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dansa

I just came home from the lake nearby.
It feels like one of the last really warm summer days.

Juha hitchhiked all the way from Kajaani to my home at Hervanta. Last night, some minutes after midnight he was here. We warmed some food and watched an episode of Star Trek which was lying on my hard drive.

We went to sleep and in the morning we got ourselves out of the bed, went to a shop, made some (tasteless) food and ate. By the time all this was done it was perhaps 2 p.m. Then he left to hitchhike to his final location, his home in Helsinki.

I, myself arrived from my mother's summer cottage yesterday. There, I studied loads of PHP, bathed sauna, swam and ate well.

Both Christians and non-Christians usually think each other to be fools.

I've been tweaking a new layout. See? Yes, another one. Yeah, I know it seems a bit pointless. I guess I'm developing an eye for these things, a bit by bit.

Also, I've written some PHP code. Actually, I made a complete script to randomize things.

Tue 2002-07-30 23:59 in diary 2 comments #link

NP: Tuula Amberla

It's awfully quiet. My stomach's not at all pleased in my being anxious all too often.

I'm making phone calls but they're not answering.

The weather's clear and still, the machine's singing about an old car going out and businessmen dying. At least that's what I think the song is about. (Auto sammui maantielle)

"Auto sammui maantien laitaan keskelle korpisuoraa se on kuin kuolema joka tarttuu hetkeks miehen arkipaitaan ja sanoo että 'terve vaan! me joskus vielä kohdataan - ja kokoukset sujuu hyvin myös ilman sinua' "

I'm hoping to get to my mom's cottage soon, going to spend the weekend there, trying not to think about much anything.

Children are faithful, are they not?

http://www.google.com/search?q=http
Why does this query give me these results?

Fri 2002-07-26 10:49 in diary No comments #link

Väsynyt typerä katse joka peilistä tuijottaa

No I'm not tired as the title might suggest. It's just a lovely piece of lyrics from Sir Elwoodin Hiljaiset Värit (~The quiet colours of Sir Elwood). The actual lyrics can be found through that ugly link below. The song name is actually "Soitan taas".

http://www.sirelwood.com/Sanat/
Kymmenen_tikkua_laudalla_-_san/
kymmenen_tikkua_laudalla_-_san.html

I'm working, but am happy about it.

For the information of those who like to read that small print at the top of all pages @ pilpi.net: The amount of the quotes is constantly increasing, so keep browsin' ;).

Thu 2002-07-25 16:45 in diary No comments #link

Nappy

Too sane
I'm inside and I'm outside simultaneously
the big window is open
chasing my God
In a still world I can see nothing moving
-xcept for cars
Still I know He's running from me
(the truth being I'm running from Him
but I'm skizophrenic)
My treatment is to live a normal life
people visit me and pretend to love my company.

Wed 2002-07-24 23:49 in poetry No comments #link

a.m. p.m. I.am confused

C.02 What are all those different kinds of time? - Astronomical FAQ

So here's how it goes, from the 24h to the 12h time system:

0:00 -> 12 a.m. (in strict English 12 midnight)
1:00 -> 1 a.m.
...
11:00 -> 11 a.m.
12:00 -> 12 p.m. (in strict English 12 noon)
13:00 -> 1 p.m.
...
23:00 -> 11 p.m.
24:00 -> 12 a.m. (in strict English 12 midnight)

Wed 2002-07-24 12:31 in diary No comments #link

Porridge

Asleep at 1 a.m.
Awake at 9 a.m.
Barber at 10 a.m.
Swimming at 10.30 a.m.
Library, Grocery 11 a.m.
Washing dishes 11.45 a.m.
Food 12.20 noon

Wed 2002-07-24 12:27 in diary No comments #link

Space

too much of it to feel strong
not enough of it to breathe
no means to stop flowing
and start moving
emptiness, merely, darkness
a weightless state
there is no Beauty Light™
no way aspartamine might break
into the grounds of my soul


(Found this poem on an A4 sheet in some strange pile of paper. Don't know when have I written it, but the handwriting's mine.)

Sun 2002-07-21 16:41 in poetry No comments #link

The boy who wanted true love

NP: Richard Marx - Right here waiting

Feeling awfully idealistic. It sounds funny but I'm pretending I just understood the value of freebom without ever really losing it.

I'm such a romantic tonight. In some peculiar way, that is - I'm listening to mellow songs and dreaming of something so absurt I cannot put it into words, I really can't.

I have no idea whatsoever what I want from a real relationship.

Sun 2002-07-21 01:33 in diary No comments #link

The third potential layout

Last night I told you I'm not going to publish that new layout because it's not ready yet. I made some more modifications and now it's online. See?

