[Nita]'s diary

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Written about Friday 2008-10-10
Written: (5649 days ago)

And now, a quote from [Serwa]'s description (yes, the whole thing is a quote, including the picture :P):



<img:http://elftown.eu/img/drawing/389_1220645408.jpg> I have a broad taste when it comes to art.


I ROFL'd.

P.S. I went to take a look at his house because he had been being a dick in the Mainstreet poll comments, but then apologized. Good PR in action, I suppose ;D
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Written about Thursday 2008-10-09
Written: (5650 days ago)
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Written about Wednesday 2008-10-08
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Written about Tuesday 2008-09-23
Written: (5666 days ago)
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Today, for the first time in my life since I hit puberty, I was able to look in the mirror and see my real face. Not the cute!me, not the ugly!me - just me.

P.S. The face in my photo is a bit of a pretty-face, though. It's for you ;)

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Written about Tuesday 2008-09-09
Written: (5679 days ago)
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<rant>
See, this is why I prefer to read slash (as in, fanfiction with gay sex) rather than het (same with straight sex):


I could never have forced her.

I … I truly care for her.




This, in an otherwise decent fic. Straight drama/romance/smut, without any inclination towards touching the more dysfunctional aspects of life (which I do enjoy in fiction, in case you're wondering). And here I was, with my naive belief that not raping someone was a part of basic human decency. Silly me! Obviously, it's a sign of True Love. *sighs* How romantic.
</rant>
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Written about Saturday 2008-08-30
Written: (5689 days ago)

Greta Christina asks her readers how to avoid becoming a crank, and receives some great replies! Very recommended for overcritical nitpicky spoilsports like me ;) http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2008/08/on-not-being-a-crank.html

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Written about Monday 2008-08-25
Written: (5695 days ago)
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Written about Thursday 2008-08-21
Written: (5698 days ago)

Free textbooks!
Article: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-textbook18-2008aug18,0,4712858.story
Discussion: http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/08/19/1316227.shtml
Example: http://www.lightandmatter.com/books.html

On a related note, SiSU looks interesting: http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/
As you might know, I love the flexibility of HTML+CSS(+JS). I'm also a wannabe fan of S5 (file format), Leo (text editor) and the LaTeX class beamer. If you know of any other one-source-many-uses projects, let me know :)

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Written about Tuesday 2008-08-19
Written: (5700 days ago)

We were talking in the forums, and I remembered about The Eatpoo Guide for Art desperados, which is a pretty good intro for newbie (and maybe not-so-new) artists: http://eatpoo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=27

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Written about Monday 2008-08-18
Written: (5702 days ago)
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Written about Saturday 2008-08-16
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Written about Friday 2008-08-15
Written: (5704 days ago)

A small study finds that female relatives of gay/bi men have more children than those of straight men. They come up with a theory to explain it, but I'm not convinced: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/dn14543-bisexuality-passed-on-by-hyperheterosexuals-.html

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Written about Thursday 2008-08-14
Written: (5705 days ago)
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Written about Thursday 2008-08-14
Written: (5705 days ago)

Apple is doing well, the stock market believes; nerds discuss why: http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/14/0257244

And, apparently, being pretty has measurable benefits (imagine that!): http://www.newscientist.com/channel/sex/mg19926694.600-humans-are-biased-towards-the-beautiful.html

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Written about Thursday 2008-08-14
Written: (5706 days ago)

A discussion about allowing doping in sports: http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/08/13/1957200.shtml
As one commenter says, "sportmanship is hard to find in professional sports, but it exists at other levels." I think it's a natural result of athletics turning from a discipline into an entertainment industry too popular for its own good. We, as a society, have lost perspective somewhere along the way :/

And in other news, we have... robots with braaains! (well, almost) http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19926696.100-rise-of-the-ratbrained-robots.html

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Written about Thursday 2008-08-14
Written: (5706 days ago)
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Written about Wednesday 2008-08-13
Written: (5707 days ago)
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How do you run without legs? Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPPbn19UkQ

Eee rocks, but Asus doesn't know what to do with it, says Eric Sink: http://www.ericsink.com/entries/eee.html

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Written about Tuesday 2008-08-12
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Perhaps a bit too peppy, but oh well... http://www.girleffect.org/

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Written about Tuesday 2008-08-12
Written: (5708 days ago)
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Written about Tuesday 2008-08-12
Written: (5708 days ago)

And now, for something completely different...

Textual pacman: http://pac-txt.com/
Solitaire: http://worldofsolitaire.com/?source=games
"Chat": http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=1059

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