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Flood

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I can understand when a third world country floods due to heavy rain but when a first world country floods I believe its just bad planning. http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/risk-room/sydneys-greatest-perils-floods-and-storms-20161109-gslxrz.html http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38541333

Empathy

http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/03/empathy-sociopathy-and-psychopathy/476235/ The problem with those who are devoid of empathy is that, although they may recognize what’s right, they have no motivation to act upon it. Where empathy really does matter is in our personal relationships. Nobody wants to live like Thomas Gradgrind—Charles Dickens’s caricature utilitarian, who treats all interactions, including those with his children, in explicitly economic terms. Empathy is what makes us human ; it’s what makes us both subjects and objects of moral concern. Empathy betrays us only when we take it as a moral guide . Two other recent books, “The Empathic Civilization” (Penguin), by Jeremy Rifkin, and “Humanity on a Tightrope” (Rowman & Littlefield), by Paul R. Ehrlich and Robert E. Ornstein, make the powerful argument that empathy has been the main driver of human progress , and that we need more of it if our species is to survive .

TotalFinder

I removed total finder as I believe Yosemite has upgraded its finder app and its a lot more useful now with the tabbing feature inbuilt. If I could I would use native apps where possible. The few things that the finder didn't have that I used is copy paste functions but nevertheless I can ignore them as I don't use it as much, however the sort feature with the folders on top was a must and I found a quick hack. http://mygeekdaddy.net/2014/10/16/change-yosemite-finder-app-sort-order/ sudo plutil -convert xml1 /system/library/coreservices/Finder.app/Content/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings   alter the strings to add a space before the word "Folder" sudo plutil -convert binary1 <the same file> sudo killall finder load up finder and sort by kind and we're on our way!

When life serves your lemons, oranges, lime and all the possible citrus fruits that makes you sour...

you make juices.. yes i know but its not the juice making its the process of making the juice that irks me.

life that passed by me .. and still passing

much has passed since i was last writing how i feel on this blog .. brexit, my parents, my relationship, my friendships, people who have come and gone in my life, my past, my future, my dog, my experiences, marina's columns which i've starting reading on, listening to death song over and over again. working late and getting in late in the morning makes it feel like the day ends rather quicker, have told myself to wake up earlier but it just never happens. will i regret it in time to come? having worked myself so hard has helped me to get where i am today and i am not for one to ever regret what i've done. there is always tomorrow until you stop breathing. my father speaks of himself not living past 70 sort of triggered something in me which leads to me to believe if i am ready to die? i had a quick shock in the last month with my months long swollen lymph node which required a ultrasound which followed by a CT scan as they couldn't ascertain what it was. on the da...

Is it time yet?

its been a long time now .. starting to get restless.. somethings changing.. something needs to change. short attention span maybe? curious? trying to be adventurous? life's short, need it to be filled with things to do, places to see, people to meet? what becomes when you stop listening .. do i disappear into the silence or return from the void with a brand new life? will i ever find a resting place? some place i will always come home too? will i always wanna venture? will there always something else i'm after? can i ever be content?

Ubuntu PHP5.4 with OAuth

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install php-pear php5-dev pecl install oauth-1.2.3 (the latest configuration is for php 7) /etc/php5/apache/php.ini extension=oauth.so sudo service apache restart