I'm a drunken hard man?
March 14, 2006 6:30 AM Subscribe
Mmmm ... I had a bad dream ... I was standing at the crossroads For those days when the boss man (or woman) has got you down, your lady (or man) has left you, or your dog (or cat) has died. Or when you just got them desktop blues. warning: sound
Totally awesome. They told us we can only wear headphones until noon today though, so man, I got the blues.
posted by jrb223 at 7:28 AM on March 14, 2006
posted by jrb223 at 7:28 AM on March 14, 2006
That is really wonderful.
Can someone smarter than me tell me why Switzerland ended up with .ch ?
posted by cavalier at 7:37 AM on March 14, 2006
Can someone smarter than me tell me why Switzerland ended up with .ch ?
posted by cavalier at 7:37 AM on March 14, 2006
(Switzerland is officially the Confoederatio Helvetica, hence ch, cavalier.)
posted by headspace at 7:51 AM on March 14, 2006
posted by headspace at 7:51 AM on March 14, 2006
Can someone smarter than me tell me why Switzerland ended up with .ch?
Now that's just lazy... I have to say I never questioned it. I just remember it's always been that way on car stickers in Europe and on skiers' vest numbers (or do they have SCH?) and thought maybe it was something to do with Schweiz.
Anyway, it turns out it's all down to Latin -- and this also explains why it says Helvetica on Swiss stamps. Something I'd never questioned either.
posted by NailsTheCat at 7:53 AM on March 14, 2006
Now that's just lazy... I have to say I never questioned it. I just remember it's always been that way on car stickers in Europe and on skiers' vest numbers (or do they have SCH?) and thought maybe it was something to do with Schweiz.
Anyway, it turns out it's all down to Latin -- and this also explains why it says Helvetica on Swiss stamps. Something I'd never questioned either.
posted by NailsTheCat at 7:53 AM on March 14, 2006
Correction: it's SUI on athletes' vests.
Ahhh... the quote "...you see, but you do not observe" really applies to me.
posted by NailsTheCat at 7:58 AM on March 14, 2006
Ahhh... the quote "...you see, but you do not observe" really applies to me.
posted by NailsTheCat at 7:58 AM on March 14, 2006
This is really good.
posted by slimepuppy at 8:27 AM on March 14, 2006
posted by slimepuppy at 8:27 AM on March 14, 2006
That was a nice little 5 minutes of fun - the radio was a nice additional touch, too...
posted by deliquescent at 8:42 AM on March 14, 2006
posted by deliquescent at 8:42 AM on March 14, 2006
This is good.
posted by blahblahblah at 9:03 AM on March 14, 2006
posted by blahblahblah at 9:03 AM on March 14, 2006
Argh... office terminal has locked out all micromedia content...
now, I have the desktop blues, thanks.
posted by dreamsign at 10:03 AM on March 14, 2006
now, I have the desktop blues, thanks.
posted by dreamsign at 10:03 AM on March 14, 2006
Wow, I never knew it was so easy to be down and out. And how heartening to find someone who's worse off than me!
Great link, terrapin, hope that you never get the Terraplane Blues.
posted by LeLiLo at 10:43 AM on March 14, 2006
Great link, terrapin, hope that you never get the Terraplane Blues.
posted by LeLiLo at 10:43 AM on March 14, 2006
Fantastic!
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:27 AM on March 14, 2006
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:27 AM on March 14, 2006
That's really cool!
posted by Smedleyman at 11:46 AM on March 14, 2006
posted by Smedleyman at 11:46 AM on March 14, 2006
Hm. The blues distilled to 24 elements. I think they didn't try hard enough. I bet they could squeeze it down to only 3 (with row 1, 2nd button being the critical one).
posted by crunchland at 11:50 AM on March 14, 2006
posted by crunchland at 11:50 AM on March 14, 2006
Great fun, thanks!
posted by questionmark at 2:54 PM on March 14, 2006
posted by questionmark at 2:54 PM on March 14, 2006
Very neat!
posted by splitpeasoup at 1:51 PM on March 15, 2006
posted by splitpeasoup at 1:51 PM on March 15, 2006
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