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MAKE

Paper architecture


Learn to solder


Rockets from office supplies


Projective texturing via Javascript is work-in-progress right now, but it's pretty amazing!


number of homepage links visualisation for top 98 websites

43 Folders...assist your productivity
Alone time...for productivity in general. The rest of 37 signals is pretty interesting too.
the Joel Test
Freshview offices are nice.
slightly old news: Pirate bay copyright case begins

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⇒ no truer words spoken:

Step seven: find the love

Ask yourself: do I want to work here? You’d be surprised how clearly job indifference shows. A lack of interest begets a lack of action and initiative. A lack of action and initiative means that your colleagues are less inclined to count on you, and worse, will do your tasks themselves rather than enlisting your help. This puts unnecessary pressure on them and maximizes the chance for error.

Furthermore, if you’re uninterested, all you’re doing is showing your employer that your job isn’t important to you—and certainly not critical to the company. If you’ve been allowing someone else to carry your load, it’s time to take it back and do your job. Find the love and let it show.
Read the rest of this great advice here

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⇒ lately

i know, i've been busy...can't help that...gettin work done, changing things up, chasing dreams, plotting revenge...y'kno, everydya sh!t.

got held up at work til 630 today too (suck!)

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⇒ fidelis

One of my worst working days ever--coinciding with President Obama's inauguration--why can't I have more than one good thing happen to me per day?

Morally bankrupt assholes at work want me to change. I don't want to change, I like the person I am, more or less. Why do I have to compromise? I'm gettin the work done on time, right? Leave me alone. It's because of your bungling leadership, time mismanagement, and poor employee selection that you're in a pickle.

On the flipside, since the Christmas/new year break, I have changed. Something inside finally broke. I buy games, but don't play; I buy movies, but don't watch; I buy clothes/shoes but don't wear; I get to work but feel indifferent. I think it's very clear that the time has come to move on.

Convergently, perhaps because I'm the last faithful that I feel out of place--everyone has become subservient lapdogs for the dictator-b!tch too cowardly to confront me about anything. Are you intimidated because of my race? Or because I graduated from uni? Pathetic so called 'leadership'. I believe without doubt that I have not wavered morally. My conscience is clean and I sleep well at night knowing that I have never kissed any superior's a$$ for attention, position or promotion.

semper fi

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⇒ 38°C

holy sh!t it's hot.
oh wait, it's cooled down to 37°, all is still not well.

can't quit, economy teetering on the edge;
can't drive, no car and even with a car the toll is offensive and unreasonable, and subsequent traffic response has now choked up the only alternative route;
can't public transport (but have to), in this heat and for that long, public transport is whittling away my sanity!
trapped by the economy, the government and lack of personal transport!

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⇒ work

i can relate to this! In other news:
# of working days since I stopped caring: 7

that's pretty disturbing.

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⇒ ITMND

That's it, I've had enough. Since I'm the only person in the workplace doing what I do, what is this 'assistant' sh!t? I'm dropping that from my sig right now.

*I'm the man now, Dawg!

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⇒ bored at work

maybe i should try harder at work...or get a better job.

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⇒ sunday 07 dec 2008

been keeping myself busy these weekends, running around to inspections.

Squeezed in a merciless gym sess, cause i know i wont make it on mon and tues (got after-work appointments)

5.0km in 34'50" (4.0km in under 28'00 = NEW RECORD!)
380 KCALs
20x50

visits since 21st sept '08: 36
#visits per mth: 14 | 12 | 10
3 mth ave: 12
ave cost per visit: $5.00

all right, enough! this is eating away at me and pissing me off! you wanna know something about your 'employee of the year'? the reasons he stays back are because he's consistently late AND because he's working on non-company projects during company time, hence he takes longer to do things. There I said it. Eat shit and die, dumb m#thaf#ckas.

