Chawlk

1. Drawar
2. Fenxy
3. Decaflon
4. Two Credits
5. Wriging
6. Loose Suits
7. Chixe
8. Dud3s
9. Wing Colors

 

I'll sell you a framed print of that for $150.

I haven't read this whole thread (yet) but this seems like an excellent idea.

I remember the British version of Gladiators. Every weekend, when I was somewhere between 9 and 11, if I remember accurately, I'd go to my Dad's flat for the weekend, and the evening TV schedule always included Baywatch, Superman, and Gladiators. Gladiators was always the highlight. Excellent show. That one had a Wolf too; not sure if it's the same one, but he was the "baddy" and the crowd despised that dude. We, of course, loved him, and referred to him as Wilf. Fond memories.

There's a playboy social network? You have invites? :)

Forewarning: There is no porn there.

Looks like something I don't care about.

Plus it seems to be Ning-powered. Eh. So is the Playboy social network, and look how that's doing.

What I do fear however is our utter dependency on spellcheckers to correct our spelling.

I assume we've all heard of dictionaries, right? I haven't used a spell-checker for years (purposefully, that is; I right-click the odd red-underlined word) because they're too stupid to rely on. Ditto x1000 for grammar checking.

Learn to spell and type, rather than learning to use a spell-checker.

I'm not a writer either, I only write. Nonetheless, I'd say the first idea sucks — forcing yourself to write can't possibly do much good. A better exercise (this is still only my opinion) would be just writing, and not forcing yourself into any length or topic. Just writing about whatever comes to mind. It's helpful creatively, good for getting over a block, and still gives you good practice.

I have a rare condition whereby my pores secrete a sweet-smelling fragrance during sex. I personally request that any woman I have a relationship makes sure they smell like that — it generally involves rubbing themselves up against me, which, admittedly, is an inefficient method of applying fragrance, but needs must, you understand.

Mike, a millisecond (ms) is a thousandth of a second, not a hundredth.

The first WebKit nightly time I saw in that list was 3861.2ms, which is nearer 4 seconds than 37 seconds. I suggest you re-run your numbers. Because 88 seconds is abysmal — I'm assuming you got somewhere in the region of 8,800ms, right? That makes for 8.8 seconds, not 88.

I got 15,552ms (15.5 seconds) in Camino, for what it's worth. On a MacBook with only 512mb RAM, without bothering to close "extraneous" apps or restart the browser after having it open for over 24 hours. (And I've experienced none of the problems you describe, Mike.)

That sounds decidedly unethical. I suggest a visit to HR.

Don;t be so short-sighted. Your type accounts for an exceptionally small percentage of internet users. The rest will just use the default, Internet Explorer, with no thought of an alternative, or, for most, even knowledge of others existing.

Whether this is Microsoft's fault or not is a whole other question, and an issue I don't really care about.

I disliked this word when it wasn't a word, and now that it is almost a word I dislike it more.

Who uses this anymore?

Words voted for as word of the year are not there because of their usage, or lack thereof. The list is devised based on the most commonly looked-up words — discounting swear words and commonly confused words (affect/effect). Its usage is only a tangential factor, in that widespread usage is likely to affect voting patterns for it.

And whether its commonly used in your, or anyone else's, social circles is besides the point. It is commonly used. A simple search of Technorati shows over 7,000 uses in the blogosphere (though I'm not sure what its time cut-off is) — only ~400 of which appear to discuss its WotY award. And over 2 million uses in the last year on Google Blog Search — from which only ~2,000 occurred in the last week. And I would imagine that its use on blogs accounts for only a minor percentage of its total use. I wish I had access to a corpus of spoken words, because I would bet money on the fact that its usage in speech is also very much on the rise.

That said, I think the emergence of "web words" in the yearly M-W lists is interesting. w00t and facebook (as a verb) this year, google (also verb) last year, and blog back in 2004. I don't necessarily think they're deserving — quixotic was my favourite on this year's list — but it says something about modern society.

hthth: I prefer full fat milk rather than semi-skimmed. Could you also produce a version that is on a carton of full fat?

[Obligatory statement that confirms site also does not work for me yet adds nothing to the conversation.]

I think blog...will be no more blog.

