Ben Hughes » Uncategorized http://www.benrhughes.com/blog Photography, Programming and other things beginning with P Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:43:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 You buy em a 4br house, and their favorite part is… http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/09/you-buy-em-a-4br-house-and-their-favorite-part-is/ http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/09/you-buy-em-a-4br-house-and-their-favorite-part-is/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:43:45 +0000 Ben Hughes http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/09/you-buy-em-a-4br-house-and-their-favorite-part-is/
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]]> http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/08/creating-my-private-army-of-code-monkeys-fb/feed/ Anti-capitalist Apple Fanbois are Hypocritical Arsehats: A Rant http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/07/anti-capitalist-apple-fanbois-are-hypocritical-asshats-a-rant/ http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/07/anti-capitalist-apple-fanbois-are-hypocritical-asshats-a-rant/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:33:23 +0000 Ben Hughes http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/?p=655 Dear 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.

1. While anti-capitalist and fanboi traits are individually somewhat annoying, when combined in the one person they produce true arsehattery
2. Hat-tip to Stilgherrian for bringing “arsehat” into my vocabulary.

]]> http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/07/anti-capitalist-apple-fanbois-are-hypocritical-asshats-a-rant/feed/ A Dad and Jeremy weekend http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/05/a-dad-and-jeremy-weekend/ http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/05/a-dad-and-jeremy-weekend/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 14:16:25 +0000 Ben Hughes http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/05/a-dad-and-jeremy-weekend/ 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.

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]]> http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/05/new-article-on-finalbuildercom-getting-started-with-mercurial/feed/ Proj365 Day 41: White Lion (my fav image of the year so far) http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/02/proj365-day-41-white-lion-my-fav-image-of-the-year-so-far/ http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/02/proj365-day-41-white-lion-my-fav-image-of-the-year-so-far/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:04:21 +0000 Ben Hughes http://www.benrhughes.com/blog/2010/02/proj365-day-41-white-lion-my-fav-image-of-the-year-so-far/

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