Marek Isalski versus The World

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29)

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:24:43 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-1)

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:27:04 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-1):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Challenge 15: ten random songs

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0100

These are actually not all that representative of what I listen to. Barely any guitars!

Kaltes Herz (edit) — Fusspils 11
Get It Out — Freaktime
Hallowed By Thy Name — Life Cried
Strict Machine — Goldfrapp
Collapsing (Falling Mix) — Edgey
NightVision — Glis
Crucify — Grendel
Truth — Assemblage 23
No Name — Kittie
Winter Born (This Sacrifice) — The Cruxshadows

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25)

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:08:59 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Challenge 14: pictures of me and my family

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:45:53 +0100

Challenge 14: pictures of me and my family

Challenge 13: letter to someone who has hurt you recently

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:00:00 +0100

I wouldn’t publish a letter to someone who has hurt me. Either I would discuss it with them or I would keep it to myself. Publishing hurt only begets more hurt: I don’t want that.

Challenge 12: how I found out about Tumblr and why I made one

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0100

I’ve run a blog since about 1998, on and off, vaguely serving as a diary, vaguely serving as an aide memoir. I switched to Tumblr because I liked the simple interface that I saw on Dominic’s Tumblog. I may switch away from Tumblr to self-hosted WordPress at some point: I’m not using the “social” aspects of Tumblr and I’m not enamoured of “The Cloud”.

Challenge 11: me and my friends

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:00:00 +0100

Challenge 11: me and my friends

Challenge Day 10: songs I listen to when happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:30:00 +0100

Happy:

When You Bleed — uncertain attribution
Under a Glass Moon — Dream Theater
Only Happy When It Rains — Garbage
i i e e e — Tori Amos

Sad:

The Count of Tuscany — Dream Theater
Eve — Dream Theater
Nobody Loves You — Garbage
Only Better — Mesh
Through My Hands — VNV Nation

Bored:

not applicable

Hyped:

Lost Forever — uncertain attribution
Unspeakable — Evergrey
Enjoy the Silence — Lacuna Coil

Mad:

Five Minutes Alone — Pantera
Ten Ton Hammer — Machine Head
Death Comes — Memmaker

Email List Breach at Ticketline or cccampaigns.net / campaigncommander.com / emailvision.com

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:20:00 +0100

Both these emails were delivered to the same address, an address only shared with Ticketline and their mailing list providers. I can only conclude that there has been a security breach somewhere along the way. The same technique I use here was how I discovered the breach at iContact.

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18)

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:30:00 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18):

Challenge 8: short term goals for this month and why

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0100

My main goal for this month is to be happy and relaxed despite the stresses going on around me. Numerous projects I have poured my soul into are being washed away in a tide of ineptitude, bad planning, bad thinking, and nonsensical financial planning. I must try and keep my chin up, not end up feeling heartbroken, and get on with the next challenges.

Challenge Day 7: someone/something that has the biggest impact...

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:40:37 +0100

Challenge Day 7: someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

Challenge Day 6: favourite super hero

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Death of the Endless: she is perky, nurturing and down-to-earth.

Challenge Day 5: somewhere I’ve been to

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Challenge Day 5: somewhere I’ve been to

Challenge Day 4: a habit I wish I didn't have

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Nail-biting, fidgeting, being unable to stop thinking and just get to sleep!

Challenge Day 3: a picture of me with friends

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0100

Challenge Day 3: a picture of me with friends

Challenge Day 2: the meaning of my nickname

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:00:00 +0100

“Maz” is short for “Marek”.

“maznu” is short for “maz.nu”, my personal domain name.

Challenge Day 1: fifteen facts

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:29:47 +0100

I’m approaching 30 years old, and recently walked past the building where I was born. It is now rubble. I wonder whether I need to cast myself a little further from where I began my independent existence.
I do not have enough time to engage in all the hobbies that I enjoy, let alone spend as much time as I would like to with the people I care about. I try to look at this positively: it means I am never without something to do, so I am never bored.
While I am confident in my technical abilities, I can be quite insecure about my personality and how others perceive me.
I am scared of flying. I think I need to fix this fear, and a friend has offered their help in this. But I also dislike the pollution that air travel produces.
I hate money.
I recently bought my first “proper” piece of latex clothing. This has something to do with New Year’s resolutions.
My birthday, New Year’s Eve, Christmas… these are all non-events as far as I am concerned.
I saw a friend who I’d not seen in ten years last week. That was fun.
My work dead-lines are like buses: I wait ages, and then get run over by six at once. There’s a reason why they’re called dead-lines.
I still can’t decide which animal I am more like: a greyhound or a cat.
I have kept a form of blog/journal for about ten years now, and have all my emails dating back to 1997.
There are simultaneously too many and too few things I wish to share here.
My lucky number.
I wrote 25 things about myself around 18 months ago. Most of them are still true.
I keep my promises, just sometimes I end up keeping the promise before I make it. Time can be tricky, and I get the order of things wrong sometimes.

Challenge Day 1: recent picture of myself Taken during my canal...

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:04:22 +0100

Challenge Day 1: recent picture of myself

Taken during my canal holiday with Sjek and Rebecca.