Archive for November, 2006

R.I.P. Malachi Ritscher

30Nov06

This just hit the Digg front page. I’m shocked and saddened. All sorts of cliches come to mind — two wrongs, death begetting death — and yet there really is no way to capture the pure tragedy of a wasted life. Let’s hope Mr. Ritscher’s life, and his death, were not wasted. From his mission statement [...]

Switched to Linux, with Windows inside!

13Nov06

Continuing a recent trend of doing things I should have done long ago (switching to Opera, swing dancing, paying attention to classes), I have switched from Windows to Linux. Yes, finally, the day has arrived, and it’s a bigger deal than you think, given that: I once actively (well, semi-actively) pimped Microsoft software as a Student [...]

Links Day

10Nov06

The stupidest man alive. ‘Nuff said. Now everyone can dunk. Yep, all you have to do is shell out $50-150 an hour, and your personal trainer will plyometric-ise you till you finally feel like a man. FM, SH, I hope you’re paying attention. What is 78 * 23? And am I stupider if it takes me longer [...]

All-time greatest video of all time

05Nov06

Greatest video ever? Yes. No! YEEEEEEEEEEEES! 2 OGs tearing it up…

People who care

05Nov06

4 weeks ago my pizza guy called. Yes, ‘my pizza guy’: Max from Venus Pizza, the only halal pizzeria in the City. I ordered pizza from there about twice a week last year, so often that Max would ask, ‘The usual?’, instead of me explaining what I wanted (the #3 deal with the #12 pizza, [...]