August 2009
29 posts
“Think about the different areas of your life […] and rate your...”
– Hell Yeah by Derek Sivers
“You see this goblet? For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink...”
– Achaan Chaa, stolen from Hacker News
Idea #2: Queen Karaoke Night
The songs of Queen, ruined by karaoke. Lots of fun though. Free moustache on entry. £5 for Brian May wig.
Goals for (the rest of) 2009
In no particular order:
Learn how to cook (I’m going on a cooking course in September)
Learn how to dance (not too sure about this one)
Learn how to drive (not too sure about this one either)
Go on one date per month
Get at least two girls numbers without using the internet or online dating
Go to the gym more and keep paying gym membership
Paint more
Get one film from my lomo camera...
“Before every sex scene, I say to the woman, ‘I’m sorry if I get...”
– Sean Connery
Idea #1: Indie Choir
Like the Polyphonic Spree doing covers.
A choir that belts out indie classics, imagine songs like Love Will Tear Us Apart and Rebellion (Lies) sang by 10 to 20 voices. Would sound literally AMAZING.
No singing experience necessary (of course… have you heard 95% of indie singers?)
“Digital in the sense that it works via an electronically generated number...”
– Iggy Pop’s rider
Deaf-blind communication goes portable →
I love technology that helps make people’s lives easier
“A 2004 article in the magazine San Francisco estimated that unmarried straight...”
– Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco (Note to self, don’t move to SF)
“Unfortunately, as Google enters more of Apple’s core businesses, with Android...”
– Apple gets rid of Eric Schmidt, and it’s definitely not because Apple blocked the Google Voice app, noooo sir-ee
“We wanted a feel that was unique, striking, comforting, and above all, human. We...”
– Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu’s default theme (a.k.a. why Ubuntu looks terrible)