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Re: Veggie Pride Parade in La La Land

facebook-521305550 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:30:32 -0000

interesting... I always think of Europeans as being more evolved than us Americans in many ways... I guess not dietarily! I know that's not a word...

Re: Veggie Pride Parade in La La Land

computerjoe — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:41:46 -0000

Absolutely, I faced most difficulty in Poland. Asking for a meal without the meat was nearly impossible to communicate and it ended up coming with meat anyway. The linguistic barrier didn't help, though!

It isn't as problematic in, say, France but you will still get evil looks and think you're somewhat crazy when you say the evil phrase 'je suis végétarien'.

Re: Veggie Pride Parade in La La Land

facebook-521305550 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:33:10 -0000

So true Joe! When I was in Russia it was so hard to get vegetables and people thought I was so weird and "American" for asking. There must be more vegetarians in Western Europe than Eastern Europe though, right?

Re: Veggie Pride Parade in La La Land

computerjoe — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:20:35 -0000

I'll never get what people have against vegetarians. If you say you're vegetarian, you often receive evil looks! In certain parts of continental Europe, the concept is almost alien.

As for me, I've been vegetarian for about 5 years but before that I was on and off for 5 years.

Re: The Controverse 37 LIVE

computerjoe — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:08:35 -0000

Is a bachelorette party equivalent to a British Hen party?

Re: The Controverse 22

computerjoe — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:22:04 -0000

Everytime I see George W Bush, I'm proud to be British.

I was discussing 'Happy Holidays' and believe it is quite secular. Ensures a message encompasses everyone, don't you think?

Re: Jason Calacanis Retires From Blogging, Listen Up Bloggers – This Means Something

sarahintampa — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:27:08 -0000

I thought so - I got kicked out for promoting them, too. Crazy times. But I'm glad you met Azhar and have since introduced him to me. He's great!

Re: Jason Calacanis Retires From Blogging, Listen Up Bloggers – This Means Something

computerjoe — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:41:26 -0000

Yeah, it was me on BlogExplosion. I got hung, drawn and quartered by the BE guys for promoting BlogMad! We met each other on BE, and I met a number of other contacts like Azhar Chougle who have gone into 9rules with me.

Re: Wikia Search Relaunches, Sucks No More?

computerjoe — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:41:10 -0000

It actually seems usable, but I'm not about to convert from Google! Not even for Jimbo!

Re: Goosh.org: A Command-Line Shell for Google

computerjoe — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:37:34 -0000

What exactly is the point in this though? Now it would be cool if you could telnet into Google!

Re: I really want my readers opinion on this

Matik72 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:15:42 -0000

I like the threaded ideal of tabbed browsing.

Re: A note to grammar and spelling police – KMA!

StevenHodson — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:50:18 -0000

I'm not sure if I would call it bitching about my readers. The readers who obviously took the time to read the post provided excellent feedback - whether I was right or wrong. People like Christopher who seem to derive some pleasure out of denegrating a person's writing style I don't see as a "reader". It would have been different if he had offered up a valid opinion either way and then with humor or even a modicum of respect pointed out some of the problems he had with my writing style. I might have even taken the time to go over the post to see if I could improve my writing style - without hurting it in the same space - based on what he had to say.

I am more than willing to learn something if I am - or think I am doing something wrong that is making it harder for my readers to get what I am saying because in the end that will hurt any chance of a learning discussion from taking place.

Re: I really want my readers opinion on this

computerjoe — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:39:00 -0000

I'd say in the same window. I want to surf. If I need to go back to your article, I'll hit back.

As for links in sidebars, I believe in a target="_blank" there.

Re: A note to grammar and spelling police – KMA!

CyndyA — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:14:57 -0000

Joe, I would agree that MOST people with Asperger's have more social skills than those like Christopher G. If you go by the stereotype of those on the spectrum, though, I think the rudeness and single-minded obsession is dead on the mark. ;)

Re: A note to grammar and spelling police – KMA!

computerjoe — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:06:15 -0000

Hehe, I have mild Asperger's... but I do hope my social skills are a bit better than his!

Re: A note to grammar and spelling police – KMA!

computerjoe — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:04:33 -0000

Hmm, perhaps it isn't too professional to bitch about your readers!

You do, however, raise a valid point. As lovely as lovely grammar is and what-not, perhaps it is more important not to restrict creative thought processes. Providing a post makes fairly good sense and the writer isn't being lazy ('n I wen 2 teh suprmrkt), I fail to see a problem.

Re: Steven Hodson, Mark Evans, and Joe Anderson Join the Grand Effects Network

computerjoe — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:37:08 -0000

Thank you!

I look forward to getting to know you!

Re: Why decentralizing Twitter is so important (Scripting News)

computerjoe — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:12:45 -0000

Great point. Perhaps with Twitter, it may be time for some external sites to start capturing everything via RSS as a backup...