Sat 2002-07-20 18:45 in diary No comments #link

Winamp + lyrics

Why isn't there a right click menu item in Winamp that would send a query to a search engine (for example) with the song artist and name? Like this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Lyrics+%22Eye+of
+the+Tiger%22+%22Survivor%22

or just this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Lyrics+%22Eye+of
+the+Tiger%22

Sat 2002-07-20 18:18 in diary No comments #link

Where is that calendar app?

I would need a simple, non-Microsoft calendar app with an alert and a "to do" -option. It's not much to ask, is it? You would think the world is full of such apps. Well I haven't found a good one.

What I want is:

• When I turn on my computer it reminds me whether there's a birthday or something I should remember today
• Easy to set up alerts; if I notice there's a good show on tv today, I'll just have to click an icon in the windows tray and set a time and perhaps type a description for the alert and that's it.
• The "to do" -list would actually have three lists; the main "to do", a list for the not-so urgent things to do, and finally, a list for the tasks already done. It should be smooth to move the items between the list. Each item/task would have the following information in addition to the tak description itself: date created, deadline date, date accomplished
• All data would be stored in a small file which would be easily moved around on a disk and multiple files could be easily synchronized

What would be really great:

• A web and/or a mobile interface with the same functions (PHP + MySQL?).
  • The notes would be stored encrypted on a web server, and the web client would access them directly.
  • The client software (Windoze + Linux, maybe written in Java?) would load the encrupted file from the web server on startup and save all changes on the web server immediately.
  • In offline mode the app would use the file previously saved to hard disk and there would be a button that would sync the local file with the file on the web server.

Sat 2002-07-20 17:21 in diary No comments #link

Philosophical daftness

Have a lack of something to do? Wish to spend all your spare time wondering about God's existence? Okay well then, non-existence, anyone?

http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/god.htm

Take this test, don't cheat. After that, read the FAQ. After that, read the rest of this entry and read my reply (which I sent to the authors of the test). Then tell me how wrong I am by filling the "comments" -form.

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Sat 2002-07-20 14:42 in diary No comments #link

Määritys

Niin kauan olen itseäni täynnä, kunnes löydän jonkun toisen, joka täyttää minut paremmin.

Sat 2002-07-20 04:25 in diary 1 comment #link

NP minun päässä: CMX

http://njet.net/palstat/article.phtml?art_id=400

Hyvä artikkeli.

Oon tässä nyt hionut uutta layoutia taulukoiden kautta CSSksi ja sivuston rakennetta sekä PHP- että mySQL -toteutuksen kannalta. Keksinyt koko ajan uusia ideoita, rakenne paisunut entisestään. Liian väsynyt nyt kirjoittamaan englantia, en juuri nyt jaksa välittää. Multilang blogi sitä pitäisi saada, mitenköhän moisen toteuttaminen? PHP:llahan se onnistuisi, mutta tämä Movable Type vaikuttaa niin monipuoliselta paketilta että syrjäyttävän järjestelmän löytäminen, saati sitten tekeminen vaikuttaa haasteelta, jonka ottamiseen minulla ei aika riitä. Paljon tekemistä, ja sen tekemiseen varatun ajan käytän sitten uusien layoutien suunnitteluun. Uuden kehitin taas tänä yönä, mutta tavasta poiketen jätän julkaisematta - se kun on siinä mielessä kesken, että ulkoasutoteutuksen idean selviämiseksi pitäisi rakentaa useampia kuin se yksi esimerkkisivu.

Tässä minä olen, tänne olen menossa.

Tässä on käsi, tässä on tyhjä vatsa. Kumpuaa kaiku kumpaisestakin, kaiku ottaa ruumiini. Kävele eteen kävele taakse, Luojasi sieltäkö löydät?

Tässä minä olen, tänne olen menossa.

Et kaivannut minun henkeäni, et rakkautta siltaa tukemaan. Luovuuteni heitit tynnyriin, tuhannet tuskaiset runoniekat kaatoivat likansa päälleni. Et nähnyt minua, näit vain sieluni. Et nähnyt minua, näit vain sanani, ymmärsit vain kieleni.

Tänne olen menossa.

Pelkään ikkunaruudun katoavan aina kun vesipisara särkyy. Pelkään Jumalani jättävän aina kun elämä himmeää. Aina nähdessäni pirullisen hymyn olen syyllinen, vain minä itse, pyydän anteeksi. Katumus on tuntematon sana, kaiku vailla merkitystä.

Tässä minä olen.

Katson sinua silmiin, otan sinua tyhjästä kädestä. Katson ulos sateeseen, työnnän sinut edellä. Otan sinua haaroista, nostatan ylös maanpäälliseen kauneuksien kauneuteen. Viininpunaista purppuraa on päällesi kaadettava, samettista upotusta lennätettävä suoniesi lävitse.

