Aug. 21st, 2008
| | 07:40 pm - | | | |
No, it's not Caramelldansen, and I maded it. :D
Also, it's in Dutch. :P | | | | 25 comments | Leave a comment | |
Aug. 18th, 2008
| | 11:25 pm - | | | | Found this link though Shapely Prose and it completely baffles me:
Not even the stars are perfect enough for pictures.
I'm especially amazed at how they took away all the skin texture on someone so that they looked 20 years younger, and had the nerve to Photoshop Cameron Diaz who is like, one of the hottest women EVER. No, Kelly Clarkson, you can't have an ass!! Don't even get me started on Cate Blanchett... Eva Longoria's body is completely deformed (just where DO these people think our internal organs are supposed to be? Thinspace?)
But the absolute worst one: they actually made Halle Berry white. Way to go.
It's no wonder we can't look like supermodels or superstars, when they aren't even allowed to look like themselves. | | | | 16 comments | Leave a comment | |
Aug. 14th, 2008
| | 01:19 pm - | | | | THERE IS A GOD
Starbucks on Dutch NS stations
AND HE/SHE LIKES COFFEE AS MUCH AS I DO :D | | | | 6 comments | Leave a comment | |
Aug. 8th, 2008
| | 08:43 pm - | | | | I thought I found a way to mass tag Livejournal entries in an easy way...
But then it didn't work. :(
The creator doesn't seem to have updated the project in 3 years. Since he released the thing under GPL, would any Python-savvy coder care to take a look at it? o_O; | | | | 2 comments | Leave a comment | |
Aug. 3rd, 2008
| | 01:38 pm - - HALP | | | | ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) murdocnl are going to de Lama's show (studio recordings :D) in the Posttheater in Arnhem, on 10 or 11 september. (We won't know until shortly before those days which one.)
There's a bit of a problem though: the show should start somewhere between 20:00 and 21:00, and it's impossible for either of us to get back home after the show is finished.
So we're looking for a place in or near Arnhem to crash. The nearest place by train is Nijmegen... ^_^ | | | | 11 comments | Leave a comment | |
Aug. 2nd, 2008
| | 06:27 pm - - Whilst wiki surfing | | | | "The strongest pathological association of déjà vu is with temporal lobe epilepsy.[11][4] This correlation has led some researchers to speculate that the experience of déjà vu is possibly a neurological anomaly related to improper electrical discharge in the brain. As most people suffer a mild (i.e. non-pathological) epileptic episode regularly (e.g. the sudden "jolt", a hypnagogic jerk, that frequently occurs just prior to falling asleep), it is conjectured that a similar (mild) neurological aberration occurs in the experience of déjà vu, resulting in an erroneous sensation of memory."
"Some believe déjà vu is the memory of dreams. Though the majority of dreams are never remembered, a dreaming person can display activity in the areas of the brain that process long-term memory. It has been speculated that dreams read directly into long-term memory, bypassing short-term memory entirely. In this case, déjà vu might be a memory of a forgotten dream with elements in common with the current waking experience. This may be similar to another phenomenon known as déjà rêvé, or "already dreamed." However, later studies on mice indicate that long-term memories must be first established as short-term memories."
Oh hay, that's exactly what I have.
I don't care about the mice, the deja-vu dream thing is EXACTLY what I've experienced since puberty.
It's fun to actually read about it this way, and moreover, to read it being described exactly as you've always described it to others, despite the fact you're not a neurologist. What are they doing studies for? Have them ask me! :D | | | | 5 comments | Leave a comment | |
Jul. 31st, 2008
Jul. 23rd, 2008
| | 01:05 pm - | | | | Today, my Gmail linked me to this article: Michael
Savage has said some stupid things about autism. (Not actual
title).
Autism is a hot topic in the US today. Everyone has a say on it, especially
those who don't have it. True, I'm one of those, too. But both sides of the
debate are pissing me off, 'cause they're both wrong.
One side represents the parents who are on a crusade 'against autism',
claiming it is a disease that takes away their children. That their real
child is somehow held captive behind a wall of Autism and they should Save
Them. That's a big thing in America, Saving The Children. Except it's mostly
about people thinking about themselves, not the children. As it is in this
case. Parents are thinking about 'oh no, now I cannot play and communicate
with my child normally' and pity themselves, instead of realizing that their
child is just a unique, different individual.
The other side are guys like Savage, who think autism is just an excuse for
people to act like socially inept jerks, and just an excuse for parents to
claim special treatment for their kids.
And I quoth the article:
"He characterizes children with autism who are very, very ill — disabled
children — as essentially bad kids; the only thing wrong with them is they
have parents who don't discipline them," said John Gilmore, executive
director of Autism United and the father of an 8-year-old with a diagnosis
of autism. "That completely misrepresents what is going on with children
with autism."
Indeed, John Gilmore. Savage is misrepresenting what is going on with
children with autism. But so are you. There is no way these children are
very very ill. They are not disabled. They are often highly
intelligent, uniquely thinking persons. Just because they don't understand
the world in the same way you do, does not mean they are sick. Stop
characterizing them as such, and stop forcing them to be like a neurotypical
person - which they are not and will never be unless you give them a
lobotomy. Their brains are wired differently. You can learn how to live with
that just like anyone else, how to deal with it, how to apply the rules. But
you can't 'cure' it. It's not a disease or an illness. And it's only a
disability in a world that is too blind to accomodate those whose minds work
differently. And I suppose that our world *is* a world like that.
