So, farewell then, J.D Salinger

We all wanted to be Holden …

but then some of us became Franny

or maybe, Zooey as these things happen

"So it goes".

Dragonm book bastards

A real trip down memory lane, this one would have been. You can learn more about software from the almost quarter century old "dragon book" than from most modern ones.

And I found a second hand copy at a "reputable" online book shop for $3.49.

> Dear Graham,
>
> I am very sorry to hear that your order has not arrived. At this point I'm
> afraid we have to consider it lost in the mail. I have issued you a full
> refund for this order. If you have any questions or concerns please don't
> hesitate to contact us. I hope we can help you in the future.

Whoop de doo! I get my $3.49 refunded. Of course, they do have other copies - starting at $85 for the 1986 sedition and rising to $190 for the 2006 (when even Amazon has just reduced its price on that from $120 to $94).

Lost in the post? A cynic might think …

Do miracles happen to atheists too?

(Kiss my unbelieveing butt, religious nutters)

I was showering and shaving this morning when an apparition appeared in my window!

It surely can't be … but you can't deny that it looks uncannily like him …

Trojan horse

God protect this blessed laptop

A VICAR has launched a bizarre bid to attract city workers to his church — by offering to BLESS their mobile phones and laptops.

The Rev David Parrott issued his first blessing over a heap of high-tech laptops and smart phones on the altar of London's 17th Century St Lawrence Jewry church today.

He said it was to remind the capital's busy workaholics that "God's grace can reach them in many ways".

He added: "It's the technology that is our daily working tool, and it's a technology we should bless."

The short blessing capped today's services at the Christopher Wren-designed building — the official church of the Corporation of the City of London, which runs the capital's bustling financial district.

Parishioners took out their mobiles and Rev Parrott recited a blessing prayer over them.

He said the service was an update of a traditional back-to-work ceremony called "Plow Monday", in which villagers gathered to bless a symbolic farming implement dragged to the church's door.

But Rev Parrott said that ceremony didn't have much relevance for his church, which was "nowhere near a field in the middle of London".

He took up his post at St Lawrence Jewry — so-called because it stands in what was once the capital's Jewish neighbourhood — about seven months ago, and said the updated ritual was "a fresh idea for a fresh post".

He said he hoped the ceremony had made worship "lively and relevant to the people who work nearby in the financial district".

Rev Parrot added parishioners were welcome to leave their phones on during the service — as long as they kept them on silent.

Gay man who tried to poison lesbian neighbours with slug pellets over three-legged cat feud walks free

Ok, I will admit that I haven't even read this one; but I doubt that I need to Teh title alone was captivating, and I have simply cut & pasted it. Enjoy …

A gay man who attempted to poison his lesbian neighbours by pouring slug pellets into their curry after they accused him of kidnapping their three-legged cat has walked free from court.

Gary Stewart, 37, had fallen out with his neighbours, Ann Marie Walton, 38, and Beverley Sales, 36.

But in an apparent bid to restore cordial relations with the pair he offered them a curry from a local Indian takeaway. When the couple went to eat the meal they found the curry sauce was laced with dozens of tiny blue slug pellets.

Afterwards Stewart said he had done it after he had found the tyres to his car had been slashed with a knife.

He texted a friend saying: 'It was them next door, the f******* fat lesbians, I'm glad I've poisoned them and yes it was slug pellets.'

He was sentenced to a six month suspended jail sentence at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester after pleading guilty to attempting to poison the two women on September 22 last year. The court was told Mr Stewart, who is HIV positive, was devastated after his partner Paul Kleisier, 43, died of an Aids related illness last summer.

Informative compiler error

Description Resource Path Location Type
expected a constant of type ‘const char*’, got ‘const char*’ test_fsm.cpp line 73 C/C++ Problem

Way to go G++

Serves me right for messing with templates, I guess. Sigh!

Ten thousand spoons

Now, isn't it ironic?

This year is the year of the Tiger - and I'm giving up Tiger for a year (at least). Last time was twelve years ago, year of the Tiger, back in Hong Kong, when I dragged it our for 21 months, then went to dinner in Switzerland with the guy who was embezzling me (and many others) but said he was investing in fine wine (he did have a good and verifiable track record before he went of the rails. Might have known he was dying and thought he could escape; little does he suspect that I'm following him to hell to weak my wevengeh).

