http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com The Lowest Form of Wit Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:53:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A key from her bedroom is in my pants.  Great.  If the key to her house is in there too, and it has her address written on it, then we’ll be in business. If your name’s "Gaylord Shyng" then trying to calculate 73% of something worth zero is the ... http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/07/20/spam-of-the-spambitrary-spamframe-part-x1-spam/ I suppose I should write some kind of entry, a sort of lone wanderer in the ghost town that this page has been for the past few months.  With that haunting metaphor successfully established, let’s relax into a hot cup of steaming words. It just so happens ... http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/07/20/16/ Have you ever noticed that sometimes "OK" is not the optimally-appropriate label to have as the default (or only) choice in many dialog boxes?? E.g. "Error 0329039: The various components of Windows have twisted themselves into a Gordian Knot of epic proportions, and are about to perform the digital ... http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/03/08/15/ Inspired by an OCAU Forum thread, here are today’s ‘top ten things videogames have taught me about life’: 1. "Achtung" is the most prevalent word in the German language, and can be roughly translated as "I’m going to run directly towards you, shooting wildly". 2. The toughest boss you ... http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/02/17/14/   Albums/promos I’ve heard lately, with quick comments and subjective scores (influenced by the styles I like, as much as anything): Protest the Hero - Fortress (2008) Quite cool metalcore sorta stuff (don’t stop reading yet!). A bit progressive in nature, quite hard to pigeonhole. Various parts of the first song ... http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/02/14/stop-metal-time/ Having endured enjoyed a few weeks worth of scintillating spam subject-lines since starting back at work for the year, it’s only fair that I now share the cream of the crop with you, the loyal imaginary reader. Rather than keep you in suspense any longer, let’s jump straight in ... http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/spam-of-the-arbitrary-time-frame-ii/ I’ve recently come back from a brief stay down on the West Coast of NZ’s South Island.  While there, I took the plunge and bought my first-ever digital camera (yep, for a tech guy I’m pretty backward in some ways).  My first camera of any kind, for that matter!  It’s ... http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/21/hi-dynamic-range/ Ah computers, how I loathe thee.   I’ve had a particularly trying day with my computer today, so excuse me while I launch into an extended power-rant about everything that pisses me off about PCs in general. Electronics, like people, seem to have an uncannily-annoying sixth-sense which enables them to detect when ... http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/deltree-cwindows/ I’m going to diverge slightly from my usual ravings for a moment, to talk about the state of cricket in NZ. It seems that NZ Cricket has stepped up it’s involvement in recent times, with outspoken head Justin Vaughan fast becoming a near-ubiquitous feature of media reports and broadcasts. And it is ... http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/hows-that/ Yarrr 2008 [editor: this was written not long after the New Year].  With those prolonged festivities out of the way, let’s get on to today’s topic - an endearing little human-interest news item I read earlier. Snipped article below: So, let’s recap.  God was clearly "looking after the place" - after ... http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/6/