I've taken this picture of a rather crude, but still worthwhile, semla (which is a kind of Swedish cream bun).

Hiya. A few things have happened.

There were an exam last week, and it went well (it was about C programming, so there were no worries, really).

I had a birthday last Sunday, increasing my age to 23 years. I wasn't the only one in the family having a birthday, though, so there were more stuff happening than you would think. All in all, that means there were lots of food, and lots of stress, for a couple of days. Mostly, it was good.

At university, a new course began for me this week. It's called Intellectual property strategies. It's been interesting so far. I'm also doing a game project course, but it started earlier.

Also, there's Google's Summer of Code, which I am applying to. Writing an application can actually take some time.

I'd like to play WoW: TBC too, but haven't had much time for that the last week ...

In summary, there's been much to do. There is also much to do.

Hi there, fellow earthlings. It struck me earlier today (indeed, more than 40 minutes earlier than now (now as in, now when I write this, not when you read it (duh))), while watching a picture of a mineral (Olivine), that minerals should really be categorised based on if they look like candy or not.

After looking at a lot of pictures, I realised that this wouldn't be very realistic, because a single kind of mineral can look very different based on stuff (traces of stuff, and stuff, ask a chemistry fellow or a geologist or something like that for details). So instead, the criterion should be something like Minerals that (can)? look (tasty|like candy). I'm pretty sure you agree.

The following is a list of minerals I found to fit Minerals that (can)? look (tasty|like candy) (in no particular order, really):

Olivine - Don't mistake for olives. Looks like candy.
Biotite - Mmmm, liquorice, anyone?
Emerald - The potential of looking like candy is there, and it can obviously look tasty.
Jadeite - Now available as candy buttons in different sizes.
Chrysoberyl - Assorted, rough throat lozenges for everyone.
Amber - OK, so the insects doesn't look that tasty, but there is candy with insects in it very much like so. And except the insects, it does look tasty.
Cordierite - Dunno what to say about this. It looks a bit candyish.
Citrine - The fresh lemon flavour.
Spinel - Yes, candy can look like that. I've seen candy very similar to it.
Gold - Come on, everyone thinks gold to be tasty. You just want to lick it. Or at least grab it and run for it.
Gypsum - Well, maybe not really candy. More like some kind of potato snack that has been treated incorrectly.
Halite - Reminds me of sugar, the white gold. As we all know: First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women - Homer J. Simpson (I demand this to be considered fair use).
Garnet - Very tasty.
Euclase - Possibly sugarish.
Leucite - Those could very well be candy (the article also mentions that leucite rocks).
Magnetite - Mmmm, more liquorice.
Phlogopite - Yes, maybe.
Prehnite - Looks very tasty, very fresh, and very tasty. Tasty.
Rhodochrosite - Artificial colouring? Not needed.
Rhodonite - Last one looks very similar to a kind of candy that I've really eaten. Dunno its name, but it's liquorice and something.
Ruby - Sweet.
Selenite - Sugarish again? Looks a bit fresher, though. For that extra minty breath?
Smithsonite - Actually, I'm not sure about this one. And the name sounds mysteriously religous.
Xenotime - It's xeno time!
Sapphire - Ho ho ho, merry sapphires.
Milk quartz - Could be tasty.
Rose quartz - One very tasty elephant!
Tanzanite - Yes.
Uvarovite - Mashed jelly, yes?
Zincite - Obviously looks very candy like in one of the pictures.
Bixbite - Very red, at least. But a bit low quality, so the accuracy is low.
Lepidolite - Some candy are weird.
Manganotantalite - Part of it looks both tasty and like candy.
Diamond - While not looking like candy (some things about it are dead giveaways), I say it's tasty, much like gold. Grab and run!
Calcite - Sugar mutant ninja mineral.
Spodumene - Has some candy qualities.

And that's all I found that I could include with a straight face. But here's three bonus minerals:
Cinnabar - Some kind of bad/weird kind of meatish thing.
Thulite - Also meatish. Let's fry it!
Skutterudite - Funny name ^_^

That's all folks. And remember, mineralogy, or even geology or at least geochemistry, can be fun if approached from the right direction.

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Once upon a time, in a land not far away, lived a mighty warrior called Eckelich. He lived in harmony with the land and such, but what he did not live in harmony with was air. He hated air. He had done so for many years now, and it drove him ever so insane. The worst part wasn't that air was all around him: in the woods he walked in, in the cities he raided, yes, even up his own nose there was air. But no, the worst part was, as he had found out, that he did in fact need air to live.

Tough luck.

- Oh, yeah? he said
- Oh, yeah, they answered
- So this is really the end?
- Oh, yeah.
- But what was it all for?
- It wasn't.
- Oh.

