[Grimjust Bearegular]

Dumbledude, on 06 February 2016 - 10:10 AM, said:

Do you have an Ø key on your keyboard or do you have to do extra stuff for that?

Not only do I have an Ø, I also have an Æ and an Å, because Norwegian keyboards are cool like that.

Maark, on 06 February 2016 - 10:36 AM, said:

Grimjust Bearegular, on 06 February 2016 - 09:47 AM, said:

Ann Leckie is coming to Oslo on the 19th for a talk about AI with Ørjan Karlson at Deichmanske, and she's coming to Outland on the 20th for a book signing, which means I get to meet her!

Can't wait!



Also, I have been made project manager for a huge translation project Outland has started. So far, it's only me and one other person, but I'm hoping to expand very soon!



Oh, and I wrote the ending to my book! Now I just need all that pesky stuff in the middle...

Nice one! The ending is the hardest part. Once you know how it all ends and how it starts, the filling comes much easier.

Dumbledude, on 06 February 2016 - 10:10 AM, said:

Do you have an Ø key on your keyboard or do you have to do extra stuff for that?

I don't know if Beareg is a Scandie or not but I know that standard Scandie keyboards have a shortcut for Ø, which a Danish friend told me once is pronounced 'uhh'. I call it 'Sex Sound O'.

To be honest, they're all sex sounds.



I had a sort of idea about what to put in the middle, but I've sort of forgot over time... so now I'm just writing bakwards from the ending, and seeing how that goes

[Gnaw]

Breathing life into one of the classic lines of history:

Overpaid, overfed, oversexed, and over here.

[Gnaw]

I have four "barn cats". They're all from the same litter (is that the right word for cats?}

One of them (which I call Merry or Pippen; they're sorta interchangeable) just fell down the box from my TV.

He's starting to freak a bit.

[Gnaw]

This is really, really funny.

Which says 100% more about me than it does about pets.

[Gnaw]

Applebees Bourbon Street Steak. Divine.

Not so much because of its taste but the purely happy memories it induces. Odor is possibly the most intense trigger. And this one has absolutely no down sides. Just happy memories.

Yes I miss her.

[worry]

Good reason to take better care of yourself: you're the bearer of singularly sacred memories.

[Gnaw]

Dumbledude, on 11 February 2016 - 04:40 AM, said:

Good reason to take better care of yourself: you're the bearer of singularly sacred memories.

"If I'd have known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better car of myself"

[Maark Abbott]

Things I don't think I'm allowed to talk about just yet.

Watch this space.

[Tsundoku]

Maark, on 11 February 2016 - 11:33 AM, said:

Things I don't think I'm allowed to talk about just yet.

Watch this space.

If by that you mean you scored a speaking part in Episode VIII, then I'm sorry but I'm going to have to track you down, kill you, cut off your face and pretend to be you.

Sorry.

If you meant something else then this conversation never happened ...

[Andorion]

Maark, on 11 February 2016 - 11:33 AM, said:

Things I don't think I'm allowed to talk about just yet.

Watch this space.

You got published/promoted?

[Gnaw]

Andorion, on 11 February 2016 - 12:47 PM, said:

Maark, on 11 February 2016 - 11:33 AM, said:

Things I don't think I'm allowed to talk about just yet.

Watch this space.

You got published/promoted sued someone?

Fixed that for you.

That post just screams Non-Disclosure Agreement.

[Maark Abbott]

Hah!

No, Gnaw is le incorrect. Andorion is closer.

[Gnaw]

Maark, on 11 February 2016 - 01:43 PM, said:

Hah!

No, Gnaw is le incorrect. Andorion is closer.

In case you hadn't seen the info before: in 1 hour 10 minutes from now I'll be disconnected for 30+ days.

The anticipation might actually....

[Mezla PigDog]

Gnaw, on 11 February 2016 - 01:49 PM, said:

In case you hadn't seen the info before: in 1 hour 10 minutes from now I'll be disconnected for 30+ days.