...

Voisi sanoa että tämän miehen unirytmi on vähän sekaisin. Minkäs teet tosin, kun kaikki ajatukset päässä heräävät vasta jälkeen puolenyön - sitten päivät kuljetaan jälleen zombiena peloissaan, enemmän peloissaan kuin koskaan.

Yöllisenä ateriana paahdinlämmintä karjalanpiirakkaa ja vaaleaa leipää, päällysteenä tonnikalaa öljypurkista.

Sat 2002-07-20 03:47 in diary No comments #link

Inspis

Something's smelling like burning, but I can't seem to find out what it is.

Had a largish inspiration after seeing the movie "beautiful mind" and wrote lots of thoughts of all kinds, for example a 4-page article on human intellect.

Fri 2002-07-19 04:03 in diary 1 comment #link

Uusi pää

Browsing old files on my hd. Found a log of an old (the file time stamp is the third of March this year) conversation of Soile. This made me grin a bit.

<pilpi> tänää just sanoin äipälle kun katottii skeittareita jotan 10vuotiait ja se sano et tulee varmaa päähän paljo kolhuja nii sanoin et "mutta ton ikäsenä vielä kun pää menee rikki niin siihen kasvaa vielä uus tilalle."

I will add a translation at some point. Sorry for that =/

Also found this
http://www.nickciske.com/flash/x/
and this
http://nickciske.com/tools/binary.php

Fri 2002-07-19 00:15 in diary 3 comments #link

“ o—b—s—e—s—s—e—d ”

So I made a new one

Wed 2002-07-17 00:00 in diary 1 comment #link

Repent

"Repent" was the title of the entry I just wrote. It was a long entry with some thoughts about my Faith and partially, the IT world. Too bad my browser, Mozilla crashed so you're never going to see that piece of writing.

NP: Cold Play - High Speed

Studying MySQL. Planning the outline of my new site.

There's this girl...

Tue 2002-07-16 23:23 in diary No comments #link

The first touch of Mölkky

On Friday we went to a computer shop with dad. I gave the salesman an SDRAM memory chip that was broken or just incompatible with the computer they’d sold with that memory half a year ago. Playing with Emil, going on a bike ride with him and dad, eating, and reading. Getting a ride to Lahti from Katri’s family in the evening.

On Saturday morning Katri’s family’s car took of from Lahti and was heading to Kesälahti. Swimming, eating, playing this game called Mölkky (info: Eng Fin). It’s strangely related to petanque but is played with thirteen small pieces of wood. It was fun, though.

During the weekend we, Katri and me, read an Arto Paasilinna book Suloinen myrkynkeittäjä (The Happy Poison Cookeress) together, out loud, taking turns. Someone had recommended the books of this famous Finnish writer so I lent one from the library. I must admit the man has a strong style and he seems to know how to build a fun plot. Yeah I guess I could recommend this one.

On Monday morning we took a swim. The following conversation was hopefully not witnessed by any innocent bystanders:
K: Ei sul oo oikeutta kastella mua kun et sä oo itekään uinu!
O: Kato nyt ku mul on pää kasteltu ja mul on munat kasteltu.
K: No mut mul on päässä housut ja mullon... mul ei oo munia!

(translation)

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Mon 2002-07-15 23:59 in diary No comments #link

CSS

Studying CSS, since this site is still using mostly tables for layout. I had a turn in the laundry room at 8 a.m. and I'm proud of myself =P.

The first half of last night I slept on the floor.

Found this pic from my archives, I've made it, don't know how long ago. It's not good enough to be published in the artsy-fartsy gallery but I think it qualifies to be shown here.

This weekend I'm going to Kesälahti, first stopping by at Lahti, then having Katri's family drive me to Helsinki (they're going to a wedding, I'm going to see my daddy), then going to Kesälahti via Lahti again in the same car.

I've been told I'm going to meet two peepl, Soile and Katja next week. I'm going to see some of Tammerfest.

Thu 2002-07-11 11:58 in diary 2 comments #link

running around the oak (?) tree

[Written on the following Monday in my notebook, by hand]

Dad called me, while I had at last succeeded in making myself study CSS. He told me he was going to come to Tampere. He had found out that there's was a relatively cheap Land Rover for sale in Autovahinkokeskus (what?) and he wanted to come and take a look at it. He said he would need my help in measuring some parts of the car in question. Afterwards, he was going to take me to Järvenpää on his way back.

I packed in a hurry and was on my way. We spent a few hours walking around and crawling under the aforementioned vehicle. Once in a while daddy remembered to curse the bad condition of the car (since he would've wanted to buy it).

We went to my place in Hervanta. I detached an (assumingly) broken 512MB SDRAM off the motherboard it was on and daddy repaired the broken tire, which belonged to my bike. After an hour or two we were at the camping area in Järvenpää (where dad keeps his caravan) and I started playing with Emil.

