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07/29/2011 23:53 #54818

bromance take 2
Category: men
This one just seems straight up gay. No pun intended.

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07/29/2011 17:51 #54814

Estrip android app
Category: programming
I was working on an update to the estrip android app which checks for network connectivity first instead and displays a nice little message instead of force quitting. I added this little homage to (e:tinypliny) who is the one that discovered the issue as I had never tried the app on a device with no network connection.

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Just to give you an idea how unusual this is on a mobile android device - this is the message for the google marketplace. I think mine looks better.
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tinypliny - 08/01/11 19:15
Okay so the message is appearing when I disconnect from wifi altogether by turning off the wifi but earlier when I was connected to an extremely weak wifi the older message appeared. I will update you if this happens again.
paul - 08/01/11 17:59
Are you sure you have version 1.17

What happens in airplane mode.
tinypliny - 08/01/11 17:33
Somehow I don't see this pretty message... It still shuts down when I am not connected to the network
paul - 07/30/11 19:29
Did it work?
paul - 07/30/11 02:02
Should be version 1.17 it showed up on (e:mike)'s phone.
tinypliny - 07/30/11 00:15
Its not turning up in the list of updates. Do I uninstall and then install it?
paul - 07/29/11 23:54
Okay, the app is updated :::link::: go and get it.
tinypliny - 07/29/11 18:53
haha. awesome. I was really surprised you could pull off such a nifty trick. I don't even know 1/8th of the things that phone can do.

07/29/2011 15:33 #54812

My new friend birdo
Category: pets
He doesn't have a name yet but he is so cute. He is actually (e:matthew)'s pet but he sat on my shoulder for like an hour and kept giving me kisses. He is so snuggly and cute compared to the rock. I hope the rock doesn't eat him.

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tinypliny - 08/20/11 15:18
Since they are rimless they actually look pretty awesome. Dinky frames make people look petty.
tinypliny - 08/20/11 15:17
I like your glasses.
tinypliny - 07/29/11 20:01
I know you told me but what kind of a bird is he? You should teach him to speak!
tinypliny - 07/29/11 20:00
hehe, that gif is hilarious.
metalpeter - 07/29/11 17:41
Since he has what looks like a MoHawk or hove ever you spell it start there?
tinypliny - 07/29/11 15:41
HAHAHA @ new avatar! You should try and make him dance and speak.
tinypliny - 07/29/11 15:40
He probably thinks you are all next of kin.
tinypliny - 07/29/11 15:40
That is so cute! Too bad s/he was trying to sleep yesterday while we had all that linux drama. Birdo might have known the answer!

07/29/2011 14:31 #54810

Straight Guys?
Category: str8
I decided to check out google circles again today which brought to some random guy in a friends circle which brought me to twitter which brought me to this guy. I am fascinated by the way that gay culture has kind of taken over idolizing masculinity and close male relationships. I wonder what male relationships were like prior to modern gay culture. Its so hard to tell because everything we read now is filtered by the people who documented it and how many people's opinions do you trust. This guy seems to be trying to explore this.

Str8bro Net:
Str8bro Twitter:
Str8bro Facebook:

paul - 07/29/11 23:34
Weird: :::link::: This would make me insane.
metalpeter - 07/29/11 17:24
Odd kinda reminds me of marky mark.....
metalpeter - 07/29/11 17:21
Ok the first one on the net is pretty funny......
paul - 07/29/11 15:12
I saw that, but no. He seems to gay for me, haha.
tinypliny - 07/29/11 15:06
Do you know this person? Says he is a grad student here.

07/28/2011 10:33 #54800

everybody loves cheesy puffs
Category: food
I wonder how many bugs grow up on junk food nowadays and if they suffer from things like obesity, clogged spiracles because of it.

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I mean imagine the difference in nutrients between their traditional diet of fruit, worms, sap, etc and a cheesy puff.

metalpeter - 07/28/11 17:15
@(e:Paul) Not sure but what would also be interesting to look into is where Bugs are in the food chain like what happens with what ever eats them? As an example I've seen an ad for some kind of milk that comes from cows feed something else as if that something else makes milk from a cow better.....
metalpeter - 07/28/11 17:08
@(e:tinypliny) the art thing is interesting but you know what the next step to that would be..... It would be set it up in a way that the bugs could see both options and see what one they pick.... Would a bug pick McDonald's after the fact would it tell the other bugs to or can it tell them or show them how it acts differently .....
tinypliny - 07/28/11 14:34
Fascinating: :::link:::

There is a whole face of academia working on the most esoteric of issues. I am SO boring by comparison. What the hell am I doing with my time?!
paul - 07/28/11 13:32
Wow, I swear its impossible to have an original idea anymore.
tinypliny - 07/28/11 12:54
I saw this exhibit at CEPA where they compared two colony of ants, one fed on McDs and one fed on their native diet from the woods. The ants fed on McDs had, on an average, more number of dead bodies near their anthill than the ones that were fed on their traditional diets. :::link:::