Send me to sleep, send me to sleep, I’m tired and I, I want to go to bed

This blog is asleep. Perhaps it will wake up one day.
This one over here is wide awake → gilest.org/notes

Grumpy dad says

Don’t put that in your mouth
Stop all that leaping about
Don’t use that tone of voice with me
I said don’t put that in your mouth. Euw
No, we’re not buying that
Because I’m not made of money
Well we have to earn money before it comes out of the cash machine
Look where you’re going for heaven’s sake
I said look [...]

links for 2008-12-04

Doom 1
(tags: flash games fun doom classic retro shmup)

Twitter is the new songinmyhead

No really, it is, because I sing on Twitter, me. All the time. La la la.

links for 2008-11-27

Known Knowns, Known Unknowns & Unknown Unknowns
ed obiko, m-pesa user and very nice chap
(tags: edwardobiko blog weblog m-pesa kenya people)

M-PESA: a very simple and secure customer proposition
includes comments from nick hughes, who was unavailable for interview cos he's on holiday this week. bugger.
(tags: m-pesa mbanking money vodafone africa)

Problems or opportunities | Inspire and innovate | [...]

links for 2008-11-26

Obamafy Photo Booth Plugin
that's load of fun actually
(tags: obama photography photobooth mac software funny)

TextMate productivity tips | 456 Berea Street
i'm always forgetting how to do stuff in textmate
(tags: textmate tips shortcuts keyboard)

This PesaPoint ATM in Nairobi allows cash withdrawals from M-… on TwitPic
(tags: money kenya m-pesa mbanking cashless)

One eye

Bought the latest Monocle (Nov 2008) on a whim (I liked the front cover image). Wondered about a subscription, then found to my utter bafflement that it would cost *more* than just buying the mag in the newsagent every month. This is surely bonkers. I thought subscriptions were supposed to save you a few quid.

links for 2008-11-25

It Died
what an excellent idea
(tags: failure funny weblogs webapps doom)

banana muffins
need to try this soon
(tags: food recipes bananas fruit cake)

BBC – Voices – The Voices Recordings
this is ace, I could get lost in it for hours
(tags: voice accent uk speech culture language bbc)

NASA – Spectacular Conjunction
one to watch out for on dec 1st
(tags: space science [...]

links for 2008-11-24

Hog Bay Releases Taskpaper 2.0 | Cult of Mac
i like taskpaper, can you tell?
(tags: review software work cultofmac taskpaper)

RIP Mac… help me make Windows not suck | Ask Metafilter
(tags: windows software)

The Priests – The Priests
Down with this sort of thing
(tags: music religion commericialism christmas funny fatherted ireland catholic)

UKMoths
all moths, all the time
(tags: moths animals nature [...]

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