Two minutes on Ping.fm

Always interested in sharing the futility of my own existence, I thought that I could use Ping.fm to broadcast my boredom level (i.e. LinkedIn status) on different channels.

All went fine until I hit the page for connecting my Ping.fm account to my LinkedIn one. See for yourself:

Seriously, guys, you want the password of my LinkedIn account? Is this really the best we can do for integrating social networks? Are we waiting until the Wrath of OWASP falls on us to fix this?

Then I closed my Ping.fm account.

Where the hell is... Alineo?

After Matt and his little dance, my brother in law, of VoilaSVN fame, has decided to go freelining worldwide.

Two episodes so far: the classic grand Canyon and the way more exotic Luxembourg.

Enjoy.

Colliding Cow Bells

I found that the original Large Hadron Collider Rap was lacking cowbells. Here is the reviewed version that is now fully compliant with Christopher Walken and Blue Oyster Cult's standards:

De Majestic Car

I have no interest at all in cars: they are boring transportation means that make me lose my time and sometimes my temper.

But I knew that my neighbor had this in his garage:

And since he is selling his place and will move soon, I figured out that this week-end was a good time to dare asking a discovery tour!

Needless to say that, even without flux capacitor or Mr. Fusion, my eyes were all sparkling at the silver gray splendor, and that was not all due to the stainless steel body.

Life is like this: one achievement at a time. "Get acquainted with a DeLorean" is now ticked off my list.