Archive for August, 2004

Annie’s Questions

Wednesday, August 25th, 2004

FULL NAME: Marc Donall O’Morain
NICKNAMES: None
HOME: London for the next week.
WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE MAT: Technology Group - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
WHERE IS THE FURTHEST DESTINATION YOU HAVE GONE: New York, USA.
FAVOURITE SONG: They Might Be Giants - Triangle Man
WHAT ARE YOU REALLY SCARED OF?: Being so drunk that I can’t control myself
DO YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED?: No
WHO IS YOUR GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIEND?: Aine Finnegan
WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD: Knowing that when you get out of bed you will have a hangover, and that you have to get out of bed because you have to go to the bathroom and have a drink.
BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD: Being hit on.
FAVOURITE CD AT THE MO: PlayStation 2 SDK Version 3.0 (I made it).
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE IN THE MORNING: I have to hit the snooze button before the my Nokia’s second ring (the alarm gets much louder and annoys me). This morning my first though was ‘Why is it 9:38am?’.
ROLLER COASTERS - DEADLY OR EXCITING?: Deadly
PEN OR PENCIL: Pencil. So much easier to write and draw with.
HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?: Mummy taught me to leave it for 2 of 3 rings - You don’t want to appear to eager.
FUTURE SON’S NAME: Miles Mayhem
FUTURE DAUGHTER’S NAME: Something with an ie sound at the end. Sophie, Jenny, Katie…
COOLEST PERSON YOU KNOW: ha, maria.
FAVOURITE ICE CREAM: Chocolate fudge brownie - Ben & Jerrys - The same as Annie.
IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON, DEAD / ALIVE/IMAGINARY : Matt Tracker
DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?: It’s the best part!
IF A GIRL (OR GUY) ASKED FOR THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK, WOULD YOU GIVE TO THEM: That depends on if they were good looking.
IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE: Producer of video games based on 1980’s cartoons.
IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOUR, WHAT WOULD IT BE?: I wouldn’t. If forced, orange and black like Harry Osborn Harry Osborn.
WHAT IS THE MOST ECCENTRIC THING U HAVE EVER DONE?: Gone to Mantalk in New York for a week instead of going to work.
WHAT IS ON YOUR WALLS IN YOUR ROOM? Lots of tickets of things that I have been to (SingStar Launch Party, Wimbeldon, Cinema, Theatre, Proms etc…). A Dream catcher that Alex’s mum bought for me. This poster: Gorges du Bras de Caverne (Gorges du Bras de Caverne). This poster: Bagpuss (Bagpuss). A Lichtenstein Calender Lichtenstein Calender.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SOFT DRINK?: Coca-cola.
R U A RIGHTY, LEFTY OR AMBIDEXTROUS?: Right handed.
YOUR BED?: A really short bed that was in my room when I took it. I have to choose to let my feet stick out the end, or bend my neck at the top of the bed to shorten myself.
WHO DO YOU FANCY AT THE MOMENT?: This month I have mostly been fancying Carmen Electra nad Denise Richards.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER(s): srand(GetTickCount()); rand();
FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH: This week it is the 800 metres. Last week it was Judo. Also Gymnastics and Synchronised Swimming.

