Completely Random & Silly Stuff

[jesse_the_k]

And I'm not kidding.

1. Move focus between tabs in Firefox: control-page up and control-page down. If you're on a laptop, that's Fn-control-up arrow and Fn-control-down arrow. Took me a while to figure this out, hope it's useful.

2. Silliest Tumblr yet is textfromdog.tumblr.com/
A series of text conversations between a human and their dog. Sadly, all graphic, but here's a sample rendered as text:

[Context is simulated iPhone screen]
dog message 1
LOST MY BONE
dog message 2
THERE WAS A DOG IN THE POND WITH A BIGGER BONE THAN MINE
dog message 3
I OPENED MY MOUTH TO GET HIS BONE AND *MY* BONE FELL IN THE POND

human message 1
Did you learn something?

dog message 4
YES
dog message 5
THE DOG IN THE POND IS A WANKER

3. Spending altogether too much time Googling "Benedict Cumberbatch." A striking advantage of his name: not mistaken for anyone else. There are two other Cumberbatches in the "industry," one an actor and another a DP.

It turns out "Benedict Cumberbatch" was not enough names; his parents gave him two more. In fact, if he wanted to hide, he could turn his name string inside out:
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch.

Totally frinkin' ridiculous. I must be on to something, because the Onion agrees. Whenever he's mentioned, they poke fun at his name. I rely on the Onion for some high class fun poking, to wit:

'Benedict Cumberbatch, who counts as two British persons'

'an English aristocrat played by Benedict Cumberbatch (a name so incredibly English, Charles Dickens would reject it as "a bit phony")'

'Benedict Cumberbatch who, in addition to being a shy hedgehog who stumbled into a grand adventure outside his garden one day, also stars in the BBC's Sherlock.'

That is all.

Comments

[fullygoldy]

OMG, I totally needed "Texts from Dog" tonight. The girl and I sat here reading and giggling until tears were rolling and snorts were snorting.

[jesse_the_k]

I'm so glad it gave you a giggle.

And I so know that you two were thinking up texts from your dog, so don't hesitate to share.

[gloss]

I am so in love with Text from Dog. He thought frogs were dogs with afros!

[jesse_the_k]

And really, aren't they?

[amadi]

Text from Dog is where I go when I want to just have a moment of complete laughter. So silly, if a bit scatological.

[jesse_the_k]

Hey, for a dog "scatological" is a lifestyle choice.

[tdwf]

Point 1 makes my life on my laptop. I get frustrated on a non-laptop computer because the key combination is harder to do and so fundamentally different (in terms of how I think of it).