Junk post

After much consultation with Des, and by consultation I mean listening to him complain about the missed opportunity that is my blog, I've decided to up the signal-to-noise ratio a bit here. But first, I'm going to hit a big three-bar solo of noise.

There goes my endurance

So, I quit caffeine. I did it cold turkey. I lasted quite a long time, though I did stumble a bit; I drank maybe eight cups of tea and two cups of coffee during that month and a half. I started to think I was safe.

Then this happened:

A photo of the Starbucks store on College Green

Starbucks have opened a store on College Green, one of the busiest places in Dublin and right around the corner from my bus-stop. I drank two large caramel macchiatos today, and they were good, but I think we can wave goodbye any notion that I'll be staying off the juice.

It's in the eyes boss

I am, unfortunately, quite self-concious about my physical appearance, but after seeing two photos today I am convinced that my glasses need to go. They make my eyes appear smaller than they actually are, which has a surprisingly large effect on the image I project.

Compare and contrast the images projected by the two photos below.

Two photos of me. The first makes me appear like a ponce, and the second makes me look like a psychopath

Mad Choons

I've been listening to a lot of The Cinematic Orchestra, Sigur Rós and The Mars Volta recently. I'd recommend checking their music out... it's great stuff. Get listening.

And now for something completely different

Dead whale plus one ton of TNT equals hilarity.

Comments

Dave Cahill:

Well, at least you're honest about it. Dodgy s/n is onnly really a problem when folks don't realise they're doing it.
As always, I'll contribute a few less noisy links;

http://www.onr.navy.mil/media/gallery_category.asp?Cat=human
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/simple-tricks-usable-forms
http://www.schoolnet.na/
http://www.ulb.ac.be/polytech/sln/team/dhaumont/cpgeurographics.html

Incidentally, Dunnes in Maynooth have 33% large jars of Carte Noir coffee at the moment, save about 2.50 on 'em.

Posted at November 27, 2005 12:47 AM

David Barrett:

Instant coffee is muck. I reckon I'll have a good shot of staying off that stuff.

Posted at November 27, 2005 02:21 AM

Conall:

Hey Dave,

Mate, that whale v's TNT link made my day!
We all know Starbucks coffee is good for you. Give in to it's greatness, don't fight it! Oh, by the way, I found a starbucks about 200 metres from my room in halls! That night when we went looking for one (about 4 miles in thewrong direction) now makes me laugh!

Hey Des,

I wonder what would happen if dave "accidently" stirred QuikClot (from your first link) into his coffee instead of brown sugar?

Dave, you game?

Con

Posted at December 3, 2005 01:44 PM