Month: November 2010

Day in brief

  • TGIF! :) #
  • Feeling a bit adventurous: reading Symfony framework documentation. Contemplating the idea of using it instead of CakePHP for new project. #
  • I'll have to stick to CakePHP. Symfony has plenty of candy, but I won't manage the learning curve within the project deadlines. Next time. #
  • Shared: Biometric passports here at last http://bit.ly/dwjLRk #
  • I favorited a YouTube video — K-PAX — Every being in the Universe http://youtu.be/_U-tmgC0GYs?a #
  • Here we go! Yet another week is over. Switching to the weekend survival mode… #
  • At K-Cineplex. Going to watch Unstoppable. Hope for some action. #

Every being in the Universe knows right from wrong

Here is one of my favorite movie moments and quotes ever.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U-tmgC0GYs]

The movie is called “K-PAX“. Lead roles are played by Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey. The rest of the movie is as good as the above snippet.

Just when you thought your tax money were spent wisely

Cyprus Mail reports:

BY A close vote, parliament last night passed a law on combating terrorism and defining a terrorist organization.

The bill passed with 22 votes in favour from DISY, DIKO and European Party deputies, while 19 MPs from AKEL and socialists EDEK voted against. The Greens abstained.

The law specifies what constitutes a terrorist group according to the definition and list of terrorist organisations compiled by the European Council. It also stipulates terrorist offences and subsequent penalties.

It defines a terrorist group as “a group of two or more persons which has been established and operates for a specific amount of time with the purpose of committing terrorist acts.”

I just can’t help the mental picture of the heated arguments over the definition.

  • “It’s not the group of two or more! It’s a group of more than one!”
  • “Period of time, not the amount!”
  • “Now let’s vote on the purpose versus goal”
  • “Is it terrorist acts or acts of terrorism?”

And so on and so forth…

Day in brief

  • I love the smell of filtered coffee in the morning. #
  • Shared: The art of the animated gif http://bit.ly/duelzN #
  • How often do you get to see naked hardware these days? http://twitpic.com/35tmtv #
  • Bookmarked: Notifications in Fedora 14 http://bit.ly/bhlj1p #
  • I love our new Internet connection in the office. Torrent DVD download takes less than 10 minutes. That's 21st century in my book. #