How faux-profound.

I run a blog with no commenting that, as far as I'm aware, is still a blog. But perhaps someone could confirm this for me.

Another Anchorman quote, "smells like Bigfoot's dick".

Apart from that, about half my conversational repertoire consists of Fear and Loathing quotes.

Funny to see what some of you call obscure (funny interesting, not funny you're an idiot). And searching for new music by asking for obscure musicians is such an indiefag thing to do. (My favourite band is less well known than yours.)

Anyway, for me it's all about Sea Wolf, Pale Young Gentlemen, and The Virgins and The Pierces who were both recently featured on Gossip Girl.

Hopefully, they're all obscure enough to satisfy your indie lust, but either way, they're all good music. And the links go to Hype Machine, because that's what all the cool people are using to share music.

Annoying people singing christmas songs knocking on the door. Freezing cold. Longstanding family issues being brought back into focus. Being woken up at 6am by an excitable 14-year-old.

Love me some Christmas.

I remember asking "Is that it?" a lot with the first girl I slept with.

More in response to Mike than yourself.

Definitely take it to the boss if it warrants it, but I don't think it's necessary to call it sexual harassment.

I must be having a rare moment of generosity and kindness (merry Christmas to all!), because I can't help but feel sorry for a guy you'd happily report for sexual harrassment — and you know a label like that stays with a guy, and has unkind implications — purely for repeated phonecalls to an ex. I'm not saying it may not be warranted, and technically fall under harrassment, but I'm sure there's a more diplomatic approach you can take.

Pro-tip: Attractiveness and ugliness are subjective.

Most pointless rant ever.

I have a rather vague recollection of looking at my play-time on a particular game, and having a reaction along the lines of "jesus fucking christ," but I can't remember what the game was.

What I do know, is I've spent many, many hours playing Counterstrike Source online. Probably months, in total. I remember I used to get up on Saturday morning — serious, actual 6am morning, not weekend morning — and play continuously until 3am on Sunday. Terrible, terrible times.

Apart from that, the only other game (I remember!) that I've racked up any serious play time on was Final Fantasy 7. Here's a quote from the FF7 note here:

It's the only game I've spent 40+ continuous hours playing. It's the only game I've played repeatedly, trying to beat my fastest completion times. It's the only game I've even played more than once, for that matter. It's the only game I actually tried to unlock everything in.

I really don't want to think about the total number of hours I spent on that game is. It's enough to make me cry. I've spent so many cumulative hours playing it over the years. Just thinking about it is making me want to go and play it again right now.

In fact, I just might...

E-mail signatures are lame.

Richard Dunlop-Walters
(http://nostrich.net)

Weird, I don't get morning breath. My breath smells great 24/7, even when I smoke. If it wasn't for dental hygiene, I wouldn't even bother brushing my teeth.

Everything! I am a self-made man, and I worship my creator, to paraphrase John Bright.

Goldfish actually have a memory far greater than only a few seconds. More like three months. They are a lot smarter and sentient than most people think — they feel pain when caught on a hook, they can be manipulative and socially aware, and recognise their fishy friends.

With regard to their memories, they have been taught to press a lever to get food. They were then able to be taught that the lever only deposits food for a particular hour a day, and they learnt what hour during a day it was.

They've been taught to respond to a tapping on their tank, and they have been known to respond to their owners' faces, while hiding when confronted with strangers.

I don't know the specifics of how they got the figure of three months, but it's more than just "examining the brain." They conduct various psychological experiments that are too far out of my league to explain.

Google "goldfish memory".

A subscription to Fray would be nice. (If anyone's feeling generous, feel free!) And a larger penis, obviously.

What happens if you swallow viagra too slowly? You get a stiff neck.

All I got.

I've been using TLA InLinks (their service that has keywords linked in entries) for about 6 months and have experienced no change in pagerank whatsoever, and, if anything, more Google traffic. I'm not worried. But I never was, either. Pagerank, schmagerank.

Ask them what day it is. You know, just for a slight change of pace.

Wait. Seriously?

Ok, here it is. Cuckoo is the greek word for coccyx.

Tada!

And yes, as publicenergy said, lifted straight from QI.

im in ur generalisationz, propagatin' them.