Bemused. Geek. NZ.

joehillsthrills:

I was feeling a little blue and I was looking for something on the internet to cheer me up and Warren Ellis has a post on his tumblr pointing to a website, I Write Like, so I thought, oh, hey, why not? Warren got David Foster Wallace; I was thinking, huh, maybe it’ll tell me I write like John Steinbeck! Hell, maybe David Mitchell!!!

Sigh. Going to bed now.

PS - It’s funny. I admit it. Even I think it’s funny.

Interesting. The latest chapter of Magic, as Opposed to Magic is written like someone called J.K. Rowling; the next chapter of The Wasteland Affair is either Johnathan Swift (current draft) or Dan Brown (previous), and the first chapter of same reads like Chuck Palahniuk. And a chapter out of Shetlander reads like Tolkien.

Just a cute little toy, even though I’ve never read Palahniuk or Doorstop Brown.

Every time I apply for a job.

Almost everyone in the world watches television, and millions of people are involved in television production, and yet there is not a single show on TV that accurately depicts real life. This will doom you to a life of shattered expectations as you have already spent about 30% of your existence watching sitcoms.

Winston Rowntree

Worlds biggest cave in Vietnam. It comes with its own forest.

black-megallica-shirt:

This is not YYH related, but I just felt like you guys need to be aware.

I received a call today from a blocked number, who claimed they were from Windows Security Center. The person on the phone - who had a very heavy accent - said that they had noticed that my computer had been downloading malicious content while I was browsing the internet _{(which how could they even fucking know in the first place)}. He then asked me to turn on my computer _{(which it already was, but that’s besides the point)} and told me to click and hold the Windows key and the ‘R; key, which opens up the Run window. He then wanted me to enter the following: eventvwr (this stands for “event viewer” which lets you see info about hard/software, system problems, and security on your OS).

This is where I hung up.

Because, you see, what this asshole didn’t know is that my dad is and IT guy, so I know a few tricks. What he was trying to do was gain remote access to my computer, but do I look like a bitch? _{Don’t answer that.}

Unfortunately, some people are - that’s why I’m making this post, so you don’t end up being anybody’s bitch. And it’s not like these assholes just sprang up yesterday; according to my extensive Google research _{(it wasn’t that extensive, I just like being dramatic)} they’ve been around at least since 2009.

If you want to know what they sound like, click here for a YouTube video of an actual phone conversation between some dude and a would-be hacker (there is profanity).

Microsoft has confirmed that they are a hacker group, and have some preventative tips, though really - it’s 2013, y’all should already know. If you have been scammed or know someone who’s been scammed by these douche bags, click here or here.

Signal boost, or don’t. Don’t let me run your life; I just felt you should be aware.

cyborgorgy:

I do not know the photographer for this so I cannot give him/her credit. 

This is Aila, from Germany.

Robots are usually males or genderless machines, so it’s pretty interesting when researchers come up with a robot that resembles a human female. Well, the folks over at the Robotics Innovation Center at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and the Robotics Group at the University of Bremen recently came up with a robot with a female form named AILA… No reason was given to why AILA was designed to resemble a female, but I guess it will provide some diversity to the all-male crew on future space exploration missions.

imprecise:

Pascal Petit

Just look at the colours in this geode. Just look at them.

Daddy drank his special juice before we went.

We went very fast.

We went so fast, we hit a big truck.

And the evil clown drank our blood as we cried.

The End.

Just watch this kittehbox on a skateboard.

Just watch it.