Comments on: It’s not so bad

By: Ben

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:10:49 +0000

Cheers.
I’m thinking of moving into more art related photography, so I am happy that my entry piece went down so well.

By: Lynda

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:38:15 +0000

All the time, all the time. (Sometimes, the petting of cats and dogs are involved in that, too.)

Silly mood days make living worthwhile too. Oughta be more of those.

By: Davey

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:46:09 +0000

Dysentary, ha! When I play the 7 year olds go hunting and fend off bandits.

By: sitting pugs

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:48:26 +0000

leaves you horribly maimed and terribly disfigured

Even better.

Oregon Trail! My people always died of dysentery….if they made it past the fording of the river on one wheel.

By: Roo

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:33:50 +0000

Ha! Only for you, Ben, only for you.

I did want to tell you again that this photo is brilliant.

By: Roo

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:23:24 +0000

Don’t we all though?

*wink wink*

By: Seraphine

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:37:15 +0000

i can’t help but ask,
do you ever feel good in a creepy way too?
(sorry).(silly mood day for me).

By: Seraphine

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:33:18 +0000

maximum credit and minimum payments.
thats the corollary to
greatest reward for minimal effort.
i don’t think debtors prisons exist anymore
in most western societies.

By: Davey

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:40:52 +0000

I was thinking more along the lines of “…leaves you horribly maimed and terribly disfigured.”

The hospital bill is why they invented insurance… but i don’t think you can wrack up much in the way of bills from a little E. Coli or the like. (We come from hardy stock – the kind of people you want on the Oregon Trail)

By: sitting pugs

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:45:11 +0000

What doesn’t kill you will leave you with an enormous hospital bill.

By: Davey

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:30:17 +0000

Well. We just bought her a “potty chair” so I guess the craziness begins. Although my household has a very “if it doesn’t kill you” mentality… so the not touching things is down to her own preferences I suppose. (I flush public toilets with my feet, and open the doors by holding the handles in places no one ever does or by hitting the door really high or low : )

By: sitting pugs

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:45:53 +0000

How much longer before she’s taught what restrooms and loos and “ladies lounges” are for?

And that she must wash her hands after she’s done and use a napkin to open the door when leaving the restroom?

And never to use her hand to flush any toilet that isn’t the one in her own residence.

^Y^

But yes… not just knowing how but being able to walk is pretty amazing.

By: Davey

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:24:41 +0000

Indeed, reading to and being read to are two entirely different parts of life.

By: Lynda

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:40:31 +0000

This made me feel good in a non-creepy way, thank you, and bless Ian Dury and his rhythm stick, my life and the glory of being able to pet cats and dogs feels worthwhile again.

By: Adam

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:40:21 +0000

Indeed, that’s me… I do get around…

The problem I find is that I try my best to be opensource, I participate in beta trials, I give feedback and try to do my bit, similarly I’m always happy to publicise which tools I use, mostly because they work… and that’s it, a tool must work or it’s just a nice idea poorly realised.

But that’s the litmus test, and I do believe it’ll get there one day. People use tools that work best, and eventually, opensource will work best because like a concept it can’t be owned, only utilised…

…It’ll be the difference between being read to and reading for ourselves.

…still, even when you do learn to read, it’s always nice to be read to, right?

By: Davey

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:25:00 +0000

Thanks! She’s a peach. And smart, terribly smart. Just today she kept bringing me books (she’s 14mos old) and after I’d read them she’d say “dag yoo.”

Weird side note, I’m trying to figure out why CSS is broken on a website I’m working on, and I happened to see a comment from an “Adam_Y” on Things I Learn. The underscore cap Y looked familiar. : ) You said the idea of OSS is much greater than the reality and I totally agree. I’ve tried to start using Linux 3 or 4 times now and it just can’t stick for so many reasons. So add “wasted my life… trying to learn a new operating system…” : )

By: Ben

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:41:02 +0000

Smiling and standing on lego bricks are both pretty much the same rare and exciting event.
And both generally end in tears.

By: Adam

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:02:43 +0000

I think I might have proved that the last time I was drunk.

Congratulations too, I mean learning to walk is one thing, but creating another that learns to walk is pretty fantastic.

By: Davey

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:40:41 +0000

My daughter just started walking a couple of weeks ago… it was certainly a feat. Funny thing tho, it was more of a mental feat than a physical one.

By: Brandy

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:40:27 +0000

I don’t know how it works over there, but in the States you only have to dodge your creditors until the Statute of Limitations expires. Then you’re home free. So I’ve got another two years of dodging phone calls and threats of lawsuits until I’m in the clear.

By: Adam

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:14:28 +0000

You’re supposed to pay that thing off?

News to me… oh well, to the prison!

By: Seraphine

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:56:39 +0000

walking and reading isn’t so hot. any chimpanzee
can pull a rabbit out of a hat. paying a credit card
balance, that’s truly unique and something most
humans are incapable of doing.

By: Adam

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:16:10 +0000

Aye, t’was me… I know, I should have asked permission, but hey it’s good enough to steal. I’ve kept the link there to your other photos too, and I would encourage everyone to go and look the rest of your work.

(to everyone) Go on, look. See?

…and that’s a smile is it? I thought you’d just stepped on a lego brick.

By: Ben

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:10:51 +0000

It was not supposed to link to the actual pic, just the page.
I hope that was you that added that extra linking goodness, cos I will be confused if I did it.
If it was you, then I am sooooo flattered that I am breaking out one of my rare smiles.

By: Adam

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:07:41 +0000

Presenting possibly the first picture to be included in the comments of The Flowfield Unity.

It’s top stuff, as are many of your photographs. You have a really good eye.