Tiger year, no Tiger beer … now isn't it iroooooonic?

(or do I mean moronic?)

The first one's free …

A schoolboy has been suspended for 'crisp dealing' at a school which has banned fatty drinks and snacks.

In sign of pupil disgruntlement over school meal reforms spearheaded by TV chef Jamie Oliver, 12-year-old Joel Bradley was caught allegedly selling a packet of Discos at a marked-up price of 50p.

He was suspended from Liverpool's Cardinal Heenan High School because it was the second time he had been caught.

His father, Joe, said the boy had been 'victimised' for an enterprise which could earn him as much as £15 a day.

'I think the school has made a beeline for him because of what I've done,' he told the Liverpool Echo.

Mr Bradley, from Liverpool's Norris Green district, admitted he too had once been caught selling canned drinks, chocolate bars and crisps from a van outside the school - saying he was filling a void left by the closure of a local shop.

But headmaster Dave Forshaw said parents and pupils must abide by the school rules or go elsewhere.

'We are a healthy school and proud of it,' he said.

'If parents are not happy then they are perfectly free to take their children to a school that allows pupils to sell these things and allows a father to sell them outside on the pavement.'

Mr Forshaw said pupils were caught around 'three or four times a week' selling snacks at the school.

'We have six to seven regular sellers we pinpoint', he said.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1235279/Boy-12-suspended-crisp-dealing-school-banned-junk-food.html#ixzz0ZduS0pQZ

sudo make up; make out

sudo bash
make cleam
make dep
make
make check
make install
make up
make out

But at least a copy-watch will help

After my recent "life is shit" post, I received the solution this morning by email.

It seems that all that I need is a copy-watch.

Scusi, mayo habla Anglais

Oh, joy, oh rapture - a new food court near the office! And rather a good one too (as opposed to the others, where the food is mediocre and lukewarm at best). Clean, spacious, with ten stalls sharing the same colour-scheme (suggesting a common owner) plus a drinks stall and what looks like a custom food stall (crab, etc) on the way.

For my first visit I rather predictably chose the Indian food stall. Over-manned by four staff, none of whom could apparently speak English! I mean, come on! Who ever heard of an Indian who couldn't speak English, let alone four?

They had a dish called mutton curry with bread, which involved slicing French loaf, buttering both sides and heating it on the hot-plate. Call me old fashioned if you will, but when I eat Indian, the bread that I want is *not* a sliced French loaf.

So, I tried to order mutton curry, no bread, two chapati. Simple enough, you might think, but one after another they showed an astonishing inability to comprehend - or to reply in English.

Finally one seemed to grasp it and asked "two"? I acknowledged and finally received my lunch - two portions of mutton curry with bread.

Sigh! For some reason they had a Chinese girl on the cash register, so I will try to communicate with her tomorrow, although the major of the Chinese at the other stalls speak no English either.

Gone in a day

The reference is almost certainly older than you are …

Life is shit

(the end of blogging?)

I've called wolf a few times before, but I really can't be arsed to blog any more …

Send "Life Is Shit" Ringtone to your Cell

Manic

For the last week or so I have been in a depression as deep and dark as the devil's arsehole, asking myself what is the point of living.

This strike a few times a year and I have learned to live with it, knowing that "this too shall pass" (if not for that knowledge, it would be unberable).

Until now, the transition between manic and depressive has been a segue; I can feel it coming on and wearing off. This time it was like flipping a light switch. I went to bed at 11:30pm, deeply despondentm and woke at 4am feeling like I had just done some speed. My ego is soaring, I can't stop talking, I can literally feel the adrenalin coursing through my body. I have three product ideas, two of them small, with a definite customer in mind, and one consumer product of which someone will definitely bring to market in the next few years. This one is an immediate IPO and more money than can be imagined. Why am I even writing this? I ought to be preparing the pitch for venture capital.

Sure, life's a bitch, but, for a while anyway, it's my bitch!

Mwuuuhahahahaha !!!!

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2007 Loser takes all

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