Various amusing or interesting topics, or things that shock and appall me. Kind of a miscellaneous bin.
A Chinese city called Chongqing is going for a world record with the newly-opened four-story toilet facility. “We are spreading toilet culture. People can listen to gentle music and watch TV,” said Lu Xiaoqing, an official with the Yangrenjie, or “Foreigners Street,” tourist area where the bathroom is. “After they use the bathroom they will …
Okay, it’s not the proper use of the term (which means “the fear of Friday the 13th”), but it was such an interesting word that I had to find a way to put it in a blog title.
I’m apparently not the only one that feels like he’s being railroaded into using Vista, and is looking for alternatives.
Linniks, line-iks, leeniks… all three seem to have their adherents. I use the third pronunciation myself, because long ago (and long before I started using the OS), a friend of mine said that that was how Linux Torvalds pronounced it (and he was right, as you can hear for yourself). I figured that if anyone …
The jungle continues to widen. Tread cautiously, people.
Beautiful.
Hey, Canadians seem to be getting a grip on reality. Unlike some countries I could name.
And again I say, un-freakin’-believable.
Un-freakin’-believable.
We went to see this last week. It’s surprisingly good — and the theater was surprisingly packed for it, even as early as we got there. They even managed to work Soundwave into the story well, something I didn’t think would be possible. (I don’t think they ever mentioned his name, but he’s an integral …