Happy Holi everyone! This year is possibly the first time ever we’ve got four days off just for Holi :)

Posts from International Association of Time Travelers Members’ Forum, 2104 *chuckles* (via)

Just to document what exactly has happened: It seems to be worst on the grey background - on a white background, it’s hardly noticeable. On a black background, it’s a thin white line. I swear it’s gotten better, somehow - I didn’t take any photos when it had just happened (being too distraught and all), but there were patches of dead pixels and a distinct difference whenever something crossed the line. Now it seems like the dead pixels are gone, and it’s just a crack around which the backlight shows through some. My best guess is that the liquid from surrounding crystals has leaked or something, and it’s steadily going to get worse - the corner seems lighter than the rest of the screen. ...

Price of a new MacBook: from $1499, base model. Price of my MacBook, when new (16 months ago): $1899, mid-range with up-spec hard drive. Price of a 42 inch HD plasma, 4 years ago: $5999 Price of a 42 inch HD plasma, today: $1395 (Samsung at Harvey Norman - catalogue price!) Price of replacing a 13 inch MacBook display: $1300. $1300. For a laptop that costs $1500 brand spanking new. ...

I first read Dracula in year 8, for English, and I remember then that I had found it a little tedious, and yet simultaneously slightly terrifying. So what did I think when looking at a wall of ultra-cheap classics than “why not pick up this one again?” I’ll freely admit I don’t have the head for horror stories, be it in movies or books. Indeed, books are worse because my overactive imagination which sees phantoms in every shadow is required throughout the book, while movies are far more passive and creating the horrors has been outsourced. When it’s from your own head, it’s somehow more attuned to the things which get to you, and much more freely called up… ...