Been there, done that

Day 298: They trust me

https://gph.is/2JBLrPo

In 2004, when being asked how and why he could obtain that many emails, addresses and photos of Facebook users, 19-year-old Mark replied: “I don’t know why. They trust me. Dumb fucks.” (more…)

Day 283: The Most Productive Way to Spend Time on the Internet

My answer on Quora for a popular question: “What are the most productive ways to spend time on the Internet?”

It’s a popular question indeed, as it attracted more than a hundred answers, many of them are long and carefully prepared, and there is even a “wiki-like” section to summarize the answers. However, until today it still strikes me that the wiki section is actually a list of “helpful”…

Day 268: Ladakh, this is where I long to be

F*ck! Five minutes of pure eyegasm. I almost cried and just want to dive right in…

I don’t really remember the last time I held my breath, skipped a heartbeat, and had goosebumps running all over my arms just by looking at something on laptop screen, like this time.

I’m sure that if I’m there, in the middle of all those mountains and skies and water, I’ll only be either screaming, or speechless.…

Day 108: While your lips are still red

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Day 104: Sometimes it hurts instead

“I’ll remember you said Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead”

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Day 226: October and April

This fatal love was like poison right from the start…

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Day 225: Rome, then and now

And they tell me to image this from that.

These two images are from the souvenir book “Rome, then and now”. So you can see, while visiting Rome, sometimes vivid imagination is required. Too bad I’m not that imaginative. (more…)

Day 187: George Orwell’s take on “political language” of English

“(…) PRETENTIOUS DICTION.

Words like phenomenon, element, individual (as noun), objective, categorical, effective, virtual, basic, primary, promote, constitute, exhibit, exploit, utilize, eliminate, liquidate, are used to dress up a simple statement and give an air of scientific impartiality to biased judgements.

Adjectives like epoch-making, epic, historic, unforgettable, triumphant, age-old,…

Day 159: History of Art, explained by the avant-garde fly-killer

Avant-garde av·ant-garde /ˌævɔŋ ˈgɑːd US ˌævɑːŋ ˈgɑːrd/ adj

[Date: 1900-2000; Language: French; Origin: ‘vanguard’] avant-garde music, literature etc is extremely modern and often seems strange or slightly shocking an avant-garde play the avant-garde the group of artists, writers etc who produce avant-garde books, paintings etc a member of the avant-garde

(from French, “advance guard”…

Day 157: My short love affair with Atom editor

From my Answer on Quora.

Joe Duarte gave a wonderful answer! It’s August 2017 now (a year later) and your answer is still perfectly up to date. I really really wanted to love Atom and wanted to give it a try, as they did a good job in introducing the editor. I tried both Visual Studio Code and Atom and had to say good bye to Atom after 15 minutes. While VS Code is still no where as lightning fast…

Day 156: How Google assistant phone call actually went

“- Tell Lisa to go fuck herself” “- Great, thanks!”

Hahaha, to my experience playing with Google Assistant on my Android, this one is pretty much more like it, rather than the original one at Google I/O 2018. (more…)

Day 155: Oscar Wilde’s quotes on marriage

Ouch, five eye-opening quotes at a time by Oscar Wilde.

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

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Day 152: Too much heaven

“Nobody gets too much love anymore It’s as high as a mountain And harder to climb

Nobody gets too much love anymore It’s as high as a mountain And harder to climb…”

I can’t stand falsetto voice in general, but there’s nothing quite like hearing them gracefully singing high-pitched notes, especially Barry’s pure, soothing and mellow…

Day 107: Advertising and bullshit

  Last year I read an article by Mark Manson: “How Your Insecurity Is Bought and Sold“. Beautifully written article. I loved it and reread it again several times. “This is all Marketing 101 today. When I first studied marketing when I started my first business, I was told to find people’s “pain points” and then subtly make them feel…