February 29th – Meat Pie

Anyone got engaged today? Anyone earned some extra cash – by means of proposing, getting refused and complaining to authorities about your delinquent dear one? You’d probably have to do a little travelling to the heart of British Commonwealth for this purpose, but still that money might be worth a shot. I mean, if in 1288 compensation for not abiding the tradition ranged from £1 to a silk gown, the amount of fine nowadays (accounting the inflation rate and compounding) must be pretty hilarious.

iPie

I got iPod, iPhone and iPad. Now I can die happy.
Anonymous blogger

Believe it or not, I got myself an iPad today. Yaaay! Now it’s time to brag around about how nice it looks, and how different it is, and how I became so special with it, and what amazing tricks it may do, and to finally conclude “How did I leave without it for all of my life?”. Don’t worry, that all’s coming, but first I got to tell a little prehistory to explain such a radical shift in my opinion.

An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

Many people actually follow this rule. They do use Apple at least once a day. But for some reason I prefer PC. Maybe, it’s because the last one was around the block longer, and I’m one of those awful laggards, especially when dealing with new technologies. Maybe, because when it comes to taking control over your life (as they teach you in those self-development trainings), it makes sense to choose how to categorize your files. And maybe, that’s because I find the following picture convincing.