@boblet

Iron, by Woodkid I wish this was the promo for a new HBO...

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:55:00 +0900

Iron, by Woodkid

I wish this was the promo for a new HBO mini-series…

The Burzynski Clinic gets PWNED

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:11:00 +0900

Rhys Morgan wrote a blunt post about the Burzynski Clinic’s unproven antineoplaston therapy. Unfortunately they couldn’t respond with peer-reviewed articles proving the efficacy of their treatment, because there aren’t any. So Marc Stephens, acting as a “representative” for “Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, Burzynski Clinic, and Burzynski Research Institute” (but never actually verifying he’s a lawyer), emails Rhys some libel threats. While Rhys displays remarkable maturity, Marc demonstrates his professionalism by threatening to contact Rhys’ school, and including a photo from Google Maps of Rhys’ house(!). Rhys documents the conversation in “Threats from The Burzynski Clinic”, which makes for hilarious reading.

Welcome to the interwebs, Marc Stephens & @BurzynskiClinic, you just got mothereffin’ PWNED.

android dreams, by Samuel Cockedey For background read...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:59:00 +0900

android dreams, by Samuel Cockedey

For background read “Floating Point – an interview with time-lapse photographer Samuel Cockedey”.

Simplicity

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:50:00 +0900

It is a thousand times harder to make simple things than complicated ones

— Михаи́л Кала́шников

(Wikipedia entry for Mikhail Kalashnikov)

Good artists copy, great artists steal

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:34:04 +0900

One of the surest tests [of the superiority or inferiority of a poet] is the way in which a poet borrows. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different than that from which it is torn; the bad poet throws it into something which has no cohesion. A good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest.

A quote by T.S. Elliott from “Great artists steal the future” by Brian Ford, a precursor to Picasso’s famous “good artists copy, great artists steal” line.

Lioness tries to eat baby at the zoo I can haz baby snax?...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:44:23 +0900

Lioness tries to eat baby at the zoo

I can haz baby snax? plssss?

Go the Fuck to Sleep read by Samuel L. Jackson Pure awesome in...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:42:44 +0900

Go the Fuck to Sleep read by Samuel L. Jackson

Pure awesome in bedtime story form

"原発震災"

Wed, 25 May 2011 09:57:00 +0900

“原発震災”

- Genpatsu-shinsai, or nuclear power plant earthquake disaster

"Unless radical steps are taken now to reduce the vulnerability of nuclear power plants to..."

Wed, 25 May 2011 09:54:53 +0900

“Unless radical steps are taken now to reduce the vulnerability of nuclear power plants to earthquakes, Japan could experience a true nuclear catastrophe in the near future”

- Why Worry? Japan’s Nuclear Plants at Grave Risk From Quake Damage, by Professor Katsuhiko Ishibashi, published August 11th, 2007

The Children of the Clone A music video for a Jim Guthrie song...

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:45:53 +0900

The Children of the Clone

A music video for a Jim Guthrie song by superbrothers

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake, Christchurch, 22nd February, 2011 The...

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:56:00 +0900

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake, Christchurch, 22nd February, 2011

The first photo was taken moments after the quake — clouds of dust from damaged buildings swirl around central Christchurch, with the tallest building being 25 floors high. The full size version is frightening (photographer unknown)

I love the second photo. Ganbarre Christchurch! More than 100,000 tonnes of mud from liquefaction will have to be removed… (photo by Peter)

1 Minute After The Christchurch Earthquake - 22 February...

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:31:00 +0900

1 Minute After The Christchurch Earthquake - 22 February 2011

By Logan McMillan (Gorilla Pictures) ← some photos here

Here are two other clips from people caught up in the earthquake, both even more traumatic

Amateur footage from the first few minutes following the 6.3 earthquake in Canterbury
Two ladies running from the scene film the devastation

Someone I know was pulled from the CTV building, and is recovering from back surgery. She’d been on the 6th floor, but was rescued from ground level. My heart goes out to those who weren’t so lucky, and the people they’ve left behind

"You must love what you do, if you no love what you do, no do it"

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:55:00 +0900

“You must love what you do, if you no love what you do, no do it”

- Domenico DeMarco, the godfather of Brooklyn pizza, in “The Best This I Ever Done”

National living treasure. Awesome

Look Around You - Maths (With download) (via adactio)

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:26:17 +0900

Look Around You - Maths (With download) (via adactio)

Time Traveler Show 10 — Asimov Speaks! on HuffDuffer This is...

