My new pocket knife :)
I couldn’t find an immediate use for my new Swiss army knife, so I bought a bottle of wine as an excuse to use the cork opener 🙂
John Lennon quote
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life
Quitting cola
Public announcement: Due to my unhealthy cola drinking habits, I am quitting drinking cola for three months. Exceptions to this rule are: If there is nothing else to drink If someone (in person) tells me I’m allowed some (need new permission per serving). If a caffeine free cola is available I must choose that one. […]
MitoQ mesylate
Well this was a surprise. It’s not often you see a drug advertised on Facebook and realise that you are partly responsible for it! The chemical used in this “supplement” is MitoQ mesylate. I was the first one to synthesise it in the mesylate form back in 2004 🙂
Beef strokin’ off
Protein bars
Design
https://plus.google.com/+MaxLeuth%C3%A4user/posts/7MCzn1KbcyK “Good design is as little design as possible.” – some German motherfucker
Encryption is key
Words to live by. pic.twitter.com/scUj5zR9Gb — Kevin Bankston (@KevinBankston) April 13, 2015 Dance like no one’s watching. Encrypt live everyone is.
Gabel
Context: Betahaus cafe intercom system was calling out (in English) when meals are ready. All I could hear was “chicken garble garble bla bla”, so I strolled on up to let them know it was inaudible. Me: “All I can hear is garble” Cook: “Gabel? Hier ist eine Gabel!” Me: “No, GARBLE, I can’t hear […]
The ugliest UI
Comic app in development …
Flying cow
Some people fly across the ocean. But sometimes, so do cows!
Islamic flag burning
It’s not often you stumble across a web page explaining how to burn an Islamic flag, and then find your name listed at the footer of the page. This happened to me this evening … http://beirutspring.com/blog/2014/08/30/how-to-burn-islamic-flags-without-upsetting-muslims/
Drunk Google
Go home Google, you are drunk. I viewed the page https://www.google.com/work/search/products/gss.html and got the German language. I couldn’t read some of it, so I changed to a UK based IP and the page wouldn’t load. So I tried a USA based IP and I got the following. Basing languages off of geolocation is mind numbingly […]
Snow in Berlin
One day the streets and dry and bare. Next day …
The Dear Leader’s mouse
So it turns out that the Dear Leader Kim Jong Un uses exactly the same model of roller ball mouse as I do.
Canada mode
In Canada, we must be polite.
G’day!
Egads, this is what happens in Australian mode!
IFTTT dot kiwi bug
EDIT: The kind folks over at IFTTT fixed it for me 🙂 The folks over at IFTTT.com have a bug. I can no longer use my domain with it since I changed to hellyer.kiwi 🙁 Hopefully they’ll get it fixed soon 🙂
Google awesomeness
Sometimes Google outdoes itself with it’s shear awesomeness. I didn’t even need to click a link to get my answer.
Frozen Karpfenteich
I took these at a small lake a few kilometers from my apartment this evening. Not enough to skate on, but it looks promising if we get a few more frosty evenings.
This is where I was yesterday
My foot
This is the price you pay for getting some exercise at the weekend! I managed to do this whilst walking for 27 km during a hiking trip just outside of Berlin.
Hocus pocus solution
I can prove that hocus pocus scammy herbs sold by some dude making a profit in his shop works. Next time you have a cold, just walk into the herb shop, buy ANYTHING (the shit they sell is this good), then go home, follow the instructions on the label, and wait two weeks. I can […]
My manly slippers
My tootsies were getting cold during the evenings, so I decided to buy some slippers to keep them warm. I decided to get some manly looking ones to impress the ladies. They’re super awesome and super warm 🙂
Nom nom nom
YouTube’s selling videos?
Since when has YouTube been selling movies? Is this news, or did I just stumble across something new? EDIT: I tried buying a movie, but it doesn’t seem to accept any of my normal methods of payment (various Visa cards). So I’m guessing this is some sort of malfunctioning test that YouTube is running.
Home made protein balls
I decided to make homemade protein bars this evening. I mixed up some rolled oats, dried cranberries, vanilla flavoured whey protein and chopped almonds. Then I got some peanuts which i turned into peanut butter and mixed that up with chocolate, honey, almond milk and some apple sauce which I nuked on high for 45 […]
Don’t shop whilst hungry
I was hungry whilst shopping on Amazon.de. A week later, 3.5 kg of peanuts arrive on my doorstep.
WTF Berlin?
One minute it’s sunny, nekminit …
Berlin Mauerweg
I decided it was a good idea to cycle the entire length of the Berlin Wall (Berlin Mauerweg). 160 km’s later, and I feel a tad wrecked, but it was definitely worth the effort 🙂
Random JavaScript question
Solved! Special thanks to @Japh and John Blackbourne for figuring out where I went wrong 🙂 I’m trying to abstract some strings from a JavaScript file, but I can’t get it to work. I’m hoping some kind soul somewhere out there on the interwebz can tell me what stupidly obvious thing I am missing. The […]
Laterjet procedure
Almost three years on, and my shoulder feels great. My left arm will never have a full range of movement, but it is at least stable.
WordPress.com posting
I’m confused as to what the benefit is in having two places to do the same thing is. Why does clicking here: Lead to here: Whereas clicking here: Leads to here.
Evie on WordPress
Flying turtle
Fat Ryan after running 6 km
I’m fat and out of shape. This is what I end up looking like when I attempt to get rid of the lard by doing an evening run.
Time to lose the fat!
I realised on Saturday that I am officially a fatty! That gut isn’t being poked out in this photo, that’s just what it looks like when I’m standing.
The gods
Those gods you name, are mere false idols. The real gods will strike down thee with furious vengeance and anger. Thy kingdom come; Thy pasta will be done; as it is at Dominoes. Amen.
Ruined business model
In reference to my business being ruined: I had a business which was obliterated by WordPress including it’s functionality in core (it was menus). My plugin became mostly irrelevant overnight, as the implementation in core was much better than I had in my own plugin. I saw that as more of a failing on my […]
New Google Maps “Digital Timeline”
Comment by yours truly: I think this will be very fascinating in 40 years time. It will be fascinating to look back on where I currently live, even if it is bulldozed and upgraded in the in the mean time. It could be particularly fascinating to look back on your neighbourhood from when you were […]
Afternoon at Scheissmeile
Skating at Tempelhof
Awesome time was had skating at Tempelhof airport in Berlin today 🙂
Ze wabbit
Go home Facebook, you’re drunk
Wisdom from Kermit
We take cash!
In Germany, it is extremely rare for shops to take cards. In New Zealand, the shops need to emphasise that they do indeed take cash in case people assume they don’t.
SmartSpy RC aircraft
Some of you may have heard that I bought a new Radio Control aircraft the other day. It came with an onboard video camera and even included an SD card. As far as I was aware, this aircraft was “made in Germany”. My German skills must be worse than I thought, as I can’t understand […]
Penis picture taken in our hallway
My new apartment has some stunning artwork on the walls. This particular master piece was created by a former tenant and improved upon by my lovely new Russian flatmate 🙂
Familiarity
This feels oddly familiar 😛
A cow