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⇒ collected thoughts on a busy weekend

professionally, i need to aim higher. Am I a job-snob? Possibly, but only because I didn't suffer thru 20 years of education to work with know-nothing assholes like this...then get sidelined and overruled by a jackass. I'm better than you. I'm way more valuable, you just don't know it yet, and I'll show you!

i don't know if it's love or an infatuation but i do know that if i talk to you, i'll blurt out 'i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you...'
i can't help it...you're the one i think i want.
be still, my heart...

and so i go to the dark place

playing 'the game'...kissing ass, taking orders, mingling...basically selling your dignity/soul for just a little headway in a dead-end job...whatevs.

office christmas party: was very amused by those that got a little (read: way too much) wino and went wino...saying some random stuff, making an even bigger jackass of themselves (is that possible?). Anyways, here's what i drank:
1 x Orange Juice
1 x Pure Blonde
1 x Water
1 x Cola
1 x White Wine
1 x Water
1 x Orange Juice
1 x Water


5.0km in 38'15", 360 KCALs. Hit 4.0km in 30' but struggled after that--I got almost no feeling below the knee. Oh well, at least I made 5k today...rarely get time to do that these days.
28 x 40 = 1120

visits since 21st sept '08: 35
#visits per mth: 14 | 12 | 9
3 mth ave: 11.66
ave cost per visit: $5.14

this is growing up--putting aside my childhood dreams and man-ing up to suffer for the family i will one day have.

zig-zagging across sydney in search of 'affordable housing' on a sweltering-hot day

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⇒ unflappable

b!tch-bo$$ tried to mess with my head today--i rock up to work as usual in business gear (in 30 C heat) only to find out that it's 'casual' wednesday...boss failed to notify me because I gave the after-work 'gathering' a miss...whatevs. If wearing business gear will get me out of a 3+ hour bore-athon, then hellz yeah, I'll be in business gear.

had a breakthru at the gym today:
arrived late--around 1835, which gives me roughly 30' to work out. No idea how time slips away from me like that. Anyhoo, didn't even want to run, but run i did. Did many small sections at higher speeds to get an overall higher average (new record?):
3.0km in 20'01" and 232 KCALs
18 x 50

Add to that I was serverely dehydrated throughout the run and developed sneezing fits during the day!

visits since 21st sept '08: 34
#visits per mth: 14 | 12 | 8
3 mth ave: 11.33
ave cost per visit: $5.29

I'm pretty sure that circa 2004, I used to be able to get 3.2km in 20'00" on a regular basis...Seems like a dream or faint memory that I could've been capable of that. Same goes for curling.

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⇒ yesterday

0700 wake, shower, breakfast
0800 catch crowded train to work
0830 start work
1145 lunch
1630 finish work
1650 catch crowded, stiflingly humid train home
1720 catch bus home
1745 arrive home, assist bro with carrying up new Mac Pro
1800 gym time!...worst run ever! 2.7km in 20', 195 KCALs.
1830 18x50, 19x50 = 1850
1900 home again, wash up, start Mac setup and unboxing
2030 initial setup and overview complete, start updates, dinner time
2115 updates complete, continue setup and network setup
0000 personal paperwork
0015 scanning stalled...need printer driver
0100 driver installed, scanning resumes
0130 problematic scanning results/old man meddling in my affairs at this hour?
0230 give up on scanning, plan for early morning attempt...sleep now

do it all over again...

visits since 21st sept '08: 32
#visits per mth: 14 | 12 | 6
3 mth ave: 10.66
ave cost per visit: $5.63


today: stuck it to the (wo)Man...for she is a very masculine, gigantic, mannish, bloke-y looking shim. Suck on it, b!tch!

all my troubles seemed so far away...

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⇒ horrible, painful day

today could have been a total loss, but I salvaged it with perseverance and brutal willpower...or complete procrastination...whatevs, man.

start: got my pops peeved at me because he didn't listen to me. wat? it's like in one ear and out the other with that guy!
more: half an hour late to work
more: work has to be re-done because some imbecile middle-man can't get the specifics right the first time! GAAHHHH!
more: dripping sweat all the way to work...DAMMIT!

later: run in spite of aching legs...did good too! 1.6km in 10'30" (consecutive) - ave. speed = 9.6km/h.
Went on to 2.8km in 20' and 210KCALs
10x60, 12x50, 16x40 = 1840...new record?

visits since 21st sept '08: 23
#visits per mth: 14 | 9
3 mth ave: 7.66
ave cost per visit: $7.86

lastly: just copped an earful from maw for disrespecting pops. wtf?!?!? gimme a break! I just can't seem to win with anyone.