The anticipation might actually....

I expect you will find us depressingly the same when you get back! We'll make sure nothing exciting happens here or on the rest of the internet until you are done

[Gnaw]

Mezla PigDog, on 11 February 2016 - 01:51 PM, said:

Gnaw, on 11 February 2016 - 01:49 PM, said:

In case you hadn't seen the info before: in 1 hour 10 minutes from now I'll be disconnected for 30+ days.

The anticipation might actually....

I expect you will find us depressingly the same when you get back! We'll make sure nothing exciting happens here or on the rest of the internet until you are done

Out of rep for the day.

Are you symping me or fake symping? Go play mafia. That's the only reason this site exists right?

[Maark Abbott]

Shall we say that I am presently 'in talks' with someone about something and I'll leave it there until a squiggle has been placed upon a thing.

[EmperorMagus]

Maark, on 11 February 2016 - 03:20 PM, said:

Shall we say that I am presently 'in talks' with someone about something and I'll leave it there until a squiggle has been placed upon a thing.

I was gonna say " You won't talk until you poop into the toilet?"
Then I realized I don't know whether it's my brain that makes that sentence sound funny or whether it is actually funny.


Also, 2500 words of utter and complete bullshit in 4:30 hours of writing. No too bad if I say so myself.

[Solidsnape]

Maark, on 11 February 2016 - 03:20 PM, said:

Shall we say that I am presently 'in talks' with someone about something and I'll leave it there until a squiggle has been placed upon a thing.

Mate, if this is what I'm thinking it is, then WHOOPDI DO!!! Best of luck. Hope it all goes as you wish.
Serious, I'm so fucking jealous of you. Love to be in your position.
Good luck.

Well everything went ok with my epic journey to Italy.
Nearly missed Le Shuttle because of a closure on the M11 on Monday night.
Panicked. But I made it. Everything else went scarily to plan.

Left Calais at 3.15am. Stopped at Shell Sommesous services just north of Troyes.
I arrived when I predicted. Just after 6am.
Diesel levels were also as I had predicted. The next stop was at Aire de Repos de Marmont services on the A39.
North of Bourg en Bresse. Again, when and how I thought I would. Around 10.30am
The French Toll roads were particularly empty. Even around "rush hour"
Didn't have to turn my cruise control off for over 300 miles!!
I hadn't planned any stops after this, I was just going to wing it. Somewhere around Ivrea or something.
As it happens, the 7 hours sleep I got through the day, at my friends house in Diss, prior to leaving for the channel crossing, was beginning to feel a long time distant.
I was getting tired.
So after exiting Mont Blanc, what a feat of engineering man, I stopped and took a piss, then that was the last time I stopped. Done the rest of the journey there and then. 450 miles!!
I told my agent I'd arrive between 6-8 and I got there at 7.
Like I said, freakishly accurate. Considering I'd never driven through either of those countries before, and more importantly I've never been solely reliant on my sat nav like I was with this trip.
Crazy.

Anyhow, the job is excellent, the cleanest machine shop I have ever seen, by a country mile.
I actually done a double take, I thought it was a lab. Then I was like "hang on, you've got bloody Cnc milling machines in here!!"
Haha.
All composite mould manufacture. The place makes a loss every year, in fact they run out of money every year.
It doesn't matter, it's just a play thing for the Red Bull guy. This fact alone has still got me reeling. When you see the levels of investment in tooling, equipment and plant, you can't accept it as a business model. Then you realise it's not a business. It's some very rich guys hobby.

Wow.

I want to keep these, but I doubt they'll let me.

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EDIT: Apparently I forgot how to do spoiler tags.

This post has been edited by Solidsnape: 11 February 2016 - 07:30 PM

[worry]

Let's all gossip behind Gnaw's back and...uh...in front of?...Maark's back.

[Tiste Simeon]

Hey Solidsnape that is amazing, thrilled for you!