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Re: Apple Bricked My iPhone

jluster — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:02:21 -0000

We took the free transfers and some re-rolled to be with the We Know / We No splitoffs and the guys from Scarlet Crusade and Daggerspine. We're doing 25-mans and having massive fun on Misha. Best and only way against the burnout.

Re: Klein Venedig

jluster — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:21:02 -0000

Yupp, sad reason, great place to be though.

Re: My overly irritating $80 Wordpress theme adventure

jluster — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:35:19 -0000

Drupal makes happy. Trust me. I am doing Drupal since Drupal 2 (I can quit any time I want, honest), and one huff of the good stuff and I am smiling for hours.

Re: Disqus Integration, Part One

jluster — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:27:29 -0000

If you do, as I tried to, you'll be in a world of "can't remember" pain. I just gave up, shall they rest in unverified peace :)

Re: “Dress Like a Nerd Day”

jluster — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:48:20 -0000

Dude, you need a better comeback strategy. Next time it's "dress like a Nerd", embrace it. Clothe your son in jeans and t-shirt, stuff a few fat wads of cash down every pocket he has (raid your Monopoly money stash), cut out a few politicians you print out, reinforce them with cardboard, and stick 'em down his back pocket (because we all know, if you're rich and smart you have at least five politicians in your back pocket), give him one of your cameras and make sure he films everything, and when asked to tell the teacher he is documenting their conduct for the California Board of Education - since Nerds have a conscience and a strong sense of what is right and wrong. Find a "WE WON" WWII front page and print it out, since Nerds and Enigma won that war.

Make sure the T-Shirt is massively offensive, too, being Nerds see beyond the petty offense mundanes take at words.

Re: How can I stop being called a ‘blogger’?

jluster — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:04:31 -0000

A dozen or so moths ago, I traveled to Öland, a small island south of Sweden. There I met a guy whose job, believe it or not, was that of a Minstrel. Not one of those colorfully clad losers you see at Ren Faires, no, he spoke no faux Shakespearean, and he didn't tell stories of Kings and Knights. Instead, he was the news, a constant source of new and old tales and stories, and he did what we all do - he remixed content he'd heard, adding his own narrative and observations, becoming a voice of his own.

Unlike the so-called A-List, this assembly of egos and headcases, he made an art form out of relaying information, taking pride in being a conduit, and inviting others to remix his works further, in telling those tales and news to whomever had not heard them or wanted to hear them again.

It is who we are, we remix information, add our own two cents, and hope, to some degree, that someone will find them interesting enough to remix them themselves and retell them, again adapted and injected with opinion and new knowledge. Say what you will, I like calling myself a modern versifier. It gets people interested and gives me a chance to explain more. Writer comes close, too. Maybe start calling yourself a Minstrel and see what happens :)