i.justrealized

I just annoyed a lady on the phone.

Her: Hello?
Me: Hello
Her: Who is this?
Me: The person you called. Who may you be?
Her: You called my phone yesterday evening and I wasn’t able to answer. I need to know who is this.
Me: You can’t. I did not call you. You called a fixed line and it can be from anybody. Give me your name and I will ask around.
Her: -gets angry- Where are you from?
Me: I don’t wish to reveal. Provide me with your name and I’ll check.
Her: -raises voice- What is this?
Me: I don’t need to identify myself.
Her: -officially pissed off- Are you trying to mock me? Why are you doing this to me?
Me: Why would I mock you? I am just asking–

-hangs up-

Not the first time this has happened. I hate to answer phone to ask me to identify myself. I won’t reveal myself before the caller does as I felt it gives a stranger an opportunity to find out more about the phone number’s owner(s). He or she could be someone who tries to use some social engineering skills. I’m mostly a prick at such scenarios. I know I know.

-hangs up-

Ma Ma!!! Mama! Mama! Mamamamama!

The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody

They totally ruin Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. But it’s awesome still, haha!

In late summer the plankton bloom is at its height. Vast shoals of herring gather to feed on it, diving birds round the fish up into a bait ball and then a humpback whale roars in to scoop up the entire ball of herring in one huge mouthful.

HD: Bait Ball Feast – Nature’s Great Events: The Great Feast – BBC One

The largest mouth wins.

I haven’t been generous enough to spend money on higher RAM for my blogs. I started to notice slow downs in the blog recent, particularly caused by a particular plugin that does related posts. I found out by checking on slow queries log. Here’s how to get MySQL to log slow queries:

If you are using Ubuntu of Debian-based operating systems, it’s found in /etc/mysql/my.cnf. You may need to use

Press CTRL + W, that’s search in nano. Find “slow” for the section for logging slow queries.

I uncommented “log_slow_queries” and “long_query_time”. I put long_query_time to 8. That requires a bit of experimentation. It depends on your environment.

I run the following command to check the slow queries:

After you change the configuration in my.cnf, you need to restart. You can do so using:

Hope it helps.

For almost three decades, John Francis has been a planetwalker, traveling the globe by foot and sail with a message of environmental respect and responsibility (for 10 of those years without speaking). A funny, thoughtful talk with occasional banjo.

John Francis: I walk the Earth

I found this inspiring.

A new way to blow candles. Do it with your iPhone.

iPhone Blower – Candles

Technology does spoil the fun of candles. Still a cool idea though.

[via Mashable]

Did you know that the scientific name of Western Lowland Gorilla is “Gorilla gorilla gorilla”?

Bet you don’t; I don’t too.

If you’re interested in Gorilla gorilla gorilla, head to Wikipedia.