111231 *

New Year's Resolution? No New Year's Resolution.




May 2012 be the best year of your life so far!

The family coat of arms

A good day to fly

111230

For the so many great things around me here, I am really grateful to the one and only who made everything possible: xie xie China.

Easy

111229

2012: fucking awesome or total crap? Can easily be any of them and there's not much I can do, I'll try to sit and watch.

111228 *

In 2004 I picked a Creative Muvo MP3 player over an iPod for reasons that keep of uneducated consumer ignorance. It replaced a diskman (cd walkman) by Sony.

I wonder if I would still have assembled a windows-based web software team otherwise.

[avg METS: 10.8 - 20, C]

111227

Tough plastic wrapped toys, battery operated toys with no batteries, crazy little cars singing loud in Cantonese, children iOS apps with horrible UIs and puzzles or legos missing at least one piece: they all come from Satan Clause, the dark-sided brother of Santa (they've been separated at birth).

He's wearing yellow and employs orcs to get the job done.

111226

How to RTFM of all your new gadgets: keep them in your bathroom.

111225

"Give and you shall receive." Ok, how much?

111224

"Why buying presents to grand parents, they'll get some from Santa anyway, right? Or better yet - buy them presents but buy some for me as well". Kid's future is bright, he'll manage just fine.

232323

111223 *

When you have a contagious disease it's like having a secret superpower: ka- boom, gotcha!

[avg METS: 11.4 - 20+2, F]

There you go

Sweet home

111222

Kid's having a question: "I see Santa is rather old, when is he dying anyways?".

111221 *

It's getting increasingly difficult for me to say "sorry" for other people's mistakes.

[the effort of trying to maintain the illusion of a model family burns a lot of calories]

His wifey will be grateful

111220 *

XMas: that time of year when people awkwardly scramble to "be good".

[avg METS: 11.1 - 30+2, C]

111219 *

Every time a mobile phone rings in a church an angel loses its wings, is raped then shot in the head.

But the more fundamental question is: why on earth is god allowing the progress of technology?

And to recent efforts of selekktor: don't try too hard, what can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.

[avg METS: 10.3 - 20 + 2, F]

111218

it's lend-day again: 371540 + 369787.

These two are for Christopher Hitchens,
Ramen!

TTS' sock

111217

Even if the children choir sing with angels voices in this church, you can still hear the ambulances in the street. Peace is just an illusion.

video bonus: TP2 + iOS = love

111216

the Japanese the term "wabi-sabi" can be used to describe the aesthetically pleasing wear of an object as it decays over time. Wabi-sabi nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect.

111215 *

How much XMas bonus for this nice little lady that does house keeping from 16 years now and is the mother of two of my boys? (also she has warm feets and not snoring at nights)

[avg METS: 11.5 - 15+2, C]

Santa arrived a bit early

111214 *

I am free, but I am not used to the idea yet.

[avg METS: 11 - 15, F]

Red TP2

White Russian

the Dude does not approve

111213 *

George Nelson: Jesus saves, George Nelson withdraws!

[chi kung]

111212 *

I wonder if it's possible to overcome the destructive effect of education (I am of course hinting to Ken Robinson).

[avg METS: 11.2 - 30+2, F]

Chaaaaaaarge!

111211

111211

I wonder why and how people decide to have kids... except She saying "I want a baby".

Stay up late

Cars

Ahoi

111210

When The Levee Breaks: Joe McCoy, Led Zeppelin, W.A.S.P. and London Philharmonic Orchestra. Pick yours.

111209

Sign in, log in, drop out.

111208 *

Flipboard for iOS absolutely rocks. Just went straight on my top 5 sharing the same position with with Reeder and Instapaper.

[avg METS: 11 - 40+2, F]

111207 *

I suspect my kids like me only for my iPad and my iPhone.

[avg METS: 11.2 - 35+2, F]

1111

0909

111206 *

Inni, the last Sigur Rós (live): Jónsi sounds more mature, already prepared to face it all by himself. Everything sounds one tone down, slightly sadder than usual, the boys are grown ups now and ready for divorce.

[chi kung]

111205 *

Party guest: Hello? I forgot my mantra.
(Jeff in Annie Hall)

[avg METS: 10.9 - 30+2, F]

111204

Eno stated, during Episode 1 Series 2 of BBC Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity, that he created The Microsoft Sound using an Apple Mac computer.

"I wrote it on a Mac. I’ve never used a PC in my life; I don’t like them.”

111203 *

Contemplating envy.

[avg METS: 11.2 - 25+2, F]

111202 *

You never *really* know anything for sure until your intuition says so.

[chi kung]

111201

Soyons Désinvoltes, N’Ayons L’Air De Rien

The word "tostaky" is a slang contraction of the Spanish expression "todo está aquí" (everything is here), one of the slogans used by Mexican revolutionaries led by Emiliano Zapata.

How sweet

111130 *

Jolie Holland makes the best music for the combo of doing dishes and thinking about death in a sunless snowless winter day.

[avg METS: 11 - 35+2, F]

Listen...

111129 *

So I went to bed without washing my teeth... what're you gonna do about it mom?

[chi kung]

Halftone TP2

Halftone TP1

111128

At the weekly assembly in kindergarten they celebrate the National Day - out of 7 phones filming 5 are iPhones 4/4S, two of them white.

Where is your market share now?

[avg METS: 10.5 - 30+2, F]

111127

I rounded a full non-smoking month today and I am thinking how nice it would be to celebrate with 1-2 Gitanes Caporal. Too bad they don't sell them over here...