January 2009
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“Time is not an independent variable because it’s constant”
– Geography teacher explaining why you can never have a correlation with time. I’m confused and i’m doing HL maths.
Jan 28th
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“There are so many facebook groups i would join but for the grammatical errors in...”
– Good effort Sid
Jan 28th
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Reading Time
Alex: What's reading time [at the start of an exam] for if you can't write?
Teacher: You read, and think
Sam: That's hard for Alex
Jan 28th
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Guitar Hero
dude was playing guitar hero during prep and teacher walks in. This is what happened:
teacher: Unplug it
dude(smugly): no need, it's wireless
teacher: fine then, i'll have it
teacher takes it and leaves. it was funnier as the teacher told us
Jan 28th
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“shockingly, some of you think that light-blue-on-salmon-pink is not a good color...”
– delicious blog » usability lab
Jan 26th
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“The Car of the Future Promised for October”
– It was hardly going to be promised for last october, was it? The Car of the Future Promised for October | Autopia from Wired.com
Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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“Sorry, I already gave what help I could… Maybe you should try asking a...”
– A Helpful LaTeX error message.
Jan 22nd
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Jan 19th
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“shaiser”
– Like the Kaiser, only smelly
Jan 18th
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The Impossible Project →
YAY. Someone has bought the Polaroid factory and plans to start making instant film again. This pleases me I should remark that on a full read through, they’re not actually making the Polaroid film, but will be updating it and releasing it under a different brand name.
Jan 18th
Jan 18th
http://is.gd/glxO my new desktop background. constructive use of time ftw
Jan 18th
Jan 18th
i got the camera out today. cos i had found apple packaging i wanted to document then throw out. it’ll go up on flickr soon. i hope
Jan 18th
Jan 17th
urgh… ruined the average today. got about 40 minutes three times, but then couldn’t stop myself talking
Jan 17th
should get better now
Jan 17th
“Hummer … sales are up, only one was sold last month.”
– American car sales struggle in UK - Telegraph
Jan 17th
Jan 17th
the girl’s rel status on facebook is now ‘no longer complicated’ yeah. for her maybe. makes me feel great
Jan 17th
social experiment not going well. i can’t shut up for long. i think i got two 40 minute sessions in so far. i don’t want to make exceptions
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
don’t you just hate auto-suggestions that are done badly? no, i don’t think i might also like the “joygasm” tumblog
Jan 16th
maybe they’re trying to cheer me up… damn them
Jan 16th
Jan 16th
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oh, and i also got a new tumblr theme out of the whole thing. thanks for Swiss v2, pixelspread. I’ve added custom colours and css and jquery
Jan 16th
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and damn. i only found the static file uploader after i uploaded my theme. that would be useful for server load…maybe i can edit it later?
Jan 16th
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as it is, i’ve only uploaded one and am waiting moderation. i wonder if they think anyone will be that fast
Jan 16th
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well, i would submit my most recent theme, if i thought anything of it
Jan 16th
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tumblr has updated itself. now to upload all my themes to the new theme directory!. http://www.tumblr.com/themes thanks tumblr team
Jan 16th
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put it this way. i know know who my real friends are
Jan 16th
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wow, despite being as quiet as i could today, only two people have commented about me seeming depressed. a teacher and a rel. close friend
Jan 16th
“his efforts to promote “democracy, human rights and peace abroad”
– The reason Tony Blair got the President’s Medal of Freedom. This almost tops Tony Blair becoming “Middle East Peace Envoy”.
Jan 16th
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in other news, downloading a few of the lessons in lonliness blog pictures was fun. for more info: moourl.com/lonely
Jan 16th
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i had an awesome hour-long score… but someone came in and made me ruin it, which has just made me more depressed.
Jan 16th
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i’m so lonely i’m contemplating the offer of “find[ing] a russian wife” that’s currently sitting in my spam box. This can’t be good for me
Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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“There are two universally accepted orientations to pages: landscape and...”
– A Guide to LaTeX Things like this make learning latex cooler
Jan 15th
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Jan 13th
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REST: Has it Gone Too Far? — Lenary.co.uk →
Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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“Let’s see, a sport that involves a steady arm, concentration and good aim, held...”
– Indexed  » Danger! Danger! I’m gonna try the latter one of those
Jan 5th
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“Powerpoint is a program that, in the wrong hands, can kill a good idea and put...”
– Jessica Hagy has fun with Maths! I couldn’t agree more, only to say that it’s all of MS windows, and it’s got a 99% probability of happening.
Jan 5th