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Re: …It’s TGI Friday: Prickie?

feuermaus — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:59:39 -0000

All of Alexomatic's designs are brilliant, but the best is probably 'I'm from the Internet'.

Tangent: I am returning your lost apostrophe, you know, the one from your title? ;)

Re: …It’s TGI Friday: Riddle?

feuermaus — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:05:39 -0000

Thanks.
But stick your dollars in a chairty box for me :)

The answer to your riddle is " " ;)

Re: …Absinthe is for men?

feuermaus — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:20:24 -0000

Funnily enough, Absinthe has never been officially banned in the UK. Quite bizarre when you consider I could nip down to ASDA (Walmart) right now and buy a bottle for less than £20.
It's over-rated though.

Re: …It’s TGI Friday: The World’s Geekiest Crossword Puzzle?

feuermaus — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:08:14 -0000

Thank uou, once again :)

But, ummm, I'm not a guy *lol*

Re: …It’s TGI Friday: The World’s Geekiest Crossword Puzzle?

feuermaus — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:28:39 -0000

That's ok :) Thought it might have been a give-away signing my emails with my real name, but no offence or anything taken!

That's the beauty of the Internets ;)

Re: …The Gumball 3000 is coming?

feuermaus — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:30:13 -0000

Oh hell yeah. Going to try be in London for the start :)

Re: …It’s TGI Friday: Comment Charity?

feuermaus — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:33:31 -0000

Brilliant, man :)

I always had the inkling that you were big on the giving back, but this really does prove that despite many appearances to the contrary out there, there are also some damn decent people too.

I will continue to pimp your links to random places :)

Re: …Census maps are fun to explore? at Didnt You Hear…

feuermaus — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:32:58 -0000

This is also very cool : http://www.worldmapper.org/

Re: …I want your opinion?

feuermaus — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:28:54 -0000

Damn right you should be upset. Altough you don't have copyright/ownership of the image, you do have it over yiour words, and that's *your* artistic copyright. I would be livid if someone stole my writing (hence why I put it in Friends only blogs and stuff because at least then I can track what's going on) but the problem is on the Internet, nothing is safe. I guess you have to accept there are some pretty unscruplous people in the world who will happily steal other's work because they're just not xclever enough or are too lazy to do it themselves.
There isn't much you can realistically do about it (I don't know whether you can contact the site etc, or if it's even worth it) but you could always edit any future posts to say 'this has been stolen' if it happens again. Oh, and you could come up with a few false stories just to see if the theives are stupid enough to not do their research as well ;)

Re: …Coment Charity continues?

feuermaus — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:17:01 -0000

Currently using a laptop for portability needs, but have a knackered old PC sitting upstairs complete with Windows *spits*.
Have briefly dallied with Linux but I'm too lazy to learn how to make it work properly and a lot of open source software is decidely awful to use (GIMP for example makes Adobe look *nice* Now that's a real 'achievement'!)
I'm currently selling everything I own on eBay to raise funds for a Mac book :)

Re: …You should be twittering? at Didnt You Hear…

feuermaus — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:48:02 -0000

Oh God, not another Web 2.0 phenomenon. I'm sure it's great and all, but what happened to just IM and e-mail. I dunno, maybe I'm weird but I like *talking* to people! Properly!

Re: …Flashers love Porsches?

feuermaus — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:20:41 -0000

Aw damn, they should have had the Knightrider theme playing instead ;)

Re: …You should be twittering? at Didnt You Hear…

feuermaus — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:40:51 -0000

I enjoy all the exciting possibilities that the Internet can bring us, God knows I use it often enough, I'd be a hypocrite to say otherwsie, but I do get a little sceptical of all the chat/blog/interactive stuff that comes out heralding itself to be The Next Big Communication device. I've worked as a teacher and seen kids who can type faster than I can (and I can type pretty damn fast) but can hardly write legibly - can I go out on a limb and suggest that maybe all this time spent in front of the shiny box 'socialising' isn't actually of benefit. Sure, it means we get to meet all manner of interesting people: if it weren't for reading blogs I wouldn't have come accross DYH after all, but I'm also getting cagey about how much and where I put my 'details' on the 'Net as well.

Gome are the 'halycon' days of IRC chat and MSN Profiles... I'm now just waiting for the intergral USB hub that connects directly into my sinapses and instantly downloads my thoughts to screen. ;)

Yes, I'm a cynic, so sue me.

Re: …Google wants you to personalize?

feuermaus — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:09:37 -0000

The day when we just plug directly into our computer each morning is now one step closer.

I am still torn over whether this would be a marvellous and amazingly cool idea, or a science fiction notion gone terribly terribly wrong.
I'm having a problem getting Existenz and Matrix out of my mind - and you know, they don't end so well... ;)

Re: …Google wants you to personalize?

feuermaus — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:54:58 -0000

Seven years ago I wrote an essay at University debating the mind and the matrix and how the world seems content to stare through a window at everything - when we drive we have a windscreen, on the PC there is the monitor, and in our house we have our windows keeping out the wind and cold. While these are great in the way of protection, they also stop us from getting close to the action and living it. Every new technological advance brings us a step away from actually communicating face-to-face with our peers, and online we can hide who we really are.
It's a concept I find fascinating as I too have my online persona and 'real life' one, but never the twain shall meet pretty much! The Internet allows us to reach out and see new places and people without ever explosing us to the danger that lurks underneath.
Oh you know, I could rant and debate this further but for all it being 'cool', I'm not sure I like the rise of the machines.
Just. got. to. prise. myself. off. PC...

Re: …Google gives you the Street View?

feuermaus — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:38:32 -0000

*squeee!* I'm obsessed with CSI Vegas, so being able to see the city up close like this for free is fantastic :)

I really should go to the USA some day...