Lianko

May 15th, 2011

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The Gift-Shopping Reviewer

It never really occurred to me how much web site reviewing ingrained itself into my daily life. Due to some time constraints1 , I rarely do any formal reviews these days. Nevertheless, from time to time I find myself spouting weird suggestions/requests, which leave people slightly confused… to put it mildly. Sales girl: What about [...]

April 19th, 2011

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Of Morbid Explanations

I love explaining stuff, even though I’m really bad at it. But hey, that’s no reason to stop me from trying, right? Case in point, this following conversation: Me: So I finally got around to going to the dentist. And she told me the reason for my swollen cheek; it is dental alveolistis. Friend: … [...]

February 23rd, 2011

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The Unsuspectingly Poor Kid

I was browsing one of my favorite sites reminiscing about the good ol’ times, when the following phrase caught my attention: Since when did any child suffer feelings of anger and abandonment because they didn’t own a playstation? excerpt from The Deadbeat Dad Myth … and that instantly reminded me of my high-school years. From [...]

February 18th, 2011

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Fix for WP-Footnotes Encoding Error

If you’re an avid user of the WP-footnotes WordPress plugin, you might have noticed a rather annoying bug. Specifically, footnotes of the following kind: Ironically enough, I now recall this scene from the movie What a Girl Wants, where Ian tells Daphne : “Why do you try so hard to fit in, when you’re born [...]

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