclamation marks. But don't start writing in orders only to keep your precious "!"s - that would even more unpolite. ASS. |
| !! | Hysterical. Dumb. The only occasion you are allowed to use two exclamation marks at once is when you're announcing a threat on someones life. And you better mean it seriously. |
| !!!, !!!!, !...! | *growl* This is even worse than using lots and lots of question marks. If someone writes like that to me, I instantly hate him or her. It sounds over-excited, hysterical, and ... ear-piercing (what is strange, since it's written). Stop it and seek professional help! You already have a mental problem - and if you don't stop it, you might get hit in the face. |
Now, I know, this list is not going to change anything; most people (I hope!! <- ;D ) are on the same page as me on this topic, anyways. And others, the ones this "encouragement" could actually bring on the right track will just go
(picure from i can has cheezburger. thx!)
as usual. :(
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2007-12-05
Really strange picture:
Not strange? Are you sure? Look closer! Still nothing? Tried reading out EXIF-data? Well, there it is: This picure was taken at 7:25 in the morning. So, you might guess, I was up at that time. Big deal? It is - because I'm not still awake, but already. And now the real kickaindanads: I stood up to work early, not because I had to be anywhere. Ahhh, dammit. I'm really starting to creep me out!
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2007-11-30
Yaaay, nicht-lustig is back online :D And - fortunately - it doesn't seem like Joscha has unlearned anything. Check it out, if you know some German - or just to ogle the cute drawings.
... I should be entitled for some money for this advertisement ... I'm such a good person for all my altruism and stuff. Or not.
In other news: Painted a little more, but still not content :(
The yellow squiggly lines were meant to look organic, counterbalance the rather strict "M" and emphasize the "A". But - somehow - the organic sucks. I'm better with straights. Innuendo not intended.
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2007-11-26
I've been painting again. But somehow I'm not content this time.
There's something missing, right? :/
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2007-11-24
i can has cheezburger
My sister introduced me yesterday to the lolcats, the most funny kitty-awwww-page there can be! I realize, of course, that you can't decide on your own, which of the pictures is the funniest, so I have already decided for you:
You're welcome.
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2007-11-23
AHHHHHHH, I hate my mouse!! I hate it, hate it, hate it! GRRRRRR! Damn those cherry-engineers! I'm sure, they are on hell's payroll :C :C
You want to know what happened? Most probably not, but you can't help yourself and have to read on, right? *junkie* Well, I was just having my fix of the not-yet-banned drug Vector TD. And I was good - really good! And by that I mean level 49 of the "The Frog" parcour. And then the devil's own mouse did it. There are two additional buttons on the side of the mouse - for example to go back in the broswer history. So, this button sneaked itself under my thumb and let itself get pressed. So, I left the page - and my gamestate is gone (damn flash). *throatgrowlTHROATGRWL*
Well, let's see, if that happens again (afk|VectorTD).
