All the random and geeky stuff I like to share on Internet, plus some irrelevant and non-PC stuff. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer’s view in any way. Contact me | Ask me anythingTumblr (3.0; @olive42)http://tumblr.tharan.org/<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://tumblr.tharan.org/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/1020626471/tumblr_l7tnlbhAb01qz5pp1&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Walter Murphy - Flight ‘76. Has been looping since yesterday. The kind of soul / funk / blaxploitation style that I enjoy…</p> <p>Oh and he’s the guy who wrote the music for Family Guy. </p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/1020626471http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/1020626471Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:36:00 +0200musicsoul<a href="http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000749.html">Lauren Weinstein's Blog: Google, Verizon, and Getting Real</a>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/1018988952http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/1018988952Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:24:45 +0200<a href="http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/1509/what-is-the-longest-word-you-can-come-up-with-that-the-letters-are-all-in-alphabe">What is the longest word you can come up with that the letters are all in alphabetical order? - English Language and Usage - Stack Exchange</a>: <p>I knew someone would come up with a program to answer that.</p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/1018988957http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/1018988957Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:24:45 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7m1mygExp1qz5pp1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Aubrac beer is a really awful beer to drink. Even worse to puke.</p> <p>In Aubrac you have some of the best cows in France. these guys should just refrain from making beer :-)</p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/998329947http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/998329947Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:59:27 +0200beer<a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xe4nih_paris-vu-du-ciel-de-yann-arthus-ber_news">Dailymotion - Paris vu du Ciel de Yann Arthus-Bertrand - une vidéo Actu et Politique</a>: <p><blockquote>Shared by olive <br/> This video sums up what I like about Paris — but there’s so much more at street level! I have the pleasure to live here. JUST WATCH THE VIDEO OK?</blockquote> Voir Paris d’en haut, vous en…</p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/989367079http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/989367079Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:12:20 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7d4v69uXV1qzptwgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bestrooftalkever.com/post/973399556/have-you-ever-walked-around-in-lower-manhattan-and" target="_blank">bestrooftalkever</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Have you ever walked around in Lower Manhattan and noticed a trail of paint on the sidewalk?</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7d60bhzRS1qzpkqf.png"/></p> <p>About 3 years ago, one of my friends in school decided to follow the trail around and noticed that the trail produced the image that you see above; a strange-looking rendering of what appeared to be the word “momo.” MOMO, we found out, was the name of an artist that used to be based in NYC, and sure enough, the one responsible for tagging his name across the width of Manhattan.</p> <p>After requesting a meetup, MOMO told my friend that he accomplished this task by fixing 5 gallon paint buckets to the back of his bike, poking a hole in the bottom of the containers, and riding though the West Village, SoHo, Greenwich Village, East Village, and Alphabet City. Momo made the tag in 2006. Some parts of the line have been covered up by roadwork and redone sidewalks but most of the line is still visible.</p> <p>To me, the interesting thing about the line is how both similar and different it is to regular graffiti. Essentially, most graffiti writers enjoy seeing their name on things. The bigger they can paint it and the more visible their tag is, the more people will notice their conquering of the city. MOMO created the largest tag in New York, yet the scale of his work here, so massive that it can’t all be viewed at once, means that thousands of people will walk on it each day and never even notice it. It’s simultaneously the biggest and smallest artistic statement I have seen in my time here.</p> <p>MOMO made a video about the line which you can see <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9adBLJvMIc" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>If you ever walk over it, now you’ll know what you’re looking at.</p> </blockquote>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/975984353http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/975984353Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:23:31 +0200<a href="http://maximedonzel.yagg.com/2010/08/13/tas-vu-le-chien-qui-plonge-mal/">T’as vu le chien qui plonge mal?</a>: <p><a href="http://maximedonzel.yagg.com/files/2010/08/chien-plonge.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://maximedonzel.yagg.com/files/2010/08/chien-plonge-300x210.jpg" alt="" title="chien-plonge" width="300" height="210"/></a></p> <p>C’est à dire que c’est rassurant de se dire que quelque part, il y a un chien qui a l’air encore plus con que toi quand tu plonges. </p> <p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/glii-kazad8?fs=1" width="500" height="306" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></p> <p>via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/r2002" target="_blank">r2002</a></p> <p><a href="http://maximedonzel.yagg.com?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1383&width=250&height=300" title="Signaler ce post" target="_blank">Signaler ce Post</a></p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/947718096http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/947718096Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:39:08 +0200<a href="http://www.thecomputershow.com/computershow/walkthroughs/rivenwalk.htm">Riven Walkthrough</a>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/932173450http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/932173450Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:57:08 +0200<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3cGfrExozQ">YouTube - Morgan freeman solves the race problem.</a>: <p><embed width="400px" height="326px" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I3cGfrExozQ&fs=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/927273719http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/927273719Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:50:21 +0200<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6vyw5h6Hn1qz5pp1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Bryggeri" target="_blank">Arctic beer</a> - pretty much the only beer I had during 2 weeks of vacation. It is not cheap either and capped at 4.7% ABV since Norway policy is really tight-ass on alcohol, but that does not prevent them from having a lot of alcoholics.</p> <p>You can find out more information at <a title="Alcohol policy in Norway" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinmonopolet" target="_blank"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinmonopolet" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinmonopolet</a></a>.