Storm watch

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:35:39 GMT

- Her? Really?
- Yeah.
- No, you're right. Ambition is the enemy of success. Ok, hit it!

from How I Met Your Mother

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:12:15 GMT

"It's gonna be legen- and I hope you are not lactose intolerant, 'cause the second half of that word is -dary!"

from How I Met Your Mother
Thanks to marabina.

write in C

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:16:43 GMT

Here's what happens when you think you can write in C++:

glibmm-ERROR **: 
unhandled exception (type std::exception) in signal handler:
what: Transformation precondition failed: Incoming local time does not match own remote time

aborting...
[1]    32433 abort      sobby

which it does when a client sends an incorrect packet sequence number in an obby_document protocol command.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:46:32 GMT

'I want to go to a prom. I always think about missing mine. And I know I would have had a date because we lost the entire football team in a bus accident that year.'

from My Name is Earl

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:19:50 GMT

'Did you really punch the president of the Assassins' Guild?'
'Yes, sir.'
'Why?'
'Didn't have a dagger, sir.'

Feet of Clay, © Terry Pratchett

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:06:25 GMT

But it was keeping completely motionless in one place that was his forte. If there were a roll-call for the world's champion non-movers, he wouldn't even turn up.

Feet of Clay, © Terry Pratchett

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:50:21 GMT

'You have to admire a man who really believes in freedom of choice,' he said, looking at the open doorway. 'Sadly, he did not believe in angels.'

Going Postal, © Terry Pratchett

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:30:46 GMT

I dreamed all my life of working on the counter here! My grandmother taught me everything, she even made me practice sucking lemons to get the expression right!

Going postal, © Terry Pratchett

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:43:37 GMT

It is astonishing just how much of what we are can be tied to the beds we wake up in in the morning, and it is astonishing how fragile that can be.

Coraline, © Neil Gaiman

P.S.: thenexus6 owns a russian translation of Coraline which says: "Интересно, почему то, что снится нам ночью и кажется таким значительным, вдруг исчезает, стоит проснуться?"

[ru] yazomg

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:40:38 GMT

Это даже еще круче, чем стенания по поводу газпромовского небоскреба. Идите, мол, бастуйте и увольняйтесь, я так считаю. Ни что так не поднимает настроение перед сном, как эти свободномыслящие, оппозиционно-настроенные массы в жж.

[ru] хмм

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:01:23 GMT

ulitza гениальна. Я, как обычно, все пропустил.

обычно это перед слезами... Я ведь, знаешь, очень люблю плакать... Ты не плачешь, мальчики не плачут... А девочки плачут... я девочка... я плачу каждый вечер... И так боюсь пауков... Я думаю, что это вытесненное желание убийства родителей...Я читала у Фрейда, но не поверила- я , знаешь, на самом деле, такая недоверчивая...

[ru] oldtimers

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:08:47 GMT

Вот оно, оказывается, как все было.

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:48:21 GMT

'There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of unhatched chicks,' pointed out Quintus.

Stardust, © Neil Gaiman

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:11:19 GMT

It's not the lies that screw people up, it's the finding out.

from My name is Earl series.

got myself a keyboard

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:27:53 GMT

The instrument is M-Audio keystation pro 88 with some random opensource piano-like instrument.

Special thanks to ykaliuta.

completing the new feature set

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:49:31 GMT

Blah-blah just got itself installed on this computer through seamonkey's automatic update function. The newest killer feature seems to be that it does not start any more:

[1]    32677 bus error  env  ~/shared/seamonkey/seamonkey-bin

Which is one killer feature, goddamnit.

have a guess

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:38:42 GMT

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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:40:14 GMT

THAT IS NOT UP TO ME. Death coughed. OF COURSE... SINCE YOU BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION... YOU'LL BE BJORN AGAIN.
He waited.
'Yes. That's right,' said Bjorn.

Men At Arms, © Terry Pratchett.

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:51:16 GMT

Her lips described several shapes without saying anything before she said, 'The female principle. It's an empowerment thing, you know.'
'Indeed. And this female principle of yours. Does she have a name?'
'She's the goddess within us all,' said the girl with the eyebrow ring, color rising to her cheek. 'She doesn't need a name.'

American Gods, © Neil Gaiman

fresh looks

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:23:53 GMT

photo by ykaliuta

narcissism

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:22:39 GMT

Where did it go wrong with the framerate, I wonder.

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:31:24 GMT

'Hey,' said Shadow. 'Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are.'
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
'Say "Nevermore",' said Shadow.
'Fuck you,' said the raven.
American Gods, © Neil Gaiman

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:58:19 GMT

-- Let her go!
-- That's a very poor choice of words.

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:35:09 GMT

-- To do that, become an incident at Blackfriars Station. To end it
all. Your life's a joyless, loveless, empty sham. You've got no friends--
-- I've got you, -- whispered Richard. Gary appraised Richard with frank eyes.
-- I think you're an asshole, -- he said, honestly, -- a complete joke.
-- I've got Door, and Hunter, and Anaesthesia.
-- More imaginary 'friends'? We all used to laugh at you round the office for
those trolls. Remember them? On your desk.

Neverwhere, © Neil Gaiman

[ru] to those who understand

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:36:00 GMT