Quote of the Day

Sometimes I come across a line in a book (or other, but usually a book… and usually a King) that is funny, moving or just catches my thought exactly.

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Abuser name

:: Monday, Mar 26th 2007 @ 23:08 :: Computer & Gadgets, Quote of the Day ::

Login failed. Most likely you entered your abuser name or your password.

Dear English-speaking reader. (…)

I just don’t have anything to say right now

:: Monday, Aug 21st 2006 @ 19:07 :: Quote of the Day, Web design & Coding ::

I had received the following spam comment which was sort of refreshing after the “Hi Jane! (…)

Why I love PCs

:: Tuesday, Nov 8th 2005 @ 21:53 :: Quote of the Day, Smile of the Day ::

Now, this is why I stick to PCs:

[Ctrl Alt Del]
I recommend reading all of Ctrl+Alt+Del. The comics are wonderfully geeky.

Following instructions

:: Wednesday, Jul 6th 2005 @ 18:13 :: Quote of the Day ::

The instructions above the textarea in the WP forums states
Put code in between `backticks`.
People have hard time understanding and/or following this. (…)

Good advertising?

:: Tuesday, May 3rd 2005 @ 10:56 :: Quote of the Day ::

This morning I heard an ad on the radio for footstep counters:
(…) askelmittari — askeleen edellä tarkkuudessa
“(…) step counter — one step ahead in accuracy”

The dictionary’s an X-Phile

:: Tuesday, Mar 29th 2005 @ 11:30 :: Quote of the Day ::

Lookie what I found! I was trying to figure out if ‘out’ is a preposition or an adverb (still couldn’t decide), and just happened to run into that. Good dictionary, I have to say.

King of brackets and paragraphs

:: Saturday, Nov 20th 2004 @ 21:18 :: Books, Quote of the Day ::

I just love it how Stephen King sometimes refers to himself in his work (my emphasis)
Frank’s niece, Bobbi Anderson, lived on the Garrick place now — not that she farmed, of course; she wrote books. (…)

Hannibal the Cannibal sitting in a plane

:: Saturday, Oct 16th 2004 @ 21:20 :: Quote of the Day ::

The small boy sniffs the air. His narrow eyes, shiny as those of a rodent, slide sideways to Dr. Lecter’s lunch. He speaks with the piercing voice of a competitive sibling:
“Hey, Mister. (…)

The sound loonies must hear

:: Wednesday, Sep 15th 2004 @ 20:21 :: Quote of the Day, Tweaks, Word of the Day ::

Quote of the Day
(…) the first mosquito of the new season buzzes blood-thirstily past your ear with that eye-watering hum that always makes you think it’s the sound loonies must hear just before they kill all their kids or close their eyes on the Interstate and put the gas pedal to the floor or tighten their toe on the trigger of the .30-.30 they just jammed into their quackers (…)
— ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Word of the Day: Discombobulate — to cause to be unclear in mind or intent; confuse
On the search page I added the list of categories a post belongs to. (…)

Natasha Bedingfield — Single

:: Sunday, Sep 12th 2004 @ 2:23 :: Quote of the Day ::

I couldn’t NOT post these lyrics. I heard this song just earlier today (read: yesterday) and it just fits so perfectly. (…)

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