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I explained Archaeology to the tiny-Germans yesterday:

"You know, my house is really old, too! It's 20 years old."

"Wow! Well, the things I dig up are a lot older than that. Some of them are a thousand years old."

"How old?"

"A thousand years."

"How old?"

"A thousand."

"That's not a number!"


They're the best.


I finally brought my laptop to a repair shop to have its overheating problem fixed, so I'm not gonna be online much in the next few days. If you require the thrill of my conversation, you can always hit me up on Google Talk, which I've got on my phone: breakfastspoon@therandomplanet.com

I'm listening to the A History of the World in 100 Objects programme on iPlayer at the moment. It's pretty neat. Good old Olduvai Gorge, amirite? And it's available as a podcast, so you can alllll listen to it, even if you're not in the UK. :D

My parents' mac's screen has some weird contrast settings going on; it's making my eyes hurt.
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21. 1. 2010 10:13 pm | Personal, Syndicated | Tags: , , , | Comment

30-year old sci-fi like candy

I finished the book I was reading yesterday, and picked a new one from my to-read shelf:


Colony, by Ben Bova, first published 1979. "It is the year A.D. 2008; world population has steadily grown above 7-billion."

I'm gonna have so much fun with this. Choice quote from the first page:
Grasping her wrist firmly, he helped pull her up along the climbing path. "It gets easier up ahead. The gravity slackens off. And the view is worth the effort."

She nodded, but said to herself, He knows he's handsome. Good muscular body; firm backside. That's why they picked him to guide me, no doubt. He gets all the female hormones popping.
He gets all the female hormones popping, guys. I can't wait until the mandatory aloof, calculating, genius-scientist character shows up.
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5. 11. 2009 2:57 pm | Personal, Syndicated | Tags: , , , | Comment

I have had a truly amazing experience.

I read this Rock, Paper, Shotgun review of "Typing of the Dead"* earlier, and was inspired to download the demo, and I can confirm that it is actually the best game of all time.


So I may be easily amused, but you cannot fail to appreciate the surreal cracktastical glory that is this game's dictionary. If I had any money I think I would actually buy the full version.


I have an interview for a part time job at T.M. Lewin tomorrow. Wish me luck! (I hope they do employee discounts. ♥_♥)


PS: Oh wow, I made an audience participation post and the audience actually participated! You guys are awesome. I will make up the rest of the questions after my interview tomorrow! <3

PPS: This is my new favourite page in all of Wikipedia: Lists of English loanwords by country or language of origin.


*You should all read RPS, by the way. Even if you don't really care about games. I have them on my RSS reader mainly for the writing style and sense of humour; occasionally hearing of a cool game is a bonus.
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17. 9. 2009 10:43 pm | Personal, Syndicated | Tags: , , | Comment