April 2011
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I feel it necessary to point out that
I don’t actually update this place anymore, because my blog/site is now at Unisyc.org. There’s more of my crap there, and it’s better quality!
December 2010
2 posts
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I do enjoy a good essay
They’re not hard.
I’ve been a uni student of some form or another since 2003, and completed my BA in 2007. Since the middle of the year, I’ve been doing Legal Studies at La Trobe University and I am thoroughly enjoying it. It started off as a grad cert, but I’m planning on doing another semester to make it a grad dip.
Oh, and I’m not doing Law. This seems to be a...
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Oh, man, I haven't posted in forever
And I kind of feel bad.
I would feel worse if anyone actually frequented this blog.
Which no one actually does. I mean, not even I do.
But the main reason I haven’t really posted anything is because there’s not too much new. I have a new phone and some new gadgets and a ladynerd, but as if any of that is exciting.
Nah.
This is something that is boring. I’m going to go back...
May 2010
1 post
Stay classy, guys
I went to the Socceroos vs. NZ match last night. It started off promisingly - there were four grown men three rows behind us in Iron Men masks. It got better when a dude behind us yelled, “Give him a tissue!” when one of the Kiwi players was down.
My favourite part, though, was when the guy behind us (who had his two young boys with him) screamed at a Kiwi player, “Offside, you...
December 2009
4 posts
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“What’s he up to? Probably something devious and over-complicated....”
– The Rani, speaking of the Master in The Mark of the Rani. Pip and Jane Baker tend to be criticised over the dialogue they wrote, but they often came up with little gems like this.
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Paranormal Activity
The trailers made it look like it would be pretty good. The reviews were calling it ”the scariest movie of the decade”.
It wasn’t too bad. I’m usually a jumpy person who doesn’t like such movies. The night and the dark used to terrify me. I used to have night terrors where I’d awake screaming.
But the thing is that, in the whole movie, I had one small jump and...
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Computer, computer, computer
I got this laptop in April 2007. It’s been a soldier. It’s been a soldier who’s needed prosthetics. New HDD, new optical drive, new battery. Good thing my brother made me get the three year warranty.
It’s a Dell Inspiron 1501 and I love it to bits. It’s my laptop. The little AMD and Vista stickers are now more silver than logo, there are fades in the garish silver...
How I got hit on by a man forty years older than... →
In the past six months, I have been hit on by three gay guys, one bisexual guy and one girl (who turned out not to like books or art… what?). Those last two happened at the same party, too. Why do precisely the wrong type of people consistently take an interest in me?
November 2009
7 posts
Wooo!
I’ve had a second h2g2 entry go through to the front page!
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On Monday, Metro takes over
And I didn’t realise it was quite so soon. Melbourne’s train and tram networks will be taken over by new operators, just in time for Christmas and hopefully, the roll-out of myki.
Apart from the obvious, something I won’t miss about Connex will be the branding on the trains (which will obviously take some time to get rid of considering the size of the fleet). Call me picky and...
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Second day of work today. Seven hours of me feeling my way through the world of consumer electronics, with half an hour about halfway through for lunch. So everything below my waist ached after my evening shower (second shower necessitated by the days-old heat rash currently scarring my feet).
Customer service very quickly made me feel very incompetent, but I’ve found all this very...
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I’m not entirely sure why I started blogging again. I don’t have anything to say anymore.
Except maybe that The Duckworth Lewis Method is the most amusing album I’ve listened to in ages. Even if you don’t follow cricket (like me), if you know little bits here and there (like me), it’s really very enjoyable.
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ITT we discuss wallet positioning
It all started here in D&D, then migrated over to the SE++ clothes/fashion thread. It is thrilling. And I’m going to detail my position on the matter now, which is quite unnecessarily detailed and, well, unnecessary. Keep going if you’re really interested in the organisation of my pocket contents.
For me, the wallet goes front-left unless I’m wearing suit trousers, in which...
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"The one" is an inaccurate term
Ever notice how one’s “one true love” can almost always be found within about a ten to twenty kilometre radius of where one lives?
This notion is ridiculous. I mean, what’s the chance of this? (About 1 in 6.8 billion.) I strongly believe that statistics should be brought into this, because there’s no accuracy here. Let’s be honest. It’s probably going to...
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I am in A Good Mood
I should’ve held this post back till tomorrow. But what the hell? I’ve been in a good mood for a while. Most of this semester, in fact.
I love you, life! Let me hug and kiss and punch you, for roughly a third of you is pretty shit.
October 2009
4 posts
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Now, I am but one of two
There is another Cyvros in the world. Someone else using the nickname I have used for many a year now.
Finally.
I’ve been waiting for years for someone else to use Cyvros. See, all this time, I was the only one online - all my online activities under the one name, something I realised last year is not really a good thing. And now, with this new chap/chapette, things are starting to be...
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She won't see this.
Because she doesn’t know I’m here. Thank you, Twitter people, for the idea.
#lettertomyex I’m sorry. I am so very sorry. And I do hope all’s well.
I mean these words, but they’re going to go by unnoticed, and I know that. The point is that I’ve said them… in some way. Because I can’t tell her in person, even though I want to. For one thing,...
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It’s been a long while since I’ve done custom HTML with Tumblr. It’s all gotten so much more complicated now.
So many line breaks.
So little patience.
e: Couple of hours later, I’m done and fairly happy with the outcome.
e2: Aaand it’s the next day, and IE is being an idiot about this whole thing. gj, Microsoft.
e3: It’s an hour later. I’m done,...
