Gerilla-poesi

24 April 2009, 14:03 — Poetry

Sånt här tycker jag är kul att stoppa in på t.ex. kundkort i CRM-systemet.

Den här fliken är till för avtalsinformation,
Inställelsetid och åtaganden skulle legat häri.
Men nu har det brustit i vår administration
Och allt som finns är ett stycke poesi!

Man känner sig nästan som Che Guevara.

And So Ends the Invasion of America

20 April 2009, 11:30 — Military

In response to recent events on the American front, the following broadcast was sent declaring the immediate and total cessation of hostilities of the Allied defensive forces.

DENVER RADIO ANNOUNCES THE IMMEDIATE AND COMPLETE SURRENDER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ARMED FORCES

It is hereby announced, at 13:00 hours, on the 28th of October, 1943, that the combined allied forces of the United States of America, and of Canada, is surrendering unconditionally to the German, Mexican and Japanese armies. The garrisons of Salt Lake City, Seattle, Minneapolis have all laid down their arms; and the full forces of Denver, Colorado, have also laid down their weapons. Denver is hereby declared as an open city.

DENVER RUNDFUNK MELDET DIE UMMITTELBARE UND VOLLSTÄNDIGE KAPITULATION DER NORDAMERIKANISCHEN ARMÉEN

Es wird jetzt gemeldet, um 13 Uhr, den 28:en Oktober, 1943, die Gesamtkapitulation den Streitkräften den Vereinigten Staaten auch des Kanadas, ohne Konditionen, zu den Arméen des Deutschlands, Mexikos und Japans. Die Garnisonen in Salt Lake City, Seattle und Minneapolis haben alle die Waffen abgelegen, als wie die gesamte Streitkräften in Denver, Colorado. Denver ist jetzt als offene Stadt erklärt.

Which means that the long-running, sorrowful conflict between me and Johan is finally at an end. The German, Mexican and Japanese armies conquered the armies of Canada and the USA in a brilliant series of attacks. The unrelenting pressure on the desperate defense finally brought about the surrender.

It was, in effect, the final result of the prolonged disinterest from the nations of the world to engage in this conflict, particularly on behalf of the Soviet Union, who did little to intervene. An extract from a radio speech (“infamy speech”) delivered by the President on the 9th of August, after the Japanese invasion, summarizes it best.

Yesterday, August 8th, 1943 - a date which will live in infamy - the mainland of the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and army forces of the Empire of Japan. Two Japanese divisions, in the early morning, launched an amphibious invasion into the Los Angeles bay. The American defensive forces, being hard pressed to defend against Mexican and German armor divisions in the south, were taken by surprise at this unprovoked aggression, and were overwhelmed. Counterattacks, so far, have been resisted. [...]

This is a most serious escalation of the war against the United States. It marks a new era of aggression and peril throughout the entire world. Undoubtedly, this will throw the nations of the world into a dark, abysmal war from which there can be no escape. Soviet Russia, so far reluctant to enter into battle, must now be massing its forces in a preemptive defense of its very own heartland. The European continent - what is left of it - stands now on the brink of destruction. Indeed, the forces of the United States itself are hard pressed, and are holding back its enemy only by heroic sacrifice.

For far too long, the world has been standing by, unwilling to commit their own forces in this fight for freedom for all mankind. They must now reap the terrible destruction, which their indecision has brought. Once the beacon of light gallantly streaming from the American continent has been extinguished by the unjust oppressors of humanity, there can only be darkness. May the grace of God be with us.

- Presidential address to the Congress of the United States of America; August 9th, 1943; Denver, Colorado.

MP3 … I Has Them

12 April 2009, 11:34 — Music

MP3 renderings are now available for both of my songs written so far … for anyone who wants to listen.

The renderings aren’t perfect, not concerto quality, but it works. And certainly better than the Industrial Robot that Melody Assistant likes to impersonate. :)

Available on this page.

Phar: Not Yet Ready

10 April 2009, 11:56 — Software Development

I’ve been trying to get Phar to work on my PHP-5.2.9-Windows box. It’s been frustrating.

The problem is that the only binary version you can get – now that pecl4win is down – of php_phar is a 2.0-alpha version, which unfortunately seems to have a serious bug on the Windows platform. As soon as you try to access any phar file with a path delimiter in it, Phar breaks with the message

Cannot create phar ‘C:/Home/projects/Web.Unauth/nifty-phar-test-1/phar-public/app.phar’, file extension (or combination) not recognised’

This also goes for whenever you try to do something with the actual Phar file, like Phar::compressFiles or new RecursiveIteratorIterator($phar).

I guess we’ll just have to wait.

Compost

8 April 2009, 21:29 — Reflections

I looked today at a program on TV with a guy and his compost.

He used the compost to grow a garden full of pumpkins, zucchini, cucumbers, which he then harvested and made all kinds of delicious soups and dishes with.

And all I could think was of me jumping into the car, driving to McDonalds, and putting my teeth into a beautiful, juicy, wonderful hamburger with absolutely no effort.

I lead such a blessed life.

Snif.

I love hamburgers.