Category Archives: Asides

Snippets ‘n stuff…

Change is good: at times it’s the only constant in my life…

Posted on Tuesday, 5th April 2011 by eroux | Leave a comment

I have always wondered: should we consider caffeine to be a “performance enhancing drug” (which it most certainly is) or a “nutritional supplement” (since most of us would be “dead on our feet” without it)? These kinds of thoughts keep … Continue reading →

Posted on Wednesday, 23rd March 2011 by eroux | Leave a comment

For something which is supposed to aid open and universal access, OpenID might be the most Byzantine system I’ve encountered since Kerberos…

Posted on Thursday, 10th February 2011 by eroux | Leave a comment

Ar, me hearties; and shiver me timbers! It’s “International Talk like a Pirate Day“! So best ye get at it or I’ll have ye walk the plank!

Posted on Sunday, 19th September 2010 by eroux | Leave a comment

Strange how life works: time after time I find that messages or missives I had originally intended for other people ended up, years later, becoming notes to myself… I’m either very wise or the universe has a very wicked sense … Continue reading →

Posted on Saturday, 21st August 2010 by eroux | Leave a comment

Had an idle thought (to be frank, I think I seldom have any other) in the gym yesterday evening: Some of us might have been put on earth to lead as an example, but most of us, I believe, have … Continue reading →

Posted on Wednesday, 18th August 2010 by eroux | Leave a comment

While it has been said, at least somewhat truthfully, that I am easily amused, I must admit to being rather amused that while my Blog renders quite fine on Classilla in my emulated — near pre-historic — MacOS 9 environment, … Continue reading →

Posted on Tuesday, 17th August 2010 by eroux | Leave a comment

Just when you’re ready to start losing faith in humanity, something good… Nay great! happens…

Posted on Sunday, 22nd November 2009 by eroux | Leave a comment

This sounds eerily familiar: Why Delhi’s Buses Are So Deadly: An Economic Analysis… Sounds much like the life of the average Taxi Driver in Josi, doesn’t it?

Posted on Wednesday, 9th September 2009 by eroux | 2 Comments

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the reason why Pixar is one of the good guys.

Posted on Friday, 19th June 2009 by eroux | Leave a comment

Palm Pré… WANT!

Posted on Sunday, 11th January 2009 by eroux | Leave a comment

Hmm… So it’s fine to kill off all Christians in a cathedral, but just dare sing some Muslim words… This world really pisses me off at times…

Posted on Monday, 20th October 2008 by eroux | 2 Comments

For all of us who have pondered the eternal question of what love really is, wonder no more! I have Jack Handey coming to our rescue: Love is not something that you can put chains on and throw into a … Continue reading →

Posted on Friday, 13th June 2008 by eroux | Leave a comment

Ernest Gary Gygax, one of the good guys, passed away on, fittingly enough, Games Master’s Day, the 4th of March 2008. RIP Dungeon Master, and thanks for all the dice…

Posted on Friday, 7th March 2008 by eroux | Leave a comment

A very good friend of mine just sent me this quote. I wish I could find the original author, but the net’s flooded with un-attributed copies. And now I, of course, will just exacerbate the problem… :-) Never take someone … Continue reading →

Posted on Tuesday, 19th February 2008 by eroux | Leave a comment

Now this elicited a rather poignant smile… But, yeah. Things change. People move on… Bonne chance, ma chérie. Au revoir…

Posted on Thursday, 7th February 2008 by eroux | 1 Comment

This would be so damned funny: If only it wasn’t just so gut-wrenchingly true…

Posted on Thursday, 7th February 2008 by eroux | 1 Comment

It’s been said that the second hardest thing in life is knowing which bridges to cross, and which to burn. The hardest is the regret of crossing those that you should have burnt, and having burnt those that you should … Continue reading →

Posted on Tuesday, 15th January 2008 by eroux | 4 Comments

Strangely enough, an issue I’ve been faced with quite frequently… ;-)

Posted on Sunday, 9th December 2007 by eroux | Leave a comment

As Caesar said crossing the River Rubicon on his way to Rome, “Alea iacta est”… And the die has truly been cast. While I’m writing this they’re still in the air and I have no idea what they will fall … Continue reading →

Posted on Sunday, 9th December 2007 by eroux | Leave a comment