Category: Geekdom

Haiku Correctum Syllabus

Apparently there is only one syllable in the word ‘tongue’. Sigh.  Therefore I broke the  Haiku rule of 17 syllables in three lines with 5 syllables then 7 syllables then 5 syllables. Here some  corrected haiku options.

Challenge: toes and dog

Row of ten toes wait
For loving tongue of dog uh!
To wet them laughing

OR

Row of ten toes wait
For loving tongey of dog
To wet them laughing

OR

Row of ten toes wait
For hot loving tongue of dog
To wet them laughing

Genus Haiku Ad Hoc Horriblis

I was involved in a spontaneou Haiku crossfire while chatting with a very literate couple on google chat. It turns out that a Haiku is composed of 17 syllables in three lines with 5 syllables then 7 syllables then 5 syllables. Here are two results.

Challenge: toes and dog

Row of ten toes wait
For loving tongue of dog
To wet them laughing

Challenge: manicure and tampon

Cut my nails short
To keep my vulva untorn
When tampon goes in

Welcome to Hamilton

I am back from a month of volunteering at the Cool Sporting Event on the West Coast of BC. On my return to Hamilton via Calgary I noticed that the Hamilton Airport’s artistic mascot had been modified to reflect a sporting heritage. The football looks like someone had clumsily added it using GIMP, but it is really stuck in there for real. Oskaweewee.

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Please Rob Me Buzz

This is one of the most brilliant pieces of intertube activism I have ever seen. Please Rob Me. Combines public messaging and location services to tell the world who is not at home, and where to go to rob them.  It is all about raising public awareness of the lack of intertube privacy we have established with our mobile location services.  I happily broadcast the location of my phone using google locate.

On a less fun note please I was going to link you to a read about how Google’s miss step with their cool tweeting service Buzz caused some more serious problems. A compelling post on the blog Fugivitus would have told an interesting story about how gmail’s assumption that everyone you have an email conversation is a friend. Well in the case of this blogger much of her gmail correspondence was with her violent ex husband who she was hiding from. The moment she clicked yes to buzz he was alerted to her google reader, picasa and youtube accounts. From this he found out where she was hiding from him. I hope that she is okay, but I now can see that her blog has be made private.

Returned From Whistler

Just returned from a lovely visit with Peter Jonasson, the tallest man I love, from Hamilton. Peter is up at Whistler with the Olympic Broadcast Service delivering the wonderful images you are seeing at the winter Olympics. He put me up in his hotel so I could check out the Whistler Polyclinic.  Spent time just walking around the village having a fun time soaking in all the fun.

This is a shot inside the Whistler Polyclinic Mobile Medical Unit (MMU). It is essentially a pop out ICU trauma unit that drives around on a transport truck. There is also an operating room.