Be Careful With Your Blogging Language
… or you may be surprised of side effects, not all of which are amusing on second thought. Look what I discovered today…
Men And Women Clichés Proven True
Women are motormouths. Men think with their… (You know what they think with.)
Just stupid clichés? Here is a proof there is more to it… 😉
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Banking Crisis Explanation for Dummies
There are many complicated explanations of the banking crisis, but it all comes down to some very simple patterns of human nature.
Here is one that’s actually quite plausible:
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The Most Ridiculous Dialogs At Court
Sometimes, a court is the stage of the most ridiculous dialogs. Here’s a collection of some real nonsense going on in Justicia’s temples.
A Fire That Flies: DVD Cult And Delight
Every now and then, a film or TV series is made that seems to transcend the separation between reality and fiction, between cast and audience, between “them” and “us”. Not only for the story they tell, but also – and especially – because of the casts and their distinctive and lovingly coined roles, these artworks manage to become almost a second home to their fans, and the characters therein almost like close friends.
Such artworks become what is usually called a cult!
Welcome To The Machine (Or 8 Easy Steps To Nowhere)
Have you noticed the increasing uniformity of how blog posts are being named these days? At every turn, there seems to be the same simple, supremely uncreative title pattern. You know, titles like
69 Hot Tips For A Perfect Love Life
or
How To Make A Billion Dollar In 3 Easy Steps
This “style” has spread like a malicious nasty little virus all over the Internet, and managed to Read more >>
Will Productivity Harm Your Job?
Today, I incidentally came accross a (somewhat older) discussion about python jobs, where I found a post from someone who was looking for one, saying
I ended up doing Java web developement close to where I live. I figured big projects in slow languages = slow progress = job security. Alas, probably less fun too.
Note his logic ??? (In italic)
Wow! I thought. Somehow, this does make sense. A bizarre sense, but still…
Freedom Must Always Be Conquered
… a fact that can hardly be better illustrated then in this cartoon by Bruno Bozzetto, the Italian master of satirical animation:
The Truth About Simplicity
I’ve already used a smaller variant of this picture in my previous post, but it fits just so nicely into the whole simplicity topic, it simply must be shown in big again.
With no further words – here it is: 🙂
