Where blogs are full course meals, tumblelogs are delicious and quick onigiris. I was too lazy and busy (ok, let just say lazy) to keep my blog out of death row, so I put up this tumblelog for having some fun and still sending out my view of the net. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5665610-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Tumblr (3.0; @onigiri)http://onigiri.tumblr.com/“It is a staple of Science Fiction that once a computer (or computer network) becomes sufficiently complex, sentience is inevitable. And big sentient computers can be bad news. As both the owner of what is almost certainly the world’s largest general purpose computing cluster, and our self-nominated bastion against evil, I really hope someone at Google is keeping an eye on this.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2009/11/05/things_i_get_concerned_about_a/">Things I get concerned about after one too many beers… - The Fishbowl</a></em>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/236448256http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/236448256Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:55:27 +0100<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="304" id="viddler"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/d79859e7/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/d79859e7/" width="400" height="304" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" name="viddler"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>EPIC FAIL</p>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/234452308http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/234452308Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:39:01 +0100“Remember, remember the fifth of November, The gunpowder treason and plot, I know of no reason Why the gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes</a></a></em>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/233771407http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/233771407Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:50:21 +0100<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksghfmbWYM1qz4sg2o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Why The New Yorker rocks</p>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/230227720http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/230227720Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:30:57 +0100<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksa4ryjSQQ1qz4s9io1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tlvx.net/post/228184583/living-in-a-dome-opens-your-fucking-mind-john">tlvx</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>“Living in a dome opens your fucking mind.”</b></p> <p><a href="http://www.red-coral.net/">John Curl</a>. 1965.</p> </blockquote>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/228356292http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/228356292Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:45:22 +0100“When Tesla was asked one day what motivated him, the greatest human tinkerer of all time didn’t miss a beat as he responded with a surprising mixture of hubris and humility, “all I ever really wanted was to stand proudly beside my creator.” Aldous Huxley would agree.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://spacecollective.org/rene/5241/Tinkering-till-the-end-of-time">rene: Tinkering till the end of time</a></em>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/227790119http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/227790119Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:16:55 +0100<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksadxqqZce1qz4sg2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/227088539http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/227088539Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:29:47 +0100“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Buckminster Fuller</p> <p> <b> <a href="http://secretenemyhideout.com/">zachklein</a> </b>: <em>Go, Boxee, Go!</em></p></em>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/226777514http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/226777514Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:03:18 +0100<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks4avhxag81qz4cx0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://laureola.tumblr.com/post/224195490/the-only-thing-men-can-think-of-with-bonus-track">laureola</a></p>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/224206059http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/224206059Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:20:17 +0100<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krwq1jvoIY1qz4sg2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/gallery/2009/oct/13/japanese-body-building-championships-gallery?picture=354187970">The Japanese body-building championships</a></p>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/219827857http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/219827857Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:24:54 +0200<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krsj2fX5Vp1qzvrlso1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://marypoppinswasajunkie.tumblr.com/">marypoppinswasajunkie</a>)</p>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/219170525http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/219170525Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:30:09 +0200<p>28 Novembre? dove ci si incontra?</p>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/219113740http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/219113740Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:06:26 +0200<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IhQ4dE_RGnQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IhQ4dE_RGnQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>How to Shoot an Anvil 200 Feet in the Air</p>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/218946060http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/218946060Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:03:23 +0200<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kruv9gwTo91qz4sg2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Baron von Stillfried was an Austrian noble who arrived in Japan in 1868. In 1871, von Stillfried opened a photo studio in Yokohama under the name, Messrs. Stillfried & Co. In 1877, in partnership with Hermann Anderson, von Stillfried bought Felice Beato’s studio and negatives, and continued to take photographs of Japanese people. He eventually left Japan for Hong Kong in 1881.</p>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/218904636http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/218904636Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:22:27 +0200“In related news, all International Kindles will ship with US power plugs from a US warehouse, so folks in Europe will need to factor in import fees as well as some sort of power adapter. Ah well, at least you guys get universal healthcare.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/international-kindle-wont-let-you-use-terrible-web-browser-over/">International Kindle won’t let you use terrible web browser overseas</a></em>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/218036677http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/218036677Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:49:22 +0200<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1921845&fullscreen=1" width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" quality="best" value="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1921845&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1921845&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="225" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/217940236http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/217940236Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:11:44 +0200“I believe this is partly Google’s fault: they released Wave to geeks and hackers and social media folks first. But Wave is not a geek/hacker tool, or a social media tool, it’s a corporate tool that solves work problems (more on that later).”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://danieltenner.com/posts/0012-google-wave.html">danieltenner.com — What problems does Google Wave solve?</a> (via <a href="http://www.instapaper.com/">Instapaper</a>)</em>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/217330561http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/217330561Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:09:40 +0200<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krp995N2GN1qzlxu4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://laureola.tumblr.com/post/216388305/via-placidiappunti-moleskinelife">laureola</a></p>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/216435114http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/216435114Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:34:20 +0200<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr6ygifVOO1qz4sg2o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/207456691http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/207456691Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:29:06 +0200<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr3e2iheWA1qz9v0to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://supersonicelectronic.com/post/205825950/execution-by-elephant">supersonicelectronic</a>:</p> <blockquote>Execution by Elephant</blockquote>http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/205871529http://onigiri.tumblr.com/post/205871529Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:53:12 +0200