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Take the mini questionnaire in the embedded flash-movie to confirm, or disagree with, my personal assessment of myself.

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We all know rockabilly is king and heavy metal isn’t far behind. But the truth is, this world wouldn’t keep turning if we didn’t have celtic rock with a punk attitude spiced with a folk twist and bands to perform it.

My hat is off to The Levellers who last night rocked the joint, right from the top and up until the last encore.

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<p>If I were a NetHack monster, I would be a <b>little dog</b>. I’m a loyal and trusting companion, always ready to protect my friends. Even if they do feed me tripe, sometimes.</p>
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<p><a href=”http://kevan.org/nethack”>Which NetHack Monster Are You?</a></p>
<p>(If you weren’t a little dog, you’d be an <a href=”http://kevan.org/nethack?monster=acid%20blob”>acid blob</a>.)</p>
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1. Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can’t even get into my own pants.
2. Marriage changes passion. Suddenly you’re in bed with a relative.
3. I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with “Guess” on it. So I said “Implants?” She hit me.
4. I don’t do drugs. I get the same effect just standing up fast.
5. Sign in a Chinese Pet Store: “Buy one dog, get one flea…”
6. I live in my own little world. But it’s OK. They know me here.
7. I got a sweater for Christmas. I really wanted a screamer or a moaner.
8. If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
9. I don’t approve of political jokes. I’ve seen too many of them get elected.
10. Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I’ve stayed alive.
11. Isn’t having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool?
12. Why is it that most nudists are people you don’t want to see naked?
13. Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled.
14. Every time I walk into a singles bar I can hear Mom’s wise words:
    “Don’t pick that up, you don’t know where it’s been!”

Aloitin uuden projektin joka kulkee koodinimellä sähköpostilaatikon siivous. Ajattelin siinä ohessa rikastuttaa webin sisältöä sähköpostissa kiertävän tauhkan merkeissä. Olkaa hyvä.

bq.. My only complaint is that the navigation unit is stuck on “shout.” It’s normally a soothing female voice. But when that voice is stuck in banshee mode, you don’t know if you should turn left or divorce it and give it your house. I’ll be happy if they can just dial it back to “nagging harpy” mode.

The Dilbert Blog

Korostettu kohta sai minussa aikaan totaalisen repeämisen. Liekö sitten maanantai vai vain nerokasta minuun vetoavaa huumoria.

Toward the top of the paper, you are positive and optimistic.

Facing front, you are direct, enjoy playing devil’s advocate and neither fear nor avoid discussions.

With few details, you are emotional and naïve, they care little for details and are a risk-taker.

With 4 legs showing, they are secure, stubborn, and stick to their ideals.

The size of the ears indicates how good a listener you are.
The bigger the better. You drew medium sized ears, you are a good listener

The length of the tail indicates the quality of your sex life.
And again more is better! You drew medium sized tail

Draw a pig

Hauska testi. Vaikken analyysiä, ainakaan kokonaan, allekirjoitakaan. Ja onhan nyt Sian vuosi.

Ei ihan kuuminta hottia, mutta melko lähelle kuitenkin. Ja tietysti nettitestit puhuvat totta. Aina.

Even though you are sexy, both men and women agree that confidence and a sense of humor are very important when seeking a date or soul mate. So whether you are looking for true love or simply dating, a confident smile goes a long way.

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PostSecret

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn’t it a pity
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city

Iltalehti: Edessä kaikkien aikojen kuumin vuosi

<code>echo 'Nina Reiser 180133' | md5sum | tr -d cf0-9</code>

Not satisfied with Answers.com, I created a search engine add-on for Wordsmyth.net for Firefox (or any Mozilla-based browser, I think).

Check the dropdown menu next to the search box (upper right corner [see image below if lost]) for Add Wordsmyth.net search to add it to your arsenal.

As a bonus, I thought I’d share how to do it yourself. I will be using this Wordsmyth.net search as the example.

Search add-on How-to (the extremely concise and slightly arrogant version)

Step 1: Go to your favourite search engine, and spy on the search-url.

Step 2: Copy this XML-template and replace all the relevant texts to your liking. You will especially want to replace the value of the href-attribute of the url-tag. Be sure to place {searchTerms} in the right spot. (If you need to ask what the right spot is, maybe you shouldn’t be doing this. At least ask someone else. Yeah, I’m mean.)

<code><OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"
                       xmlns:moz="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/">
    <ShortName>Wordsmyth.net</ShortName>
    <Description>Wordsmyth.net search</Description>
    <Tags>Wordsmyth</Tags>
    <Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="http://www.wordsmyth.net/live/home.php?script=search&amp;matchent={searchTerms}&amp;matchtype=exact"></Url>
</OpenSearchDescription></code>

Step 3: Save the XML-file, and upload it somewhere. You’ll probably want to make a note of where you uploaded the file to, if you’re the forgetful type.

Step 4: Create a webpage with the following content. Be sure to check the href-attribute. The other ones as well ofcourse.

<code><link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Wordsmyth.net search" href="wordsmyth.xml">

Step 5: Point your browser to the webpage you just created, and presto, you’re done.

Step 6: Pssst. Remember to try it before claiming bragging rights.

I’m sure there is a lot more to it if you really want your add-on to shine (for instance how to add an icon), but this is sufficient for me. Check out the ones at addons.mozilla.org for more clues. There are probably some really good tutorials about this subject as well, I just can’t be bothered to look for them for you.

“I never knew a guitar player worth a damn.” — Vernon Presley, to his young son Elvis, in 1954

bq.. < amok-> “Hello. I’m a PC.”
< amok-> “And I’m a Mac.”
< amok-> “I’m good at business applications.”
< amok-> “And I come with free porn.”

#hurina@IRCnet

Apple Sells “Refreshed” Laptop Filled With Porn To 11 Year Old Girl

Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

Simply hilarious!

The 25 Funniest Analogies (Collected by High School English Teachers)

What does the blue-ringed octopus, the phyllobates terribilis, the Sydney funnel-web spider, the deathstalker and the pufferfish all have in common?

They’re all very small. They’re all poisonous enough to kill a human being. They’re all valuable to medicine.

The poison of the above mentioned, along with many others’, is used to make pain killing medicine, control excess bleeding, fight cancer, fight diabetes and much much more.

Utterly fascinating.