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:10:14 +0900

Time Traveler Show 10 — Asimov Speaks! on HuffDuffer

This is awesome — Isaac Asimov was an incredible speaker.

"More is not always better. In fact, more is almost never better."

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:30:22 +0900

“More is not always better. In fact, more is almost never better.”

- The inevitable decline due to clutter, by Seth Godin

飲ま飲まイエイ！ This poignant yet telling insight into Japanese...

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 01:11:20 +0900

飲ま飲まイエイ！

This poignant yet telling insight into Japanese culture will show you what really makes Japan tick… yep, booze and cute kittehs.

I love this soo much

Water Droplet Bouncing on a Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanotube...

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:39:02 +0900

Water Droplet Bouncing on a Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanotube Array

awesome

jimray: colin: deleteyourself. -...

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:21:03 +0900

jimray:

colin:

deleteyourself. - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ExpressionEngine 2 upgrade/install notes

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:27:06 +0900

preflight

check server is capable
if new install…
- create database if necessary
if upgrade…
- backup database
- save all templates as files
- backup files
- double-check your backup
- confirm any plugins have EE2+ compatible versions (they’re automatically disabled, so any essential ones will stop your site from working)

install

download EE2 (“new EE”) to where you want it (same place as before is easy) to prep it
change new EE’s permissions (check again after upload if these files are not on the server)
- chmod 666 system/expressionengine/config/config.php system/expressionengine/config/database.php
- chmod 777 system/expressionengine/cache images/avatars/uploads images/captchas images/member_photos images/pm_attachments images/signature_attachments images/uploads
if upgrade…
- copy templates from old EE’s system/templates to new EE’s system/expressionengine/templates/site_short_name
  - if you were migrating from non-multisite your site_short_name is default_site, eg a default about template should be system/expressionengine/templates/default_site/site/about.php
- copy old EE’s system/config.php to new EE’s system/expressionengine/config/
when you’re ready to swap take current site offline (cp system/utilities/offline.html index.html and/or via control panel)
- move/rename old EE /index.php plus /system and /themes folders
- move/upload new EE /index.php plus /system and /themes folders to install location (site root)
- obsfucate new /system/ to a different name, and add to /index.php
if new install…
- access site at your-domain.com/system and follow instructions
if old install…
- access site at your-domain.com/system and follow instructions; it should detect old templates and auto-import
- once the process finishes (and after you delete /install and log in), double-check your posts haven’t been trimmed

@boblet

Iron, by Woodkid I wish this was the promo for a new HBO...

Iron, by Woodkid

The Burzynski Clinic gets PWNED

android dreams, by Samuel Cockedey For background read...

android dreams, by Samuel Cockedey

Simplicity

Good artists copy, great artists steal

Lioness tries to eat baby at the zoo I can haz baby snax?...

Lioness tries to eat baby at the zoo

Go the Fuck to Sleep read by Samuel L. Jackson Pure awesome in...

Go the Fuck to Sleep read by Samuel L. Jackson

"原発震災"

Genpatsu-shinsai, or nuclear power plant earthquake disaster

"Unless radical steps are taken now to reduce the vulnerability of nuclear power plants to..."

Why Worry? Japan’s Nuclear Plants at Grave Risk From Quake Damage, by Professor Katsuhiko Ishibashi, published August 11th, 2007

The Children of the Clone A music video for a Jim Guthrie song...

The Children of the Clone

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake, Christchurch, 22nd February, 2011 The...

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake, Christchurch, 22nd February, 2011

1 Minute After The Christchurch Earthquake - 22 February...

1 Minute After The Christchurch Earthquake - 22 February 2011

"You must love what you do, if you no love what you do, no do it"

Domenico DeMarco, the godfather of Brooklyn pizza, in “The Best This I Ever Done”

Look Around You - Maths (With download) (via adactio)

Look Around You - Maths (With download) (via adactio)

Time Traveler Show 10 — Asimov Speaks! on HuffDuffer This is...

Time Traveler Show 10 — Asimov Speaks! on HuffDuffer

"More is not always better. In fact, more is almost never better."

The inevitable decline due to clutter, by Seth Godin

飲ま飲まイエイ！ This poignant yet telling insight into Japanese...

飲ま飲まイエイ！

Water Droplet Bouncing on a Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanotube...

Water Droplet Bouncing on a Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanotube Array

jimray: colin: deleteyourself. -...

ExpressionEngine 2 upgrade/install notes

preflight

install