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Random Short Jokes (unexpected)

10 Monday Sep 2018

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[joyriding in stolen Lamborghini]

HER: No way this thing does 150.

ME: Only one way to find out… [pulls over & checks Wikipedia]

One-Liners

01 Wednesday Mar 2017

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Q: Can February March?
A: No. But April May!

Q: Did you hear about the painter who was hospitalized?
A: Reports say it was due to too many strokes!

Q: Have you heard the joke about the butter?
A: I better not tell you, it might spread!

Q: How do you know that carrots are good for your eyesight?
A: Have you ever seen a rabbit wearing glasses?

Q: Music Teacher: What’s your favourite musical instrument?
A: Kid: The lunch bell!

Q: What did the triangle say to the circle?
A: You’re pointless!

Q: What do you call a ghosts mom and dad?
A: Transparents!

Q: What do you call a group of men waiting for a haircut?
A: A Barbercue!

Q: What do you call a person that chops up cereal.
A: A cereal killer!

Q: What do you call a South American girl who is always in a hurry?
A: Urgent Tina!

Q: What do you call two fat people having a chat?
A: A heavy discussion!

Q: What kind of emotions do noses feel?
A: Nostalgia!

Q: What kind of shorts do clouds wear?
A: Thunderwear!

Q: Who cleans the bottom of the ocean?
A: A Mer-Maid!

Q: Why can’t a leopard hide?
A: Because he’s always spotted!

Q: Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long?
A: Because then it would be a foot!

Q: Why did the boy tiptoe past the medicine cabinet?
A: He didn’t want to wake the sleeping pills!

Q: Why did the tomato turn red?
A: It saw the salad dressing!

Q: Why did the tree go to the dentist?
A: To get a root canal!

Q: Why don’t you see giraffes in elementary school?
A: Because they’re all in High School!

Q: Why was the math book sad?
A: Because it had too many problems!

Vape Kit

14 Thursday Jul 2016

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My current vape kit: (loving it)

All purchased from https://www.fasttech.com/

Box Mod

 Asmodus Snow Wolf Mini (now discontinued).

snow-wolf-75w-mini-117

 Tank

Smoktech TFv4

3309401-10

E- Liquid

Hedon’s Bite

hedons-bite-ab329a4be786a5fd8bbb956705f95e67

Samba Sun
samba-sun-e060a88c006105310fa56eab711a490f

 

 

Postfix: Add a catch-all domain

14 Sunday Feb 2016

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Configure postfix to forward all email for a domain to another destination. (#Ubuntu #Trusty)

$>vim /etc/postfix/main.cf
virtual_alias_domains = domain.com example.org
virtual_alias_maps = static:<email@example.org>
#virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
$>service postfix reload

Any email sent to *@domain.com, *@example.org will be redirected to email@example.org, assuming of course that you setup the MX record for domain.com / example.org to be the postfix server.

One risk is that any spam will also get forwarded; this is normally ok, but gmail etc will lower the sending MTA / IP score such that future emails that are not spam will still be treated as spam.

Install nodejs 5.x on Ubuntu 14.04

07 Sunday Feb 2016

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#install nodejs > 5.0
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -qy nodejs
view raw install-nodejs.sh hosted with ❤ by GitHub

Scoring my iPhone rumour round-up

11 Wednesday Nov 2015

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John Gruber (Daring Fireball): iPhone 6s (or whatever it’s called) will have the biggest jump in camera tech ever (perhaps dual-lens based on technology acquired from Linx)

  • Check, camera is now 12MP, records 4K, better low-light performance. Not dual-lens though.

Mark Gurman (9to5Mac): Same exterior (perhaps 0.13mm deeper, which is too small to be noticeable). Updated interior with fewer chips. Rose Gold as an option. Difference is size could be due to inclusion of Force Touch (not sure at all, just reporting feedback and comments on the article itself). Will have faster LTE (updated Qualcomm chip).
-(http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/03/iphone-6s-photos-nfc-storage-chips/)

  • Check, iPhone 6s is a infinitesimal bit larger, has fewer chips, rose-gold option, faster LTE, substantially improved CPU

WSJ: Apple manufacturing a record number of iPhones (90mn). Same sizes.
-(http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-preparing-record-number-of-new-iphones-1436367371)

  • Seems to be holding up, esp. when looking at Apple’s guidance for the holiday quarter.

iPhone (vNext) Rumours

09 Thursday Jul 2015

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John Gruber (Daring Fireball): iPhone 6s (or whatever it’s called) will have the biggest jump in camera tech ever (perhaps dual-lens based on technology acquired from Linx)
-(http://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2014/11/15/ep-100)

Mark Gurman (9to5Mac): Same exterior (perhaps 0.13mm deeper, which is too small to be noticeable). Updated interior with fewer chips. Rose Gold as an option. Difference is size could be due to inclusion of Force Touch (not sure at all, just reporting feedback and comments on the article itself). Will have faster LTE (updated Qualcomm chip).
-(http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/03/iphone-6s-photos-nfc-storage-chips/)

WSJ: Apple manufacturing a record number of iPhones (90mn). Same sizes.
-(http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-preparing-record-number-of-new-iphones-1436367371)

Will have iOS9 (master of the obvious, yours truly).