.. | | | | 34 comments | Leave a comment | |
Jul. 16th, 2008
| | 11:12 pm - - crack | | | | In a conversation with st_lemur...
damanique: i dunno, sometimes my brain feels a little too liquid
st_lemur: have you kept it chilled? Yours seems to run hot.
damanique: it's an athlon, can't be helped.
st_lemur: OK, this is a terrible terrible line but it's so bad I have to use it:
st_lemur: How many bits can you get in your register? ;)
damanique: the register adjusts to expandable input
st_lemur: ...now that's just filthy
damanique: It doesn't deal well with buffer overflow, though.
damanique: Which is why I've disabled the caching and backup functions
st_lemur: Now I'm confused. I was always better at abstract machinery than hardware...
damanique: i just threw around computer terms to explain contraception
st_lemur: Well, it's better not to take RISCs.
damanique: yeah... still have to use a firewall to keep the trojans out
st_lemur: *nod* I know. I have to be especially careful about data transfer...I've got a lot of bandwidth capacity. | | | | 18 comments | Leave a comment | |
| | 05:01 pm - | | | | Meme stolen from isabelgou because I'm bored.
( 100 things ) | | | | 7 comments | Leave a comment | |
| | 04:42 pm - - Save the bunny! | | | | thaily, who in Bunnyland is probably a saint by now, has rescued a bunny from eBay a while ago. Somebody put it up saying "Here is a nice bunny to breed or to slaughter, its ear is bitten off by its mother because I forgot to feed her". Seriously, WTF is the matter with people. D:
Anyway, Thaily's managed to save this bunny from a much worse fate, and named her Buttercup. However, she soon found out that Buttercup's leg had been broken and not taken care of. It was in such bad shape that if anyone would've tried to breed with the bunny, giving birth would have killed her.
Despite good care, it was too late for Buttercup's leg, and it started to turn black, dying off. After taking it to the vet, the decision was made to amputate the leg.
An operation like that isn't cheap - 150 to 200 euros. So if you want to...
Click here to learn more and donate
If you're unable to donate, you can help in spreading the word. | | | | 2 comments | Leave a comment | |
Jul. 13th, 2008
| | 02:39 pm - - Blijdorp Mega Photo Post | | | | Well, like the title says. Lots of large photos under the cut!! Largest size is 1024x768. I'm only posting a selection, you can find all of them in my Scrapbook galleries.
( Click here! )
And that was all.
Let me know what you think :D And which picture you liked best. Photography tips also welcome. Remember, I'm working with a budget camera >_>; | | | | 12 comments | Leave a comment | |
Jul. 11th, 2008
| | 12:59 pm - | | | | Woohoo! Somebody told me yesterday that there was some custom firmware available to Canon cameras. It is called CHDK and it is loaded onto the camera from your SD card, into the camera's memory, so it never makes any real permanent changes to the camera's software. You can just take out the SD card and it's gone. It's likely that your warranty doesn't become void when you use it.
The CHDK custom firmware sports a ton of extra settings, such as saving RAW instead of JPG, shutter speeds from 1/100,000 to 65 seconds, histogram, zebra, battery indicator, BASIC scripts, settings for video compression, exposure and ISO values... even things I don't have a clue about, like 'bracketing'. (But I want to try to figure out focus bracketing since it seems awesome).
In other words, if you're a bit computer savvy and would like to toy more with your Canon camera, try it out. :D You can even play *games* on it. XD; | | | | 29 comments | Leave a comment | |
Jul. 9th, 2008
| | 12:04 am - | | | | Damanique heeft een nieuwe post op haar Wordpress blog gemaakt.
Ze heeft geen zin om alle foto's hier opnieuw te posten, dus ga daar maar kijken. :D | | | | Leave a comment | |
Jul. 8th, 2008
| | 12:10 pm - | | | | shotie posted this and I just *had* to repost it. It is so incredibly touching and made me burst into tears because it's that awesome and sweet.
Read more about Christian here. | | | | 7 comments | Leave a comment | |
| | 11:44 am - | | | | I have my American shoes y'all! XD
They fit well, although still tight around the front (you know, where the 'knuckles' for your toes are, the widest area of your foot). The right shoe fits a little better than the right, which is tighter. I'm not sure why. Maybe feet are like breasts and one is bigger than the other?
Anyway.
They're similar to my current 3-year old run-down boots who have survived Barcelona, Berlin and three years of commute and travelling all over the Netherlands only they're classier because they're shiny, and black.
( Pictuuures )
I'm wearing them right now, hopefully the left shoe tightness will go away wearing and walking on them a bit more. The size, length-wise, is perfect - but they're a bit narrow, so yeah. But maybe that's a new shoe thing. I dunno. I don't buy shoes that often.
Yayyy new shoes! | | | | 9 comments | Leave a comment | |
| | 01:31 am - | | | | Bleach icons, I maded them.
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Jul. 5th, 2008
| | 02:23 pm - | | | | Putting cocoa powder in my coffee was a good decision. | | | | Leave a comment | |
Jun. 30th, 2008
| | 02:07 pm - - I can has sushi? | | | | 
( Sushi making time again! Cut for images size 800x600. )
Whew... I don't think I can make or eat sushi for a while now. *falls over* | | | | 10 comments | Leave a comment | |
| | 02:02 pm - | | | | ( Hey boy, hey girl, meme )
I didn't know being obsessed with Power Rangers was a typical boy thing to do. Or common enough to put in a meme. @_@ | | | | 5 comments | Leave a comment | |
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