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Thu 2002-07-11 00:00 in diary No comments #link

Organizing photos

Today I was blue until early evening.

Before early evening I took my photo albums, emptied them and put reorganized everything. They used to be a mess.

That's pretty much it.

I could go swimming now. Or... maybe in the morning =].

Wed 2002-07-10 22:55 in diary No comments #link

NP: Alanis Morissette

I'm hungry, tired and longing for closeness, so there you have an explanation for my invalid behaviour.

Still I'm feeling oddly free, I *am* on my holiday after all.

I washed my dishes and I don't like artists who make incomprehensible art and only leave it for the viewer to interpret. It's usually too easy a way out for the artist, and often there are so many ways to interpret the work of art that the viewer gets not much out of it.

Some guy who is bound to move here _just_ walked in to check out his new place with his family. The family asked me thousand and one questions. Somehow they all seemed... a typical Finnish family, probably highly educated. Nice people.

I'm so analytic ;/ .

I washed the dishes. Well actually I'm only halfway.

Mon 2002-07-08 13:07 in diary 2 comments #link

Bookmarking system

http://pilpi.net/bookmarks/

For a while now I've been confused because I've been unable to find a decent system to keep all my million and one links in. I think this will be a somewhat working solution.

Met Kimmo, Malla and Touko this weekend. Enjoyed, since those people have warm hearts with Jesus living in them. Went to a Sunday mass in a Lutheran church, my first time in a loong while.

Been learning lots of MySQL and happy about it. Trying to read Kierkegaard but am too impatient.

Mon 2002-07-08 02:15 in diary No comments #link

pilpi layout de-sing process

My to-be layout is starting to look like something. See? Too bad I don't know the necessary CSS positioning to achieve all this in an actual web page - yet.

Please, comment on my endeavours - I'm still quite not sure whether I'm satisfied with the colours or, for that matter, anything.

No do not even attempt to propose that I should use tables - I'm going for standards. No, actually I'm going for maximum compatibility but I see standards as the right way of getting there.

Sat 2002-07-06 03:39 in diary 2 comments #link

w0t? a dog who, ... who ex-plodes?

explodingdog

I just luv these pictures he draws.

Sat 2002-07-06 03:17 in links No comments #link

Book warez

http://lib.mipt.ru/Fiction&Fantasy/index.htm

Fri 2002-07-05 15:37 in links No comments #link

ohh sha la la

Been awake about 3 hours now and still feeling asleep. I guess I ate something non-breakfast.

Been testing my computer memory with a (unix?) boot-disk application called memtest-86. It's found some couple of thousand errors in my 512MB SDRAM chip so far. Now I'm trying to loan any kind of an SDRAM chip from somebody to see whether that would fix the crashing problems with this machine, too. If you live in Tampere area and wish to loan me one (I'll buy you a new one if I break it, of course), please contact me somehow. My cell phone number is 041-4121345.

Been designing a new layout for this site. It's got more style than the current one has, but it has even less colour, bells and whistles. There are still some problems to solve, too - I definitely want the aphorisms/whatever (which you can see at the very top of this page) in the new layout as well, but I don't know where to put them. I've already had feedback about this layout being too dull, but I fancy it nevertheless. See?

NP: Rod Stewart - Forever young

Fri 2002-07-05 11:45 in diary No comments #link

Linux fever wannabe

Mandrake linux (in Finnish)

Somehow it's sad that the Finnish language website of one of the most popular Linux distributions has so much of such poorly written Finnish on it.

Day by day I'm longing more and more to get rid of Micro$oft.

Thu 2002-07-04 19:21 in diary No comments #link

Royal loneliness

Saw the movie Spider Man yesterday. For a movie of that genre, it's a good one - it's clearly visible that the movie is based on a comic. Like in all Marvel stories (I guess), the world is all black and white in this movie - so seeing the movie was relaxing, and there was a happy little love story, too ;).

Jenni H. is coming to visit me tonight. Before that I should get all that junk off my floor and go roller skating and cook and maybe read a bit of a Kierkegaard book I got from the library yesterday.

Thu 2002-07-04 11:40 in diary No comments #link

nightly cleanup

My mom arrived yesterday and left today. Thanks to her my new flat has actually been tidied up after the move. Thanks to her and my aunt I have a twin bed now. It actually looks like a home, much more like a home than the flat I moved from. Mostly I felt troubled because my mom had such an urge to wash my home, but I'm thankful.

I'm trying hard to stay in my own peace for a while, not meet anyone special, not go anywhere further than Tampere centrum.

I'm going to sleep now.

Wed 2002-07-03 00:59 in diary No comments #link