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⇒ offlined

computers at work got upgraded. The downside being the system migration didn't go quite as planned and fluffed up my server/database settings. Add to that the new MACs don't have connectors for the older displays...pain in the a$$

fri: run, don't remember the specifics, but probably wasn't out of the ordinary
sat: laze
sun: had the moroccan spice chicken burger from Bitton's...man, my workmate waaaaaay overrated that. I thought it was ok...The only thing special it had going for it was the fresh ingredients, but otherwise not 'the best', as he put it...traffic was a nightmare to get thru! I hate King St!

went for a run later in the day, made 5.0km, but in 38'35" and 361KCALs, not my best, by far...my legs felt so locked up. I just think there's something really wrong with my lifestyle/diet which prevents me from running more than 2km continuously...
visits since 21st sept '08: 22
#visits per mth: 14 | 8
3 mth ave: 7.33
ave cost per visit: $8.18

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⇒ depowered

no energy at the gym today. Might have been all the sweating I did on the way home. I was sweating profusely for most of the journey, and it wasn't even as hot as other days.
Was so embarrassed, I hope no one could smell me.
Afterwards, it got really windy, and since Glebe is a rock quarry right now (get off your a$$ and finish the f#cken road!), all this really fine rock-dust sandpapered my eyeballs. Not fun.

Didn't run today, the legs were barely holding me up walking. Rode the bike for 15' (boring!) and like I said, I had no energy this arvo.
Somehow managed to bench: 12x50, 10x50, 20x40, 30x40 (incline)
Maybe it's the urgency of the 40+KG of metal about to crush my windpipe should i fail to move it? I got a feeling that's it...
visits since 21st sept '08: 20
#visits per mth: 14 | 6
3 mth ave: 6.66
ave cost per visit: $9

Overall a day of misfortune. I won't even describe the horrible morning with that ultra snooty b!tch on the train. It's cramped, get over it!

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⇒ constructive (work-related) post about the web

study on 'new' Facebook here and more tips for using twitter here
Potential for Twitter as tool of terrorism here
Twitter 4-month critique here

Reasons to use LinkIn here
how to use a YouTube container for search here

Gmail modes explained

Revamp online advertising with these tips here
123 people, a site that searches for peoplehere
Something about the 'future of search - Faceted search' here
Uses for Facebook here
Social networking for marketing purposes blah blah blah here

Email campaigning - lower bounce, get more conversions here

Local area social networking here

SEO/Search stuff

Beginners checklist for writing benefit focused ads here
Keyword research mining here
5 SEO tools here
5 SEO fallacies here

sources:
SearchCap 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | |

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⇒ coldest day in 45 years

the title pretty much sums up this wedsnesday in october, 2008. Keep in mind that just last week I was taking train rides while dripping sweat from the heat.

Health has improved! I'm nearly fully recovered! Got most of the phlegm out of my system and feel great! Had a decent day at work too!

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⇒ still sick

wtf?!?!? how did i get so sick?!?!? Severe fever(?) on monday, tues, weds and probably tomorwow...gddmnnit, and i still went to work! And damn it all to hell, incompetent 'co-workers'! I know what you're trying to do...it's not your role, and I appreciate the 'help' BUT if you're going to shoulder the task, then follow through with it to the end! Don't pass it off to me at 4pm when I can barely contain my shakes! Work is so bullshit, I've been coming in on my sick days to get the project out and how much appreciation do I get? None...get the f#ck outta here! Time for a lightning resignation!

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⇒ moar suffering!

work finished up 2hrs after it was supposed to today! wtf?!?!? This is really pissing me off. That's it, from now on, I'm leaving at 430 on the dot. What, they gonna fire me for leaving on time? Get outta here, who's gonna do for them what I do? Muthaf#ckas...Btw, I proved my point and myself, once again kicking another muthaf#cken Internet Explorer bugs' a$$!...little victories...

Was supposed to run today but the late finish totally blew off my gym-going plan for the day...

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⇒ suvvering vor vork

work is hard. i need to keep reminding myself that if it were so easy/too easy, everyone would be in on the action. It just burns me up that I have to stay back and that traveling home takes 70mins. Oh well, I guess the next jobs will be closer and closer to home and logically progress/improve. Btw, I'm the man! Kicked that muthaf#cken Internet Explorer bugs' a$$! Now I only got one visual element left to un-bork in IE...little victories...

Went for a run today, thought I had very little time (stayed back at work 30mins), so I intended for just a run, an attempt at 5km even. Didn't make it. Ran for 20', notched up 2.8km (2km in 13') but legs felt weak. Why are my legs always hurting? Maybe should give them a longer layoff (7 days?). I thought the joint was closing, but as it happens, we're on daylight savings time now, which equals extra 30mins gym time. Haven't seen gym girl in 3 weeks(?).

visits since 21st sept '08: 12
mth ave: 12
3 mth ave: 4
ave cost per visit: $15

Reminder to self: don't go to gym on Wednesdays. Just don't.

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