Fragments of Memories

2005/11

2005-11-30

Wireable wireless headphones

Wireless headphones would be nice. I could walk around at home at night, listening to music or simply enjoy it in the loft bed. However, if I'm going to get an mp3/ogg player, they'll be pretty useless. Why are there no wireable wireless headphones?

08:18 - /Sense of Wonder

Silva savuporosulatejuusto

Kaupassa törmäsin sulakejuustoon, jossa oli savuporoa, ei E621:ta, ja joka oli pakattu purkiin, joka tyhjänä käy juomalasista. Hintaakin oli alle 4 euroa. Kotona kävi ilmi että se on jopa hyvää. Nerokasta!

08:12 - /Hehku - Glow

2005-11-29

Laptops as a space saving mechanism

Having just a laptop would eliminate the need for a largish computer desk. A smaller table would do fine. Perhaps I'll want a laptop... Or I do have one but this one is sluggish at 500MHz.

00:13 - /Sense of Wonder

2005-11-28

Linux copy paste rules supreme!

Why is it that not even so-called user-friendly Macs have such a nice copy-paste as commonly available in X in Linux? I want to be able to just paint and then press the center mouse button! I don't want stinking menus for something that could be so simple!

17:33 - /Bits and PCs

2005-11-26

Garter belt comfort

Garter belts (or suspender belts) with wider backs and more hooks&eyes are more comfortable than those with just one hook&eyes.

10:13 - /Opittua - Learned in life

2005-11-23

OS X, Terminal and alt key problems

Today was my first day with OS X. When I finally tried ssh from it, I noticed the backspace didn't work, Scandinavian letters produced a mess, backspace just didn't work and either did alt. An irssi hell, I tell you.

Following steps offered a cure. Terminal-->Window Settings... then from drop menu Keyboard and check Delete key sends backspace and Use option key as a meta key. Then choose Emulation from the dropdown menu and uncheck Escape non-ASCII characters. After that is just works.

17:25 - /Bits and PCs

2005-11-22

Huoneenmittausvinkki

Jos mittaatte huonetta sisustussuunnittelua varten, ottakaa huomioon myös seuraavat asiat:

Ikkunalautojen syvyys
Kaappien ovien aukaisemiseen tarvittava tila. Siis myös yksittäisten ovien leveys
Pistorasioiden tarkka sijainti (ei ole kiva arvuutella että tuleekohan nyt parvisängyn jalka juuri pistorasian kohdalle)

10:51 - /Opittua - Learned in life

Setä osaa piirtää

Tänään törmäsin pitkästä aikaa kovin kauniiseen taiteeseen. Tekijä on suomalainen nuori mies. Ja se osaa piirtää. Katsokaa vaikka.

Noita kun saisi kotiin seinälle, niin maailmassa olisi valoa.
Vaikea valita noista edes suosikkia.

01:06 - /Hehku - Glow

2005-11-20

Kaikenlaista huuto.net:ssä

Laitoin eilen huuto.netiin myytäväksi kaikenlaista.

08:45 - /Linkage

2005-11-15

Something better than Freedom Keepsafe

I'd want something like Freedom Keepsafe but with several (at least two) smaller units for my devices.

01:38 - /Bits and PCs

2005-11-13

My DVD drive sucks

The DVD drive in my computer sucks and refuses to read most burned DVDs, library DVDs and rentable DVDs. I should get a new one soon, preferebly one that can burn my backups as well.

17:56 - /Vaahto - Foam

"Onnelliset vauvat eivät itke"

Junan aulassa oli äiti ja vauva. Vauva itkeskeli sellaista pingaus-itkua ("jos nyt vähän itkeskelen silleen kokeillakseni, ehkä joku leikkii mun kanssa sitten"). Junan saapuessa asemalle aulaan tuli ihmisiä, joista yksi, kauneusmessuilla ollut neliskymppinen täti sanoi juuri ennen astumistaan ulos junasta töykeällä äänellä vauvan äidille: "Onnelliset vauvat eivät itke".

Mitä puppua! Ja hei täti, onnelliset ihmiset eivät ole tuolla tavalla töykeitä!

16:29 - /Vaahto - Foam

2005-11-12

Startled awake by a dawn simulation

How in the world is is possible to get startled awake by a dawn simulator? That happened to me this morning, 5 minutes after it had reached it's full intensity. (And yes, I'm pretty sure there was no noise or whatever to startle me instead.)

07:48 - /Sense of Wonder

Garter belts

How come they make the back garters of the garter belts no longer that the front garters? Don't most people have buttocks?

