I love internet memes as much as the next guy, so here it goes.
Wladimir tagged me, hoping that I would finally start to blog. So I did.
The rules:
- Link to your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.
- Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
- Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
- Let them know they’ve been tagged.
The facts:
(In no particular order.) Are those things surprising? I don't know, but how would I know what surprises you anyway.
- I actually quite like statically type-checked languages (especially if they use type inference).
- I love cheesy movies, but don't like cheesy music.
- After almost two years in the Netherlands, I still can't speak a single sentence of Dutch (except if you count «Dankjewel.» — which means «Thank you.» — as a sentence). Similar problems apply to listening. Nevertheless, I try to infer the meaning of the sentence by comparing with English and German, which can sometimes lead to rather ridiculous situations. A co-worker once asked me if I wanted some “pepernoten”, which I immediately translated to “paper notes”. I figured that he probably wanted to express that it's going to be a longer discussion, and pen and paper would be useful to remember the decisions taken. So I promptly got up, walked back to my desk and fetched my notebook and a pen. Turns out, pepernoten are actually a cookie-like candy, and this co-worker was just offering me some.
- I love DIY, but I completely suck at it. Details are withheld.
- I hate trailing whitespace, tabs, and inconsistency in general (ok, that should come to no surprise at all I guess…).
- To all the people out there who still don't get what XUL is about: no, I have absolutely no experience with web design!
- I don't like Swiss mountains. Or any mountain, really. They're too steep.
Taggees:
(This meme was not my idea!)
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