</p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/926965767http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/926965767Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:02:00 +0200norwayarcticbeer<a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/08/04/an-andy-rooney-moment-on-restaurant-websites">An Andy Rooney Moment™: On Restaurant Websites | Slog | The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper</a>: <p>Slog, featuring Dan Savage, is Seattle’s most popular News & Culture Blog. Seattle News, Politics, and Arts Blog. The Stranger covers local & national news, politics, restaurants, bars, music, movies…</p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/908386200http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/908386200Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:30:46 +0200<a href="http://travors.com/post/895926193/an-irishman-walks-into-a-bar-in-dublin-orders">Travors.com: An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness...</a>: <blockquote> <p>An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn.<br/><br/> When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.<br/><br/> The bartender asks him, “You know, a pint goes flat after I draw it; it would…</p> </blockquote>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/903140193http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/903140193Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:51:25 +0200<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/haveyouseenthis/~3/rzslqVaC9ZY/what-its-really-like-to-work-in-music_02.html">what its really like to work in a music store</a>: <p><blockquote>Shared by olive <br/> Sounds awesome!</blockquote> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%">This guy works in a music store and had a lot of people tell him how awesome it was to work there. He decided to show how it really is. Get ready for some tragic…</span></p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/902778963http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/902778963Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:40:15 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6mnwe3Tqe1qz5pp1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>GPOYW - fully-haired edition. Now I know I can’t keep a moustache.</p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/902742532http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/902742532Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:26:38 +0200gpoyw<p>The tag #agoodrelationship is trending. Guess Tumblr people have discovered Twitter.</p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/820018058http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/820018058Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:58:00 +0200agoodrelationship<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/calamitiesofnature/~3/k-etCVbeAaQ/">July 16, 2010 - Yo Mama Jokes: Physics Edition</a>: <p><a href="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/images/logo_small.jpg" border="0"/></a> <br/><a href="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/" target="_blank">Home</a> | <a href="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/about/" target="_blank">About</a> | <a href="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/" target="_blank">Archive</a> | <a href="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/random/" target="_blank">Random</a> | <a href="http://www.spiffystudios.com/" target="_blank">Store</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/tpiro" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="mailto:calamitiesofnature@gmail.com" target="_blank">Contact</a> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=401" target="_blank"><img src="http://calamitiesofnature.com/archive/401.jpg"/></a> <br/><a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=401&title=Yo%20Mama%20Jokes:%20Physics%20Edition" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/images/social_stumbleupon.ico" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=401&title=Yo%20Mama%20Jokes:%20Physics%20Edition" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/images/social_digg.ico" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://reddit.com/r/comics/submit?&url=http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=401&title=Yo%20Mama%20Jokes:%20Physics%20Edition" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/images/social_reddit.ico" border="0" width="16" height="16"/></a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=401&title=Yo%20Mama%20Jokes:%20Physics%20Edition" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/images/social_delicious.ico" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=401" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/images/twitter.jpg" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=401&title=Yo%20Mama%20Jokes:%20Physics%20Edition" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/images/social_facebook.ico" border="0"/></a> - <a href="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/steal.php?c=401" target="_blank">Steal this comic</a> - <a href="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/originalart.php?c=401" target="_blank">Buy original art</a> - <a href="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/print.php?c=401" target="_blank">Buy a print</a> - <a href="http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=401#idc-container" target="_blank">Comment</a> <br/><br/></p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/819521879http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/819521879Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:12:29 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5m2niTJM91qz5pp1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/816011988http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/816011988Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:13:38 +0200beer<a href="http://geckobeach.com/cellular/secrets/gsmcodes.php">GSM Feature Codes</a>: <p>If you own a GSM phone then there are several codes that can be entered to tell the network how to handle incoming calls and more. These codes are not really considered secrets, but they are poorly…</p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/802795538http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/802795538Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:56:17 +0200<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DilbertDailyStrip/~3/rwkwH4LjByU/">Comic for July 11, 2010</a>: <img src="http://dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/000000/90000/3000/900/93951/93951.strip.print.gif" border="0"/><p><iframe src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~ah/f/bda66t01h6cudmiae15knqhj18/468/60#http%3A%2F%2Fdilbert.com%2Fstrips%2Fcomic%2F2010-07-11%2F" width="100%" height="60" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"></iframe></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DilbertDailyStrip/~4/rwkwH4LjByU" height="1" width="1"/>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/797482493http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/797482493Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:06:10 +0200<a href="http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/strip.aspx?id=b3b5af52-ff1c-47c0-8e85-c68784da3b2c">July 11, 2010</a>: <p><img src="http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/striphandler.ashx?stripid=b3b5af52-ff1c-47c0-8e85-c68784da3b2c" style="width:666px;height:230px"/></p>http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/797482487http://tumblr.tharan.org/post/797482487Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:06:10 +0200