Simply Jonathan

Note Archive

Bloc Party – Waiting for the 7:18

Spend all your spare time, trying to escape
With crosswords and sudoku.

Hang up

Today, during a conversation with Mia, we got to discuss the differences in the English “to hang up” and the Danish “at lægge på” (which translates into “to lay on”). At first, I found the Danish use more correct, given the actual action you do when hanging up — you put down the receiver on the actual phone, at least when you use a land line phone. (When you use a cellphone both terms are factually false — you press a button or fold the phone in some way.)

But then it hit me, this was actually for historic reasons. On the first phones, you would actually hang the receiver up. Apparently, the Danish verb for the action must then have been invented long after the fact, when newer table based phones had been invented.

Mental note regarding @import

Any @import rules must precede all rule sets in a style sheet.

Mia

It’s been two years now. Much love.

Without comparison

One can never go wrong with claiming something is best, “without comparison”. Really, without comparison, I’m the best Astronaut to have ever lived on this planet. If I were to be compared to certain monkeys, however, the story would be a bit different.

John Lennon – Power to the People

You say you want a revolution
We better get it on right away

Rage Against the Machine – Guerilla Radio

It has to start some place,
It has to start some time,
What better place than here?
What better time than now?

The Kinks – Death of a Clown

I’m drowning my sorrow in whiskey and gin.

The Strokes – Heart in a Cage

Yeah the sun will be shining,
And my children will burn

The Free Market Fairy

Joe Gregorio:

I can use a hammer to drive a nail while building a house, or I can use it to cause bodily harm, in neither case is the morality of the action tied to the tool, and in a similar way the blind action of a free market is free of morality.
You know, a gun never killed nobody, You can ask anyone, People get shot by people, People with guns.

Queen — Put Out the Fire (which I’ve referred to earlier)

This is Simply Jonathan, a blog written by Jonathan Holst. It's mostly about technical topics (and mainly the Web at that), but an occasional post on clothing, sports, and general personal life topics can be found.

Jonathan Holst is a programmer, language enthusiast, sports fan, and appreciator of good design, living in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe. He is also someone pretentious enough to call himself the 'author' of a blog. And talk about himself in the third person.