Weedpacket
12-14-2003, 09:34 PM
The hardest bit was trying to think of a suitably embarrassing moment. You bet there are going to be people who don't believe that one.
Name: I'm Vernoring. Can I say "Vernoring" in public? It's disappointing that Google doesn't recognise the word. I believe Greg Bear coined it (in Moving Mars), alluding to Vernor Vinge and his novel True Names.
Age: Old, but not as old as I sometimes make out (palaeontologists have not written papers about me).
Pets types/names: Four cats, Felicity, Patches (aka Paaatches), Miss Paddlefoot, Cefiro ("Hey, Cef"); an Alexandrine parrot, Worser; two canaries, DJ and Vegemite; a Muscovy duck, Quackers Dukduk (aka. No.12). No, I didn't name them - well, maybe the canaries: DJ's a successor to AJ, BJ and CJ.
Meaning behind your username: Let's say it's this (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&postid=10290308#post10290308); but I actually picked it because of its originality (http://www.google.com/search?q="Weedpacket").
I don't have "favourites" (even if I do call them bookmarks) - I have A-lists that I review occasionally
Favorite quote: No matter how great your triumphs or how tragic your defeats, approximately one billion Chinese couldn't care less.
Most valued posession: My sentience.
Fav type of music: Classical, Smart Techno, 70s British rock... Yeah, I've got Gorillaz playing at the moment.
Favorite movie: Bladerunner (dircut - haven't seen the Final Cut yet), Contact, The Dish
Favorite computer game: Hunt the Wumpus
Favorite computer program: *me shrugs*
Did OJ do it? Haven't got to OJ yet (see above).
Type of car you drive: Gold 2003 Nissan 350Z
Type of car you really drive (the truth please): Red 1992 Nissan Pulsar GTi (my petrolhead brother has the Z. It's his show car.)
Fav alchoholic beverage: At the moment, butterscotch schnapps. Maybe the odd bourbon and cola. TBH, though, I tend to favour that other psychoactive substance, the ol' 1,3,7-trimethylpurine-2,6-dione (http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=2519).
Next vacation: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No, I really don't take time off as often as I should.
If you have any superpower in the world, what would it be, and why? Persuasion; so that when I get pulled over by a traffic cop for speeding I can convince him that "these aren't the droids you're looking for".
Unique talent: I can do a pretty mean Freddie Mercury impression. At least when I'm drunk. Oh, and I can cross my fingers. All eight of them. Simultaneously.
Most embarrassing moment: I do recall a streaking incident at school once during lunchtime. The details are mercifully forgotten but found afterwards some of the girls had hidden my clothes.
Write a sentence that ends with 'about 5 inches.' It had to be an American who came up with the idea for writing a sentence that ends with 'about 5 inches'.
Years in the industry: This one in particular? Um, six - no, TEN - years now (where does the time go and can I have some of it back please?).
Which platform do you use: Depends on what's available.
Fav PHP editor/IDE: PFE, kate, Zend Eclipse, Visual Studio
What's your favorite PHP function/why? make_shopping_cart(). Let 'em think I'm a miracle-worker.
Tips for the noob: Show that you're making an effort to learn and people will make the effort to teach.
Why do you volunteer your time as a moderator? You know, I ask myself that sometimes. I really do.
Free for all (anything you'd like to say): This forum has a 10,000 character limit on posts. So it's not that free, is it?
Name: I'm Vernoring. Can I say "Vernoring" in public? It's disappointing that Google doesn't recognise the word. I believe Greg Bear coined it (in Moving Mars), alluding to Vernor Vinge and his novel True Names.
Age: Old, but not as old as I sometimes make out (palaeontologists have not written papers about me).
Pets types/names: Four cats, Felicity, Patches (aka Paaatches), Miss Paddlefoot, Cefiro ("Hey, Cef"); an Alexandrine parrot, Worser; two canaries, DJ and Vegemite; a Muscovy duck, Quackers Dukduk (aka. No.12). No, I didn't name them - well, maybe the canaries: DJ's a successor to AJ, BJ and CJ.
Meaning behind your username: Let's say it's this (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&postid=10290308#post10290308); but I actually picked it because of its originality (http://www.google.com/search?q="Weedpacket").
I don't have "favourites" (even if I do call them bookmarks) - I have A-lists that I review occasionally
Favorite quote: No matter how great your triumphs or how tragic your defeats, approximately one billion Chinese couldn't care less.
Most valued posession: My sentience.
Fav type of music: Classical, Smart Techno, 70s British rock... Yeah, I've got Gorillaz playing at the moment.
Favorite movie: Bladerunner (dircut - haven't seen the Final Cut yet), Contact, The Dish
Favorite computer game: Hunt the Wumpus
Favorite computer program: *me shrugs*
Did OJ do it? Haven't got to OJ yet (see above).
Type of car you drive: Gold 2003 Nissan 350Z
Type of car you really drive (the truth please): Red 1992 Nissan Pulsar GTi (my petrolhead brother has the Z. It's his show car.)
Fav alchoholic beverage: At the moment, butterscotch schnapps. Maybe the odd bourbon and cola. TBH, though, I tend to favour that other psychoactive substance, the ol' 1,3,7-trimethylpurine-2,6-dione (http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=2519).
Next vacation: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No, I really don't take time off as often as I should.
If you have any superpower in the world, what would it be, and why? Persuasion; so that when I get pulled over by a traffic cop for speeding I can convince him that "these aren't the droids you're looking for".
Unique talent: I can do a pretty mean Freddie Mercury impression. At least when I'm drunk. Oh, and I can cross my fingers. All eight of them. Simultaneously.
Most embarrassing moment: I do recall a streaking incident at school once during lunchtime. The details are mercifully forgotten but found afterwards some of the girls had hidden my clothes.
Write a sentence that ends with 'about 5 inches.' It had to be an American who came up with the idea for writing a sentence that ends with 'about 5 inches'.
Years in the industry: This one in particular? Um, six - no, TEN - years now (where does the time go and can I have some of it back please?).
Which platform do you use: Depends on what's available.
Fav PHP editor/IDE: PFE, kate, Zend Eclipse, Visual Studio
What's your favorite PHP function/why? make_shopping_cart(). Let 'em think I'm a miracle-worker.
Tips for the noob: Show that you're making an effort to learn and people will make the effort to teach.
Why do you volunteer your time as a moderator? You know, I ask myself that sometimes. I really do.
Free for all (anything you'd like to say): This forum has a 10,000 character limit on posts. So it's not that free, is it?