07:46 - /Sense of Wonder

2005-11-11

A webcomic I like

I have thought myself to be immune to webcomics but now I actually found one that I like: Diesel Sweeties.

09:19 - /Linkage

2005-11-10

Reading multiple books

How common is it to be reading multiple books at the same time? Currently I'm reading Getting Things Done (non-fiction about productivity), Bringing Invisible into the Light (non-fiction about Quaker women), The Message Boy Murders and The Reality Dysfunction. Generally it seems I go through non-fiction way faster than fiction.

17:54 - /Sense of Wonder

2005-11-06

Pushups

Pushups are a lot easier if you do not try to go flat on the ground in the low position...

12:00 - /Opittua - Learned in life

2005-11-05

Mind gymnastics: Oneword and Onecaption

Feeling a bit rusty today? I found two sites that pull a tad of creativity out of us in a sneaky way: Oneword and Onecaption.

17:40 - /Linkage

FINTWOL: Finnish Morphological Analyser

Lingsoft has an online demo of their Finnish Morphological Analyser. It only works for 100 times, but might still be very nice for anyone trying to find the real word under the morphological mess.

17:16 - /Linkage

Creative Commons and Flickr

Flickr is doing a wonderful job promoting Creative Commons simply by offering the users an option to post one of the Creative Commons licenses with their photos and as the result of that having loads and loads of photos under Creative Commons licenses on display.

13:40 - /Hehku - Glow

2005-11-04

Tab completition in Irb

According to The Tiger's Vest tab completion should work right off in Linux but at least in my Debian unstable I had to use

irb --readline -r irb/completion

to get tab to recommend methods instead of filenames in the directory.

14:15 - /Bits and PCs

Galeon bookmarklets

I just now discovered the joy of Galeon bookmarklets. At least the in-page bookmark bookmarklet is handy when reading long web pages. I haven't yet tested whether it survives Galeon being shut down meanwhile. I hope it will.

Later: It seems the in-page bookmarks do not survive galeon being shut down. Pity.

14:03 - /Bits and PCs

2005-11-03

Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby

Am I a geek or what? Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby is the best book I have started to read for ages. It's funny, interesting and informative.

18:14 - /Hehku - Glow

Sugar in tea

Don't put sugar in your tea by dumping it onto the sieve when brewing the tea. It might seem like the handy thing to do but the sugar will glue the tea leaves into the sieve, making cleaning the sieve a pain.

11:48 - /Opittua - Learned in life

Permanent fountain pen ink

There is permanent fountain pen ink but it's made by an annoyingly American company.

11:47 - /Opittua - Learned in life

According the Colorquiz test:

"Lynoure wishes to find her stimulation in a voluptuous atmosphere of sensuous luxury."

Click here to read the rest of the results.

11:18 - /Linkage

2005-11-02

Kahvila Soihtu

Kirjanvaihtohylly, ilmainen langaton netti, joka oikeasti toimii siitä vaan, laaja valikoima teelaatuja ja hyvää kaakaota, taidetta, leivonnaisia ja lautapeleja. Kahvila Soihdusta löytyy kaikki mitä kivalta pieneltä kahvilalta voi tahtoa, eikä sijaintikaan ole huono.

Allekirjoittaneelta kirjanvaihtoon jäi Värisyttävä kosketus (eroottisia kauhutarinoita) ja mukaan lähti Desmond Morrisin Hellyyden anatomia.

21:05 - /Hehku - Glow

The Rules suomeksi

The Rules on nyt käännetty suomeksi nimellä Säännöt. Järjettömyyttä!

En ole kokeillut, mutta en kyllä suosittele... kenellekään, mutta jos tahdot pikakatsauksen Sääntöihin katso The Rules for Guys.

20:57 - /Vaahto - Foam

Gray hair

For some reason I associate gray hair on women with infertility, even if the woman is young.

10:58 - /Sense of Wonder

Cycling in a skirt

I like long wide skirts. I also like cycling. These two do not unfortunately combine that easily, so currently I'm looking for ways to skirtproof my bike and/or to bikeproof my skirts.

Tried so far:

Attaching the front and back of the skirt together between the legs with a rubberband. (Works, but not for extremely wide skirts. Shortens the skirt a bit, making it a bit cold on colder weather. Needs to be attached carefully or the rubberband will fall off.)
Pinning excess fabric to the front with a safety pin or a brooch. (Works on very wide skirts. Causes holes in knitted fabrics. Does not work on stiff fabrics as then the skirt for some reason hikes up ver insistently. Doesn't work at all on narrower skirts.)

To be tried: