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20th December 2009 at 02:34:08 am write a comment
IPv6. We should all be switched over to it already. We need to stop dragging our feet, and get those guys with the deep pockets in those ISPs (that are ripping us off and screwing us over so badly) to push us out of our current crisis (running out of v4 addresses, and long since out of v4 usefulness).
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8th December 2009 at 02:25:48 am 1 comment
Your result for Which fantasy writer are you?…
5 High-Brow, 11 Violent, 3 Experimental and 11 Cynical!
10th September 2009 at 11:48:54 pm write a comment
I’ve begun a couple files to try to store some sort of index into which languages I know and which distributions I’ve used. Here are the links.
http://andrewlives.com/about-me/languages.txt
http://andrewlives.com/about-me/distributions.txt
Update (Nov 22, 2009):
Contents I’ve participated in: http://andrewlives.com/about-me/contests.txt
These will update as more happens. For example, I’ve already learned more languages since I first posted this.
17th August 2009 at 06:07:28 pm write a comment
Android is everything I could possibly have hoped it would be. My Dev Phone is quite easily the best phone I have ever used in my life. More on this might come later.
24th November 2008 at 09:32:34 am 1 comment
In less than one month’s time, I will be married to the most wonderful girl alive. 
Why does every day move so very slowly?
2nd April 2008 at 02:11:08 am 1 comment
Roughly two and a half months ago, a major shift in my life and social habits occurred.
I, Tianon, got myself a girlfriend.
She’s amazing, and I wouldn’t trade my relationship with her for anything in the world.
However, she is exponentially more interesting than a computer. This leads to less time spent turning yellow in front of a computer screen, and more time spent away, in the real world. A place scary, and filled with real people. Frightening just to think about.
20th December 2007 at 10:04:52 pm 1 comment
I have finally seen the film for myself, and I must say, bra-vo.
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3rd December 2007 at 12:34:12 am 3 comments
I have noticed lately on Facebook a surge of groups professing that “The Golden Compass” is an anti-Christian film.
I have this theory that more than half of the members of these groups have no idea that the film has been a book for a long time now, and I bet that half more of those left have never read it. This band wagoning disgusts me.
Some people see the words “anti-Christian,” and they’ll believe or do anything, claiming some kind of persecution or devil worship. As for myself, I have read “The Golden Compass,” and it was certainly not anti-Christian. Anyone who believes as such is so weak in their own beliefs that they probably don’t believe in the first place.
This book/series was an absolutely beautiful testament to the one constant in this whole shit-faced world: Love. Yes, I’m going to spoil the series by telling you it’s not about some damn anti-Christian plot, but is really a fantastic and gripping love story. It is the story of two people who lose themselves to find each other. It has all the elements that make a fantastic story: action, adventure, mystery, romance, and most importantly, plot.
Anyone who believes their beliefs are being attacked by a fantasy story never had solid beliefs to begin with and should leave the rest of us way the hell alone.
I can understand if someone has read the story, and didn’t like it, but pinning your dislike on something as childish and unfounded as anti-Christian is just spineless.
“The Golden Compass” was a fantastic novel, and if I could, I would be there this Friday right when the film opens.
Personally, I believe an open mind is the key to success in this world, and the sooner people realize that, the sooner we can move on as a species. Free your mind.
16th November 2007 at 02:25:54 am 5 comments
Carl Jung was a great psychologist who was good buddies with Freud.
He’s the guy who is credited with the idea of Introversion vs. Extroversion, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was based off his ideas.
It was only recently that I discovered Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and I find it extremely fascinating. (At least as much as the Color Code for personality types, if not more so!)
From Wikipedia:
Fundamental to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the concept of Psychological Type.
In a similar way to left- or right- handedness, the principle is that individuals also find certain ways of thinking and acting easier than others. The MBTI endeavours to sort some of these psychological opposites into four opposite pairs, or dichotomies, with a resulting sixteen possible combinations. None of these combinations is ‘better’ or ‘worse’, however Briggs and Myers recognised that everyone has an overall combination which is most comfortable for them: in the same way as writing with the left hand is hard work for a right-hander, so people tend to find using their opposite psychological preference more difficult, even if they can become more proficient (and therefore behaviourally flexible) with practice and development.
28th October 2007 at 07:37:55 pm 2 comments
My good friend PixelFish linked to this quiz on her livejournal, and apparently, I’ve got high probability of Asperger syndrome.
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at 02:25:20 am write a comment
In case you didn’t notice, I’ve added Gravatars.
For the curious, see http://site.gravatar.com/
They’re pretty easy to use, but it’s really quick and simple to sign up and add one for yourself. Then you can look all pretty when you add comments below.
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23rd October 2007 at 02:06:59 am 4 comments
It’s interesting the difference an amount of time so small as 24 hours can make on our perspective and our moods.
One minute, I can be depressed as all get-out, but give me 24 hours, and I can be light as a feather, ready for another round. Sometimes, it doesn’t even take 24. Sometimes, it only takes an instant. Read More »
21st October 2007 at 08:01:22 am 4 comments
Yeargh, my brain be slippin’ away! I slept until 6pm yesterday (Sat.), and I’m still cooking at 8am. Wheeeee.
In other (more important) news, I’ve been working on this theme for hours. Read More »
19th October 2007 at 08:59:36 pm write a comment
Aren’t worthless online quizzes just the best? 
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at 12:52:32 am 2 comments
After many hours of wasted time and effort, I have created my first WordPress Plugin.
document.write('Is it not just so pretty?');
18th October 2007 at 12:55:17 pm 1 comment
If you’ve never heard of Radiohead, I suggest you go check them out. They’re amazing.
Recently, though, they’ve gone and done something even MORE amazing. Their latest album, “In Rainbows,” is available for download from their website, for free (as in beer, for those of you who keep score). http://www.inrainbows.com/ – They are allowing us, the consumers, to choose how much we want to pay for the album. Read More »
at 12:47:55 am 6 comments
Well, the server re-upload is complete… I don’t want to do that again for a very long time. Hopefully I can live with what we’ve got at this point for quite some while.
In other news, it’s way past sleep-time! Hooray!
17th October 2007 at 05:46:45 pm write a comment
This is my first post. Boy, what an adventure this was… Had to upgrade the entire server to make this work, but here I am, and the server’s all the better for it!