chaka chaka

grabbed this from cowboycaleb whose daily links amuse me.

the omnivore’s hundred meme.

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating (if i haven’t crossed out some foul stuff, it’s cos i have no fricking idea what they are.)

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth US$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (rabbit counts!)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

subliminal messaging at its best. i didn’t even realise there was one in ET.
10 most shameless product placements in movie history

absolutely friggin’ hilarious
michael phelps is a sore winner

i actually prefer block formatting for my stylesheet elements, but ok.
10 principles of css masters

pulled this off years ago, surprisingly only getting attention now. in 2008.
“forgot your password?” might get your accounts hax0red

should recommend this to everyone who has a tattoo of their former partner’s name
tattoo removal cream (no lasering)

“74 consonants, 31 vowels, and four tones”
top 10 endangered languages

the story of a depressed homeless man
man blew off his face with gun [photo]

but how much is the cost per sq foot?
tiny little houses i’d like to live in

chinese woman drives father to suicide (cos she didn’t meet Andy Lau)
You won’t understand my sorrow

• super tight green baby tee
• micro mini denim skirt
• knee-high black stockings
• orange jelly sandals
• red diva heart necklace

how to style main page posts by category.

have no time to do a full length pseudo-geeky post now now, but will expand on it after i’ve tested it out. :)

from codex

update: whoops. those two links seem to be for category styling as opposed to having posts from different categories appear differently on the home page.

these two seem to be more of what i’m looking for. Styling Posts by Category and Category-Specific Images, using wordpress categories to style posts

much more complicated too. ;p

the final tag after the final friday tag? would like to drop by (if only there was confirmation we won’t be packed like sardines) since i have been meaning to catch raksasa spin his set for the longest time.

so kiddos, merdeka terbang layang this sunday, 31 august 2008

supposed cover charge RM20 + 1 drink, but if you’re in the loop, just give whoever is at the door two air kisses for entry. too bad my melayu kesayangan will be in hong kong still :(

so, last tag at the loft. don’t be sad, here’s a link to amuse you.

sandman goes mythical japanese folklore. an old release, i know, but i’ve only just been introduced to it.

and i’m in love with neil gaiman all over again.

going for a steal at $3 million but no one wants it.

• black mng basic top
• cotton peasant skirt with purple details. gift from suet :)
• flowered slippers
• long multicoloured beaded necklace. gift from janet :)

to exclude certain categories from the main page of your blog (assuming you’re like the other 99% non-freaks who use blog posts not a static page as your main page) like how i’m not cluttering my posts with my baju category aka category 23 and instead forcing voyeuristic casual surfers with ephebephilic tendencies to click on a navigational link in my interesting footer…

deep breath

in the earlier layout, i used wordpress’ built-in Query_posts, placing following syntax into the index.php file of my theme. (whitespace makes no difference.)

<?php
   if (is_home()) {
      query_posts("cat=-23");
   }
?>

but for some reason, this method didn’t work with derek powazek’s awesome minimalist DePo skinny theme (which, if you hadn’t noticed, i’m currently loving).

so, i googled this trick. just pop in

<?php query_posts($query_string . “&cat=-23″); ?>

before the line that says:

< ?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

ta-dah! done.additional: for hemingway reloaded template, insert &cat=-23 into existing query like so

<?php query_posts(’showposts=10&cat=-23‘); ?>

• casual blue dress
• black denim leggings
• NotFrumpy dark fuschia flats
• long black beaded necklace