I know it was a bit hard on the animals, but they were a vital part of the story. They were needed.

Also, no important animals were hurt during the making of that post.

Ok, how about this. The first guy says something like "No! Please! You couldn't possibly!", and the other guys goes like "What? Who cares. It's just some boring laws". And to make it interesting, some horse walks into a bar (and gets shot (yes, it was the only solution, sorry)). And then the first guy asks like "But laws are surely not for breaking?" and the second one goes like "No? But at least the possibility of breaking laws must exist. Otherwise the laws would be superfluous". Ok, then a giraffe gets stuck in an attic (and is later put to death by foreign authorities (sorry, no other solution)), and the first guy says something like "So maybe you have a point. Yet, I insist. You couldn't possibly." and the other guy is like "Yeah, so watch me." Then there weren't any animals left to make stuff interesting, so the second guys walks off a building, and falls to his death. And the first guys says something like "See?". And then it zooms in on a small molecule next to his right hand, zooming really, really close until the fine print is seen. It goes something like "haha, no roflcopter for you, laws of gravity, kekeke ^_^, u gief liff plz?".

the depth of despair in the night makes them lean towards darkness wondering why things are as they are and why in their mind things buzz on pretty random words set after each other can create confused things not worth reading ha ha sorry really that was not very nice of me now was it

As some of you may have noticed, I often post images of muffins. Today I had some muffins, yet I'm not going to post such a photo. "How can this be?" you ask. Well, it's simple: The muffins didn't look very photogenic. So rather than taking pictures of ugly muffins, I ate them (this is the widely accepted behaviour in these situations), and they tasted far better than they looked.

No I don't have a cure for cancer, but NewScientist.com has an interesting article about it.

There was an LD warmup compo this weekend, and I spent a few hours doing Moon terraform pong (screenshot). You terraform the moon by getting past the other paddle. It's not much of a good game, really. You can download it, if you dare.

Last week I mostly played Fallout 2 and slacked. It was pretty nice. Today another university semester started. I'm not sure how that will affect the wealth of the world or make everyone happy, but at least I try. Wait, what?

Also, the Squirrels of Doom has been seen plotting again, so you better all watch out!

I've had a deadline, been playing WoW and Fallout (not quite at the same time), and been delayed by trains, so naturally, nothing much has been written. This is probably a good thing. On the other hand, things are being written now, which may be a bad thing. Yeah. I just thought you ought to know that (for no reason whatsoever, because you're not interested in this). Hahaha!

I've been eating muffins today. Raspberry muffins. Here's a picture for your enjoyment. What's that you say? You can't see the raspberry? Some advanced surgery can fix that, see? Tasty.

Ok, so I'm writing today to tell you something. I don't know what yet, but I'll figure it out. Maybe.

...

Ok, so I didn't figure it out.

I don't usually post links to interesting articles, because everyone else seems to do it, so there's not much need for it. Plus it's sooo bloggish.

But I shall make an exception today, because I'm feeling lazy. Plus its good articles.

First, there's Scrooge and intellectual property rights, by Joseph E Stiglitz. It's about drugs and IP rights.

Then, there's They have made a killing, by Terry Jones. It's another view of the war on Iraq.

In a way, they're fairly political, but good reading anyway. Plus PLUS, hey, is that a hat stand?

If only I could travel back in time, then I could ... er, what could I do? Create paradoxes? Sure, those are fun, but not often practical. Probably not worth the bother.

After keeping up a post every day for a whole week, I failed. It had something to with me working on stuff like this, but also other stuff. Maybe.

I think I'm noticing that it was easier to write stupid stuff for the slog when I was at my parents place, even though when I'm here (i.e. not at my parents place, but at my place), I spend most of the time in front of the computer. So it should be easy to get around to write something. But oh no!

It may be that having to write several reports has something to do with it, too. As was hinted in the first paragraph. But I dunno. Things are weird. There's often some unpleasent distraction at this place (e.g. neighbours). Plus, I'm more often tired here. It probably comes of having to walk a lot (go to the store etc).

In other news, I'm hungry. I should probably eat something. There should be some food around here somewhere, I'm sure ...

2007 started out pretty well, with fireworks, not quite champagne, etc etc. Then there was much sleep, which was good. Then a day or so later, I didn't do very much. This was also quite nice. Then I went home to write some reports. The first day was OK, because I never got around to write anything. The second day (today), was so-so. I've written some, and generally just been confused. So, the rating so far is 10 9 8 5, evaluating to 8.5. Chances are it will drop a lot in the following week, but after that, then it will have a chance to go up.

I summary: 2007 is rated at 8.5 so far.