Sep
04
2010
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Jul
30
2010
Anti-capitalist Apple Fanbois are Hypocritical Arsehats: A RantPosted by Ben Hughes in UncategorizedDear anti-capitalist Apple fanbois1, of which there seem to be quite a few. I’d like to point out that you are, in fact, the prototypical mindless consumer drone-slaves of captalism that you like to rail against. Lining up for hours to spend your dirty, capitalist-provided dollar on dirty, capitalist-produced toys makes you a hypocritical arsehat2. Sure, you can keep sipping on your free-trade coffee and nibbling on your organic muffin while reading No Logo on your iPad. Just know that your beautiful device was made by the same downtrodden Chinese orphan-slaves that make 90% of the rest of consumer electronics. And that you’ve fallen hook, line and sinker for the most profitable capitalist branding campaign in history. Without capitalism you would have neither Apple, nor the wealth and free time to use their products. So either quit your whining or quit your fanboism: you can’t have it both ways. Jeremy and I have taken advantage of a lack of family-sized
accommodation in Wagga to have a weekend away together. We decided to do it the boy way and pack light: just a backpack for clothes, toothbrushes and my toys; and a small bag for Jeremy’s toys. After a nice coffee and cake outing with Ange and Will, we jumped in the car pretty unprepared. After getting fuel and dropping back home to get Jeremy some headphones that worked, we hit the road. We had a quick lunch stop at Gundagai and were in Wagga in no time. The whole trip was a breeze: Jeremy played, we both listened to some music and even fitted in some conversation. The fun started when we tried to find our hotel. Google maps had put it in the middle of Wagga, which is why I picked it. After half an hour of driving around and asking random people, we found out that it was actually about 5kms out of town We’d driven past it on our way in. Ugh. With that sorted, we headed to Nan and Sue’s house to pick up the last of the boxes Mum had left for us. Sue was at work, but after packing up we had a nice cup of tea with Nan, then went on a impromptu dinner hunt. With food secured (vegie burger and chips: healthy adventure food), we headed back to the hotel and scoffed it down. Jeremy decided it was time for showers, stories a bed. But first he had to arrange the covers on both of our beds to make sure we’d both be comfortable. Despite being excited and sugared up from NanNan’s buscits, and being in a bed rather than his travel tent, he went straight to sleep. Tomorrow we’ve got a visit to the “boat park” planned, after we forrage for breakfast. Then back on the road, hopefully getting home in time to spend some time with Ange and Will. All on all a great little weekend away.
May
05
2010
New article on FinalBuilder.com: Getting Started with MercurialPosted by Ben Hughes in UncategorizedHere's the first article I've written for VSoft, on how to get started with Mercurial: http://www.finalbuilder.com/articles.aspx?mid=370&ctl=ArticleView&articleId=34
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