** IN THE PAST 3 DAYS HAVE U…**

KISSED SOMEONE: Nope
HUGGED SOMEONE: Nope
SNOGGED SOMEONE: Nope
CRIED: Nope
LAUGHED: Yes - I do that about once an hour.
MARILYN MANSON OR DESTINY’S CHILD?: Destiny’s Child every time. ITS A FOOKING MANATEE.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SHOWERED?: 10am this morning (I was very late for work!).
WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?: Nothing, the last song I listend to was some random radio station that I picked from someone else in the office up on my wireless headphones. I had just stopped watching this flash movie .
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING THAT YOU SAID: Lionel, this quantiser really darkens the images and loses a lot of colors.
WHAT IS NEXT TO YOU RIGHT NOW?: I’m the last person in the office. PS2 Manuals, my mobile phones, about a dozen USB keyboards, 3 monitors and some PlayStations.
WHAT ARE THE LAST 3 DIGITS OF YOUR MOBILE PHONE NUMBER?: 778
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING THAT YOU ATE? Chicken with blackbean sauce on egg fried rice.
IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOUR WOULD YOU BE: A dark one - all the bright colors get so filthy so soon.
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO ON YOUR HONEYMOON? Kenya - to see tigers and lions!
WHO DO U WANT 2 SPND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITH?: As many people as possible. Just one person would irritate me to death.
DO YOU HAVE A LAVA LAMP?: I have one of theose globes with electic beams inside.
HOW MANY BUDDIES DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR LIST?: 100s - My GAIM client is connected to MSN, AIM, Jabber.org, and a work jabber server linked with USA and Japan.
LAST PERSON THAT YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?: An irrate hungarian with a broken T10k Devkit.
WHO DO YOU ADMIRE?: People who can talk to pretty girls that they don;t know.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?: Tired and bored. 2 days left working in Sony.
FAVE M+M?: Blue chocolate.
WHO MAKES YOU HAPPY?: Watching Windows minimize on OSX. Anti-alised fonts. Good typesetting. Good grammer. Files kept in logical order. A tidy bedroom. Excess sugary food. Sandwiches with just the right ammount of mayonaise. Mum buying white bread waiting for me in Dublin when I fly home. Marks and Spencers baked (not fried) doughnuts. Take away food. A good collection of DVDs. Watching the Office. Speaking to people who do not have English as a second language. Having Annie rent my room after I leave it. Not having to worry about money. Writing code in large chunks that does not contain syntax errors or bugs.
WHAT DO U DREAM?: Horrible dreams usually.
AGE, HAIR COLOUR AND EYES COLOUR?: 22, Dark blonde? Blue.
WHO DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE YOUR CLOSEST FRIEND?: Aine
TV SERIES? :The Office
IF YOU COULD CHANGE YOUR NAME WHAT WOULD IT BE?: Michel Bolton.
DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?: She would kick you in the willy if you called her that.
NIGHT OR DAY?: Day.
SUMMER OR RAINY DAYS?: Long sunny sunny sunny days.
LUST OR LOVE?: Lust
KISSES OR HUGS?: Kisses
IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF WHAT WOULD IT BE?: To be more organised, and to finish what I begin.

My bookmarks

Tuesday, August 24th, 2004

I have just finished work on my bookmarks link. You can now view my bookmarks online. They are updated whenever I close my browser.

Text message spam?

Monday, August 23rd, 2004

I just got a text message from +353 87 2860 281

Whats your e-mail address? … just wanna have it in the address book

Sent: 13:48:56
2004-08-23

I have just replied to them with an email address created just for them. I wonder what they will do with it. Time for some funs.

17:09:06 dbc@matrix ~ $ o2sms 0872860281
[ recipient(s) : 00353872860281 ]
Hi there. My email address is xxx@xxxxxx.com
[ logging in to omorainm@o2.ie … ]
[ login successful ]
[ message sent to 00353872860281, 186 remaining this month ]

It’s Monday on my last week in work here in London. I will be coming home early next week. Aine was over last week with her kids, and I sent lots of stuff home with them. Annie is arriving on the 4th of September, so I probably won’t see her when she arrives in the house (She is renting my room after I leave), along with some other boy that Aine fancies (!).

I also bought 2 new DVDs over the weekend:

Google hits

Wednesday, August 18th, 2004

I’m the number one hit in Google for “Aoife Clancey“. I wonder who she is.

Latest Thunderbird Nightly

Wednesday, August 11th, 2004

I have just downloaded the latest nightly build of Mozilla Thunderbird. It now has an RSS reading ‘bit’. It is so very good. Here is a screenshot of it being good: (You may note that I have installed a new graphics card today, raised my desktop resolution and enabled large fonts so that I can read without it straining my eyes.

Screenshot of Mozilla Thunderbird with new RSS feature

Bugzilla

Tuesday, August 10th, 2004

I found a bug in Adobe Reader today. Both of the rotate buttons have the text ‘Rotate Clockwise’ on them. Oops.

Screenshot of Adobe Reader Bug

I went to the Soho Theatre last night with Daryl and Will and other random people to see David Cross.

"You think having kids is hard work? You should try convincing your girlfriend to have her third consecutive abortion!"

Weekend

Monday, August 9th, 2004

Paul came over to stay with me for the weekend. We went to the beer festival in Olympia, and watched ‘I, Robot’ in Shephards Bush. I am the best in the world at Mashed.

Áine is coming over next weekend with her two clones. We will eat much cake.

lol?

Friday, August 6th, 2004

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we," Bush said. "They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

Though for the day…

Wednesday, August 4th, 2004

I’m glad some that products are marked “All American”. Otherwise, it might prove difficult to tell how American the products that I purchase are.