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Evening, 24th October
Well, I woke up at 1 today… and the day’s just felt off. It hasn’t been wasted, but it’s just not right.
Might have something to do with it being Saturday and me believing that yesterday was Saturday.
Yes.
That’d be it. Today feels like an awful, wasted Sunday. With any luck, Sunday itself won’t be so bad.
March 2009
1 post
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Trains
As you may or may not know, Melbourne’s train network is operated by one company, Connex. They’re not doing the best job of it, but it isn’t solely Connex’s fault. Anyway, this isn’t going to be about trains. This is going to be about one Friday morning a couple of months back at Flinders St Station, the hub of the metropolitan train network.
On that Friday morning, Connex managed to orchestrate...
August 2008
2 posts
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Uncanny
What’s that sound?
Sounds like… No.
What?
No, it can’t be!
Tell me!
They’re singing Handel’s Messiah. You know what that means.
Oh, my God. OMG OMG OMG
Dear God, it’s Jesus Christ!
Whoa.
You know, he looks suspiciously like Qui-Gon Jinn.
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On multiple gods and their adherence to the Unix...
I suppose I should add some kind of disclaimer before proceeding: I’m one of those almost-but-not-quite-foaming-at-the-mouth atheists, but I understand how and accept why people are religious. It’s just not my cup of tea.
But I would be more willing to believe in multiple gods rather than a single one. You see, to me, a single God sounds and feels too much like feature bloat. I like to apply the...
July 2008
5 posts
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Little rubber tubes
You like?
This one’s a little too snug. Do you have something slightly larger? Possibly softer material?
What were you thinking of?
Velour, perhaps?
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A unique method
You know, I’ve always wanted to try getting drunk on tea.
I... I don't get you.
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A bestoke feature presentation
What are you doing?
Presenting my new invention for easing the spread of peace…
I can see where this is going.
…the PeaceGun.
Of course.
Also available, the DemocraGun Deluxe and the DemocraCannon.
Why?
So those peace-hating bastards can feel my democracy.
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If your software can’t be used for porn, you’re...
Yes, it is true that damn near everything in the computing world can be used for porn. Virtual desktops, for instance, can only have be invented for the purposes of quick switching to and from porn.
How about web browsers? Like the Internet, they’re obviously designed to handle porn, but this has advanced in recent years. Reopening closed tabs and windows? Clearly to allow for immediate recovery...
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Reverse useful (thanks, Tom)
I like Pidgin.
Your point being? You also like KDE. They’re both signs of a lack of taste.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with either of them.
I tried Pidgin the other day, you know. Do you know what happened? It played the incoming message sound when the chat window was active, but not when the chat window was inactive.
And KDE? You do know there’s a new version out, yeah?
I must admit that I did try KDE 4.
And?
Remember that first time I used Vista?
Yes… Oh.
June 2008
1 post
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In my experience, good luck is annual
Let me begin by saying that I am searching for the right word to describe my current feelings.
Frustration. Is that the right word for when your hard drive fails spectacularly and you are left with a profound sense of despair?
Yes, that sounds about right.
First off, the other night, the HDD starts beeping. “Must’ve been on for too long,” I supposed. Next morning, it keeps...
November 2007
3 posts
1 tag
The Man with the Golden I-Don’t-Want-To-Know
Your thoughts?
It's nice.
Thanks.
Seems to be coming along quite nicely, actually. What is it again?
I call it… King Midas and the Urinal.
…
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Solution!
Say, Jim, how do you relieve a blocked quote?
I don't know, Jim. How do you relieve a blocked quote?
You loosen the tags!
A ha ha ha.
A ha ha ha.
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This joke licensed under the GFDL
Say, Jim, what’s the collective noun for nerds?
I don't know, Jim. What is the collective noun for nerds?
A Hurd!
A ha ha ha.
A ha ha ha.
October 2007
3 posts
1 tag
Plasticine fracture
Come on, be serious.
I’m as serious as I get. Gumby was in Emergency with a fractured rib.
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On the Tenth Doctor's catchphrase
I’m planning to arrange Shocking Blue’s song Venus (later made famous by Bananarama, of course) with very familiar lyrics. Here’s a rough sketch of the lyrics so far:
I’m sorry! Yeah, Martha, I’m sorry!
I’m the Doctor, I’m a genius, I’m so, so sorry!
I’m going to hit the piano tomorrow and get some notes written down, but I plan to do this. If anything, it may prove to be a helpful way to...
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New campaign: Save Vakulinchuk!
Film!
Today’s film is trout a la Potemkin. Enjoy your uprising.
August 2007
2 posts
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Bah dum tish
This mag is brilliant.
What is it?
Modern Drunkard.
Oooh, you’ve got a subscription to that as well?
Yeah, I’d heard great reviews.
And great rebrews.
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Time flies when you're spoiling the fun
Damien asked me to tell you that he still hates you.
It's been a month!
Your fault.
Well, that's the last time I spoil Harry Potter for him.
It's the seventh book. It is the last time you can spoil it for him.
April 2007
1 post
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Why?
Because I just wasted 20 minutes recording Stereo Mix instead of Line In.
And then a further three minutes without realising the damned thing was muted.
January 1998
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About
Salutations.
Me. You might know me online as Cyvros or lilgreenwheels. You might not. You might know me in real life as Jordn. You might not. I’m basically a gaming, towelling Whovian criminogeek and occasional SE++ guy.
Site. A place for my more coherent ramblings. Note that this isn’t a continuation of my old, deleted blog+sites, Unisyc and The TARDIS Zone. Same person, different...