Via sharikkamur, ( Offensive Religion Meme )

Very True Mood: confused

( Old Toys )

For some reason I never had any Transformers (my brother had a porsche that turned into a robot but from a copycat range), so I’m not sure whether the above is a good result or not. Parts of the description are disturbingly accurate though.

( Older languages )

Via ggreig, the Programmer Personality Test

Your programmer personality type is: DLSB

You’re a Doer.

You are very quick at getting tasks done. You believe the outcome is the most important part of a task and the faster you can reach that outcome the better. After all, time is money.

You like coding at a Low level.

You’re from the old school of programming and believe that you should have an intimate relationship with the computer. You don’t mind juggling registers around and spending hours getting a 5% performance increase in an algorithm.

You work best in a Solo situation.

The best way to program is by yourself. There’s no communication problems, you know every part of the code allowing you to write the best programs possible.

You are a liBeral programmer.

Programming is a complex task and you should use white space and comments as freely as possible to help simplify the task. We’re not writing on paper anymore so we can take up as much room as we need.

Bearing in mind that I’m not actually a programmer (XSLT so doesn’t count. My PHP is mere dabbling. So the closest I come is JavaScript which forces so many atypical habits on you that it distorts the results) that’s not a bad assessment. If was to program full time I’d probably tend more towards High level but otherwise my habits would be as described.

I’m now scared to think what some people I know will come out as.

A-Z meme via lonemagpie

[A] - AVAILABLE: No
[B] - BIRTHDAY: September 14th
[C] - CONFUSED: Frequently
[D] - LAST DRINK YOU HAD: Coke Zero
[E] - EASIEST THING TO DO: Swear.
[F] - FAVORITE MUSIC GROUP/BAND: Adam Ant
[G] - GUMMY BEARS OR GUMMY WORMS: What?
[H] - HOMETOWN: Newdigate (and it’s not a funny name)
[I] - INSTRUMENTS: Neither surgical nor musical.
[J] - JUICE: Of what?
[K] - KILLED SOMEONE: No.
[L] - LONGEST CAR RIDE: Surrey to Scotland.
[M] - MILKSHAKE FLAVOUR: No thanks.
[N] - NUMBER OF PETS: One weasel.
[O] - ONE WISH: My proper life back
[P] - PEOPLE WHO YOU HUNG OUT WITH LAST: Spent the weekend with pink_weasel, before that was armcurl’s leaving do with some guys from work.
[Q] - QUIET OR LOUD: Yes.
[R] - REASONS TO SMILE: Many
[S] - SURGERIES YOU’VE HAD: None.
[T] - TIME YOU WAKE UP: About 7am
[U] - UNDERWEAR: Most days.
[V] - VIOLENT: Yes, but not so much physically so in recent years.
[W] - WORST HABIT: Short tempered.
[X] - X-RAYS YOU’VE HAD: Chest, hand, teeth.
[Y] - YOUR FAVOURITE ANIMAL: Cats
[Z] - ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo.

Very True Mood: relaxed

When you see this post, quote from Doctor Who on your blog/journal.

Points at the top of the page, I have a quote from Doctor Who there all the time, but here’s another one:
“My theories appal you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer letters and you don’t like my tie.”

Anyway, The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords &emdash; A bulging set of homages to SF/Fantasy - Harry Potter/Wizard of Earthsea; Captain Scarlet; Peter Pan; Flash Gordon; Return of the Jedi.

Harold Saxon, PM seems more based on John Culshaw’s Tony Blair in Dead Ringers than the real thing, and the “Britain, Britain, Britain” opening to one of his speeches was highly reminiscent of Tom Baker’s voice overs for Little Britain.

All of which briefly makes it all seem like some sort of attempt to screw with the minds of the media studies/crossover/slash/post modernism/irony obessessed sectors of fandom. Which actually makes me like it slightly more.

( talking about actual plot points that may be spoilers  )

A final observation: In many ways the John Nathan Turner years didn’t happen as far as Russell T Davies is concerned. Most of the references to the Master’s and Doctor’s past came from the Third Doctor era. The depiction of the Time Lords picks up in 60s and 70s aspects and avoids the 80s (not such a bad move). The returning villains (Autons, Daleks, Cybermen (sort of), Macra, The Master) all predate 1975. The way the Daleks and Cybermen are portrayed owes more to their early appearances than their later ones. The Doctor’s lost at least a few decades and probably a few hundred years if he’s ‘only’ 900-odd in the new series. Just how much of his history did the Time War wipe clean away?

Very True Mood: thoughtful

So pink_weasel has picked three interests from my Live Journal Profile and asked me to explain them. Those of you reading this on LJ can comment and I’ll pick three from your list for you to do likewise.

Savlon
This was added to my interests by a hackerpink_weasel and reflects the fact that there’s rarely any time when a tube of Savlon isn’t handy in our flat. And why not? It’s useful stuff. Unless she wants me to tell everyone about the time her *** ****** ******* and she asked me ** *** Savlon ** ****?

Alyson Hannigan
Cute. Funny. Always gets the best lines. Played one of the greatest characters ever.

Wine gums
Actually, I’m going off these a bit now.

Very True Mood: contemplative

Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.
( Answers )
Copy.
Paste.
Questions.
Answer.
In.
One.
Word.

Very True Mood: exhausted

linniekin tagged me to tell you my top 10 songs of all time. Here goes, complete with very naughty links for a few of them.

1. And I Think Of You - E Penso A Te - Tanita Tikaram
   Slightly odd that from my favouritre singer songwriter I pick a song she didn’t write herself.
2. Antmusic - Adam & The Ants
3. Born Depressed - Drill Queen
   Playing this Thursday, I may try to be there depending on this and that.
4. Ever Fallen In Love? - Buzzcocks
5. Londinium - Catatonia
   Considering my current job, this is a slightly subversive choice, especially when played with Storm The Palace.
6. Mis-Shapes - Pulp
7. Misterioso - Thelonious Monk
8. My Baby Loves A Bunch Of Authors - Moxy Früvous
9. Seed Song - Cerys Matthews
   Yes, it’s twee but it’s my favourite song of last year.
10. Tweeter and the Monkey Man - The Traveling Wilburys
    A top ten consisting entirely of Wilburys tracks was a serious possibility.

Post a comment with “top ten” or “top five” and I’ll give you a subject to base your list around.

Very True Mood: chipper

( That big 'Everything Meme' that everyone's doing this week )

Some definite US-bias in the questions and clearly something is borked with the Socioeconmic section unless everyone taking the test is a lot richer than the the US average.

Very True Mood: cheerful

…Dinosaurs

As tagged by snapesbabe. Post a comment with “top ten” or “top five” and I’ll give you a subject to base your list around.

1. Stegosaurus

   Maybe because we start our names with the same three letters but I’ve always liked Steggy. One of the classic dinos that all the kids know, and one of the most fantastically strange looking creatures to ever walk on land.

   

2. Allosaurus

   A big mean predator, not as unbalanced to look at as T.rex but still big enough and toothy enough to give you nightmares.

3. Brachiosaurus

   Of Lofty as we call him round our way. Not only is it one of the biggest dinos but it’s also unusual in having longer legs at the front than at the back (hence the name).

4. Anklyosaurus

   Walking tank. My default user icon.

5. Deinonychus

   Velociraptor : Deinonychus = Hobbit : Human

Very True Mood: tired