nixsight

Or did it just give stupid people a voice?

Anyway, I felt I had to share this:

XKCD – YouTube

Because it pretty much sums up how daft (and combative!) people really do get online. And because XKCD rocks…!
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After a couple of years of looking at the piece of software on my shelf and not being able to make it work through the power of sheer, focussed staring alone, I have managed to make Audio Cleaning Lab Deluxe work for me… it turns out that telekinesis is not one of my special powers. For those keeping count, that means that I’ve still only managed to identify “winning smile” and “innappropriate laughter” as my two sole super-powers. Never fear, though… I remain ever vigilant, and will continue to keep you updated as new skills are discovered…

Anyway, what my mastery of the secrets of audio electronisysis actually means is that I can finally start the process of ripping my vinyl to MP3, which means I might stand some chance of actually listening to it. I never thought I’d become this lazy, but it seems that technological advances have spoilt me to the extent that now, even just turning over an LP seems like too much effort.
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People really are talking about Second Life, all of a sudden. Worse for me (and I’m going to go out on a limb and say “and students everywhere”), Further Education seems to have got hold of the idea of using it to educate.

Now, this wouldn’t be so much of a problem, except FE is an arena that is chock-full of buzzword-hungry wannabe-executives and eager-to-please almost-educators who wouldn’t be able to sort a practical application from a cloud of hype and hyperbole if you directed them at it with a series of those signs that Wil E Coyote buys from Acme to direct the Road Runner to a plate of dangerously situated grain.
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… Was one of the ads that Amazon put up on this website. Is it an unfortunate abbreviation, or Amazon editorialising on the cheerful mockney kitchen-monkey?

Whenever I feel down about my writing, all I need to do is look at the spam filter on this website’s comments. Among the encouragements found therein:

Good observation, your ideas are right on…
Leggo ed imparo sul vostro luogo. grazie! (Not sure what it means, but you can’t lose with lego.)
Thank you, I could not have sead it better my self….
Never be ashamed! There’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth bothering with…
Your post is on target. Keep it up….
great blog, keep it comming….
Didn’t notice it before … quite clever….

I mean, okay, they are all fake people made of spam, but how sweet are they? They may not be real, but these guys love me!

Unlike my stupid backwoods redneck WordPress plugin tag generator. When things go wrong, which happens often with that particular plugin, it sees fit to announce that “something done went wrong.”

Story of my fucking life!

Warren Ellis directs his readers to this new twist in the story of the “Jesus Don’t Love You, You Sinning Motherfuckers” game (aka Left Behind: Eternal Forces) that I talked about way back in June:

Convert Or Die Game Divides Christians
Liberal and progressive Christian groups say a new computer game in which players must either convert or kill non-Christians is the wrong gift to give this holiday season and that Wal-Mart, a major video game retailer, should yank it off its shelves.

If it’s irony you want, this story just keeps getting better and better.

As you may remember, I was getting all excited about the possibility of a game which allowed the player to kill heathens, perverts and foreigners. It meant that finally, I got to behave in a way that allowed me to give way to my basest urges, AND be a good, god-fearing fella into the bargain… I finally get to sit on the side of the angels!

But as it turns out, other Christians… sappy, watery lily-white liberal Christians, don’t like the idea of the game.
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My mate Steev set us a silly little task that, frankly, should end up as one of those worldwide memes, it is so quick, and simple, and yet has so much potential for fun word patterns. Unlike most memes, it also has replay value.

It’s this simple: Run through the alphabet, write the first word beginning with each letter that you think of. Don’t consider your answer for a second. That would be pointless.

Antelope
Bitchin’
Crazy
Delicate
Egg
Fuck
Grouse
House
Idiot
Joey
Klimt
Lesbian
Monkeys
Nutters
Orange
Path
Quetzacoatl
Rumpy-pumpy
Slithering
Towards
Uncle
Virginal
Woman
Xenophobe
Yiddish
Zoo