Did you ever see the Matrix and wonder just how all of those green characters of weird computer code flowing across the screen corresponded to what was represented on the screen inside the matrix? Well, today I came across a tool on the BERG blog, which shows this correlation very well with real computer code: [...]
One of my all-time favourite comics is Calvin and Hobbes. It’s a comic strip about a six-year old boy and his friendship with his stuffed toy tiger. The strip is a celebration of the vivid imagination and playfulness of the child, to whom the tiger appears alive and talkative. While to everybody else, it’s just [...]
I know I’m late writing this, since Gary Gygax, the father of the Dungeons & Dragons franchise and the whole idea of pencil-and-paper role playing games died almost a week ago. But having waited means that I can link to some of the clever tributes which have been posted around the Net. Like many of [...]
I found a brilliant expression in a newspaper review recently which I subsequently have adopted. It finds its best use whenever something seems to be almost ridiculously low-brow and attention-seeking. As in: Did you see that TV-show yesterday? They were just dancing limbo beneath the lowest common denominator. It works even better by sounding less [...]
I just came back from 4 days in Norway late last night, having only two days to prepare for my trip to California. Going to Norway is like entering a big Danish thesaurus. All the words are recognizable and usable in Danish, they’re just not that common. Here’s a list of some of the Norwegian [...]
Don’t want to risk getting smashed on drugs? Test it on mice instead.
My friend and one time anthropology compadre, Tore, is finally getting his blogging act together, and have started a regular output of blogging. His definion of blog writing is “a narcissistic ride towards insanity where people who have nothing to say still torment their readers with their platitudes and empty banalities.” If I have translated [...]
Spring is here, uninhibitedly seeping hormonal juices all over the place. Because humankind is such diverse bunch, people have found all sorts of ways to handle that sort of seasonal stress. Some of them extreme, others downright bonkers.
American slang is really funny. Especially when they want to swear, but can’t since it wouldn’t be proper. In this case, they use similar-sounding, but inoffensive words like Gosh, Darn, Heck, Sheesh, Jeez and Fudge. So Heck is where you go if you don’t believe in Gosh. You’re basically darned for all eternity. Jeez, you’ve [...]