Funny signs

22 Friday May 2015

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sign over a gynaecologist’s office :
“dr. jones, at ur cervix”


in a podiatrist’s office :
“time wounds all heels”


on a septic tank truck:
yesterday’s meals on wheels


on a plumber’s  truck :
“we repair wat ur husband fixed”


on another plumber’s truck :
“don’t sleep with a drip. call ur plumber.”


on a church’s billboard :
“7 days without god makes one weak”


at a tyre store:
“invite us to ur next blowout”


on an electrician’s truck :
“let us remove ur shorts.”


in a non-smoking area :
“if we see smoke, we will assume u are on fire & take appropriate action.”


on a maternity room door:
“push. push. push.”


at an optometrist’s office :
“if u don’t see wat u’re looking for, u’ve come to the right place.”


on a taxidermist’s window :
“we really know our stuff.”


on a fence :
“salesmen welcome! dog food is expensive!”


at a car dealership :
“the best way to get back on ur feet – miss a car payment.”


outside a car exhaust store :
“no appointment necessary. we hear u coming.”


in a vets waiting room:
“be back in 5 minutes. sit! stay!”


in a restaurant window :
“don’t stand there & be hungry; come on in & get fed up.”


in the front yard of a funeral home :
“drive carefully. we’ll wait.”


and don’t forget the sign at a RADIATOR SHOP :
“best place in town to take a leak.”


Sign on the back of yet another Septic Tank Truck:
“Caution – This Truck is full of Political Promises”

New MacBoook Air – uses cheaper/slower flash (SSD), Is CPU next?

04 Sunday May 2014

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Based on some benchmarks, it looks like the updated mid-2014 MacBook Air’s use slower flash. And they’re about $100 cheaper. Interesting because, Apple in the past, has always been about premium quality at a premium price. This is a substantial change (lower quality / price). Still above broader market averages, but it just feels ‘different’

Copying 6GB of files and folders took 28 seconds on last year’s 11-inch MacBook Air, but took nearly twice as long (54 seconds) on this year’s 11-inch model. With solid-state storage, lower capacity drives are often slower performers, and last year’s 11-inch had the higher capacity 256GB of flash. However, the new 11-inch model was also slower than last year’s 13-inch model with 128GB of flash storage.

Is this tantamount to an admission from Apple that they have a pricing problem in the MacBook range?

SSD replaced, is the CPU next?

If Apple perceives a pricing problem, this gives more credence to my idea that Apple could switch out of $INTC chips from the Air.

It’s clearly no secret that MacBook sales are not growing as fast as expected; sales seem to be stalling. … (4.13M units sold versus 4.07M units in 2Q last year)

Perhaps this is just confirmation bias and I’m reading more than I should Smile

Dear RIM/Blackberry

28 Thursday Jul 2011

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feature request

As someone who loves his BB as much as the next person, as someone who’s been a loyal BB user for as long as he can remember, as someone who doesn’t want to switch to Android/WinMo/iOS (as yet. Still waiting for Scott Adams to finish reviewing ‘mango’)…

Please fix the following:

1) Working Skype client on all networks! Or if that’s just too distasteful, some kind of secure, group capable video chat in BBM. Secure is key!
Android’s got it. Symbian’s go it. WinMo 8 will surely integrate tightly with Skype. iOS has it. Why doesn’t BBOS?

(update: 15-Nov-2012: BBM now supports voice calls; kind of better than Skype, in the sense that’s its really tightly integrated with the phone/os, but also kind of shit, cuz you can only call people on your BBM list. Also it’s only free over WiFi not over BIS/3G data. Feels like ‘too little too late’ but also feels like there’s potential here…)

2) Enable creation of WiFi Hotspots

(update 1: 1-June-2012: BBOS 7.1 supports creation of WiFi Hotspots! Slow as molasses but still, better than nothing. It’s a pity RIM won’t be with us much longer.)

(update 2: 15-Nov-2012: Turns out you need to pull a TTM Tunnel hack to allow the WiFi hotspot to use 3G instead of BIS. Can be done; sucks)

3) Decode VCF cards from Nokia users, recd. by SMS

4) Allow sending contact details via VCF to people who don’t have BB’s / BBM.

5) Enable editing of email when forwarding.

6) Dual Core 1.2GHz+ processor
I love the Bold (original) keyboard, hence no storm/torch for me. Good to see the 9900 has kept the good’ol Bold keyboard. If only the 9900 had a nice dual core so there’d be less of the hourglass….

I’ll sacrifice some battery life. But give me an option. Allow me to turn off one core. Or reduce core frequency on the fly. Kinda like Asus’s Overclocking tools, only  being used for power savings…

Please?

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