December 2011
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October 2011
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Oct 23rd
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To the death of Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie
Did you ever wonder if there’s a world that is part of your world, of what you do, what you use, but you don’t know about? Clearly, before the nineteenth century things were pretty easy: The tools people used came from other people living in their town or village, houses were built with the help of relatives and if somebody bought something like food or textiles, they mostly bought it...
Oct 14th
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August 2011
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“Our World is, so to speak, dissociated like a neurotic […]. Western man...”
– Carl Gustav Jung - Man and his Symbols
Aug 25th
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May 2011
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This is how my volcano started
icelandwantstobeyourfriend: Mr. Ingólfur Bruun made this ”gif” for you. (But I made the eruption.)
May 23rd
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March 2011
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February 2011
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January 2011
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“Yfir kaldan eyðisand einn um nótt ég sveima. Nú er horfið Norðurland, nú á ég...”
– Kristján Jónsson
Jan 30th
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December 2010
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(my) 2010 in a nutshell
Bachelor Thesis (finished with grade A) Jonsí (Album, Concert, Sinking Friendships is best song) Inception (best movie of this year) Ísland (best island of the year) Porcupine Tree’s The Incident (best Album) Ólafur Arnalds (best Concert) 27C3 (chaos communication congresses are such a nice way to end a year) And I finally came to read G.K. Chesterton’s The Man who was...
Dec 31st
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November 2010
4 posts
Unkenreflex →
bestofwikipedia: The unken reflex is a passive defense posture adopted by toads, frogs and salamanders. When threatened by predators, they twist their bodies, or arch their backs and limbs to expose brightly-colored aposematic skin. (via charlesfosterofdensen)
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“Kneel and disconnect And waste another year Fill the application Start a new...”
– Porcupine Tree - Kneel and Disconnect
Nov 6th
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October 2010
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Halloween Movie List 2010
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes — for the fun The Human Centipede (First Sequence) — for the fear of German doctors Død snø — for the fear of undead Nazis Reykjavík Whale Watching Massacre — because it’s Icelandic ;)
Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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“Camphor crossed with lace, it is the witching hour Cinematic but crude Teasing...”
– Porcupine Tree - Drawing the Line
Oct 22nd
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“At junction 8 the traffic starts to slow Artilleries of braking lights and...”
– Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Oct 10th
September 2010
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Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here... →
(my ticket for their concert here in Berlin arrived today, so this is an anticipation post…)
Sep 25th
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“So they told me that using the download page to download something was not...”
– Bill Gates
Sep 3rd
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August 2010
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Aug 29th
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Aug 23rd
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people who refer to themselves in third person...
…always remind me of the episode Storyteller (7x16) of Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Buffy: “Stop! Stop telling stories. Life isn’t a story. […] You always do this. You make everything into a story so no one’s responsible for anything because they’re just following a script.” I guess talking about themselves in third person...
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Aug 19th
“I like how you did no research and linked to other hate-filled areas or sites...”
– comment on christwire
Aug 16th
And you don't even really want a family. Living...
The 27 Levels of Compatibility I’m Looking For
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