http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com The adventures of Paul Robinson Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:16:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The best EBay auction of the year: You are bidding on a rare chance to traumatize a treasured friend or relative with baffling, mind-numbing, mystery correspondence from abroad. Here is the arrangement: I will be spending the Christmas holiday in Poland in a tiny village that has one church with no bell because ... http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/12/18/auctioned-insanity-on-ebay/ glumbert - Bad Day at the OfficeShare This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/12/18/bad-day-at-the-office/ Someone has been driving up to women in Japan and spitting coffee at them! Fortunately he was just arrested. Japan..... a fascinating mystery to me still.Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/12/11/japanese-coffee-spitter/ Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/12/07/code-monkey-dance/ All outdoor advertising has been banned in Sao Paulo (and storefront signage has been severely limited) as seen in this great Flickr set by Tony de Marco. What do you think? Is a city more beautiful and vibrant without signs? Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/11/17/sao-paulo-ban-on-billboards/ Great idea: The rules are simple: I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can. You'd think he would be able to run further in 2 seconds as time progressed, however.Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/11/10/running-from-camera/ Essential for online dating: Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/11/04/self-portrait-arm/ Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/10/28/the-day-the-routers-died/ Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/10/20/what-really-happened-to-that-life-size-x-wing-fighter/ If I lived in Japan, I would just watch tv all day long: Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/10/20/japanese-tv/ How come I never knew you could hear the Wilhelm scream in all the Star Wars and Raiders movies? Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/10/19/the-wilhelm-scream/ I'm fairly certain I need one of these: Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/09/12/jawbone-bluetooth-headset/ Did you know that these two commands are equivalent in bash? $ cp filename filename-old $ cp filename{,-old} Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/26/bash-copy-fun/ Via SwissMiss Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/23/every-morning-i-am-tempted-to-go-right/ Hmmm - I had a dream last night that Paul Stamatiou published a book and I was holding a brand new copy. Way too much time with NetNewsWire I think... Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/18/paul-stamatiou-dreaming/ The man himself on the Intel sticker "controversy": Of course none of the Web “journalists” bothered to call and ask me, but my question had nothing to do with Apple or its computer design and all to do with a story I’m working on about the future of the long-running “Intel ... http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/12/okeefe-responds/ Ralph Johnson: The thing that is going to make Erlang big is that it is the only mature language with a rock-solid implementation and good set of libraries that lets you write software that can scale seamlessly from a single processor system to a hundred processor system. In a few ... http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/08/why-you-should-care-about-erlang/ Paul Graham on Stuff: A friend of mine cured herself of a clothes buying habit by asking herself before she bought anything "Am I going to wear this all the time?" If she couldn't convince herself that something she was thinking of buying would become one of those few things she ... http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/06/stuff-paul-graham/ 01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning. 02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall. 03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all ... http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/05/10-reasons-why-gay-marriage-should-be-illegal/ Wil Schroter: Try replacing the world "strategy" with "I'm about to get fired." Here is how your new title now reads "Senior Vice President of I'm About to Get Fired". Boy, that might not even fit on your new business card, but it won't matter, because you won't be around long ... http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/05/does-your-new-title-mean-you-just-got-fired/ Fabjectory will make you a real-life 3d version of your Mii!!! Get out. Must...have....one.... Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/04/your-own-mii-statue/ Whoo hooo - davidpaulrobinson.com is ranked #1 by Technorati! Think this might be a mistake? Seems all blogs are #1 today - hurry over and get your own screen shot. Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/04/technorati-1/ All site interruption messages should be this pleasant and soothing: Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/04/site-down-message-done-right/ You can make this door knob retract from the inside. Do Not Disturb indeed! Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/04/disappearing-door-knob/ The walkscore where I live is 95. That's what I'm talking about! Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/01/walkscore/ Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/01/wheres-molly-trailer/ FitFlops are all the rage but the claims of extra muscle toning and fitness from wearing FitFlops are outrageous: Developed by British biochemists, FitFlops are supposed to destabilize your foot as you walk, creating continuous tension in your foot and leg muscles, also leading to a faster walk that burns more ... http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/08/01/fitflop/ Me as a Simpsons character. Make one of you Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/31/simpsonize-yourself/ Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/29/pearson-college-20-year-reunion/ Check out the Faceball Beginners Guide and watch the video, then begin a Faceball league in your own office. Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/26/faceball-guide/ Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/25/merlin-mann-inbox-zero/ RixStep on all the files that AppZapper misses.Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/23/appzapper-misses/ Mark gets a bad Potter Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/23/potter-misprint/ How to distinguish Helvetica from Arial Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/23/helvetica-vs-arial/ I was smiling from beginning to end watching Hairspray. Most fun at the movies all year. P.S. Run out and buy the soundtrack too.Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/23/hairspray-movie-review/ Amen: Really, interviews are little more than a thinly disguised popularity contest. Who would the interviewers most want to spend time with? If a workplace can actually admit that’s their hiring process and it’s done right, this is actually a pretty good way to recruit people. After all, ... http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/23/the-truth-about-interviews/ I'm struggling to find a Mac IRC client that I actually like. Right now I'm playing with Linkinus which seems to have some potential. One thing I dont like about all IRC clients is that by default they display all the joined/left notifications when people come in and out of ... http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/21/linkinus-trial/ Understand your partner's true nature by watching how they sleep. Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/18/what-your-sleep-position-says-about-you/ Nice ad campaign tho. Grab the wallpaper. Share This http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/17/even-gay-rugby-isnt-that-gay/ Ewwww: Czislowski was playing for Brisbane team Wynnum during the April 1 incident involving Tweed Heads forward Matt Austin. He had a head wound stitched up afterward, the Australian Associated Press reported Tuesday. Czislowski later suffered an eye infection and complained of lethargy and shooting pains in his head. Then last week, his ... http://www.davidpaulrobinson.com/2007/07/17/see-i-told-you-my-head-hurt/