Tag: Random

  • Kebabnorsk

    Kebabnorsk

    I learned a new Norwegian word this evening, kebabnorsk. This literally translates to “Kebab Norwegian”, which means the language spoken by people in kebab shops in Norway. I’m pretty sure I’m fluent in kebabnorsk ๐Ÿ™‚

    Jeg tror at jeg er flytende pรค kebabnorsk ๐Ÿ™‚

    doner-kebab-mix

  • Elephants in Berlin!

    I’m just walking along, minding my own business listening to music in Berlin. Nekkminit, I look through a fence and see an elephant. It seems there are interesting things at every turn in Berlin!

    Elephant in Berlin

  • Sony products in water

    I own a pair of Sony headphones which went through the washing machine once. They still work just fine. I wonder if it works with Sony Vaio’s too?

    sony_large_verge_medium_landscape

  • Venus flytrap flowering

    This image of a venus flytrap about to flower really captured my attention today. There’s some truly appealing about it, but I can’t quite pinpoint what.

    flytrap

  • 7up, 10up, co-up!

    Me, drinking 7up, whilst working for 10up, at co-up!

    Ryan Hellyer drinking 7up

  • Ridiculously addictive

    Thanks to Harriet for finding another ridiculously addictive thing to keep me from doing things I should be doing ๐Ÿ˜›

    http://geoguessr.com/

  • Response to global warming alarmists and deniers

    The problem I see with analysing climate science for the masses, is that almost all data presented to the common person is manipulated either for or against climate warming being a problem. Most of the junk I see flowing through my Facebook feed alerting to the horrors of global warming, is nothing more than fear mongering junk, with little to no relevance to scientific study. That doesn’t mean global warming isn’t a problem, but the data (or analysis of data) used to argue the point is usually farcical at best.

    Given this situation, I’m not surprised there is a debate amongst the populace regarding the situation. Then throw in the number of glaciologists and climatologists who shrug their shoulders when asked the question “is global warming a problem” and you have a situation in which many people will decide to take sides and aggressively push their own agenda.

    FYI, I have no solution to this Just pointing out my viewpoint.

    This comment was in response to an article posted by Jason Price on Facebook.

  • US vs regular keyboard

    The top one is my current keyboard, the bottom one is the US equivalent. I always thought the keys were identical between countries! I guess not :/

    Does anyone know if NZ computers come with US keyboards? I know the layout is typically set to US, but I’m wondering about the actual keys themselves.

    deutsch-keyboard

    lenovo-laptop-thinkpad-s531-gunmetal-keyboard-backlit-8

  • OpenVPN on Ubuntu

    Tutorials I’ve followed trying to get OpenVPN working in Ubuntu (none are working for me) …

    http://naveensnayak.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/ubuntu-openvpn-with-ovpn-file/ http://askubuntu.com/questions/187511/how-can-i-use-a-ovpn-file-with-network-manager
    https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/459675:configure-linux-clients-to-connect-to-openvpn-server

  • Typing test result

    Hmmm, it seems my typing speed has improved lately. That was with no warm up, no double take. Just randomly decided to do a test and out popped that result ๐Ÿ™‚

    typing-test

    Typing test result