The Gentlemens’ Haberdashery

For the Discerning Gentleman

The Sum Total of My Possessions…

Posted in Hats, Odds and Ends by Bjørn Sunday July 27, 2008 at about 5:01 am

… is sitting around me as I speak. I can itemize it, if you’d like. If you don’t like, you can get bent. (more…)

Kinematograph 7: A Fraction of the Sum, The Middle and the Thumb

Posted in Kinematograph by Bjørn Saturday July 5, 2008 at about 8:03 pm

Every six months seems to be a good span for these things, eh? Anyway, self-imposed internet deadlines are ridiculous. Here are more short movie reviews that no one cares about. Christ, the movies from this update I watched more than a year ago. For reference, including these ones, there are 217 movies on the list. (more…)

Harvard Calls, explained

Posted in Hats, Odds and Ends by Bjørn Saturday July 5, 2008 at about 2:11 am

So some of you might notice that when I am away on AIM, it often says HC, or hc, or Harvard Calls.  It might be perplexing, but the most astute of you will realize that this tends to coincide with when I sleep.  The basic gist is this:  When I was a freshman, I was taking a nap.  During my nap, I had a dream where my phone kept ringing.  In my dream, I answered it, and it turned out to be the “Harvard Collegiate Dictionary”, asking me about something or the other.  It turned out my phone really was ringing, and I eventually woke up and answered it.  Long story short, the concept of the Harvard dictionary calling me became the impetus for “Harvard Calls”, my code phrase for “I am sleeping.”  So now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

Working on my site

Posted in Hats by finalstrife Wednesday July 2, 2008 at about 9:55 am

http://the-gentlemens-haberdashery.com/jormungandr/

Teaching myself html through an amazing tutorial at www.echoecho.com.  Definitely worth checking out if you had any desire to learn html, javascript, css, flash, etc.  The tutorials are relevant, easily approachable, and come self equipped with quizzes that, while you may feel silly taking, help cement what you are reading.  Please though, for gods sake, don’t take my page as an example of what comes from reading their site.  What I am doing right now is splashing up each new lesson at some place on my site to make sure I know how to do it.  I would never suggest taking it as an example.

More to come.

How do I made gaem?

Posted in Odds and Ends by Bjørn Tuesday May 20, 2008 at about 6:30 am

Some of you might know that for the past dozen months or so, I’ve been working on-and-off on an amateur computer game. You can read about it on its new page right here at TGH.  In general, I’ve been far more interested in doing stuff with this recently, so I’ve gotten quite a bit of the underlying architecture done.  Still very little visible content, but all the background stuff is falling into place.  Soon you might even be able to target another ship!  And maybe shoot at it!

Frabjous Day

Posted in Odds and Ends by Bjørn Monday April 7, 2008 at about 6:35 pm

I got a phone call this morning, and it would appear that the firm in Greensburg I interviewed with a couple weeks ago really wants me to come aboard.  I tried to play it a little coy and told her I’d take a couple days to consider it, but the only thing to really consider is when I’m going to start/where I’m going to live.  Attention Greensburg buds: I am coming back.

Jobs…

Posted in Hats by Bjørn Wednesday April 2, 2008 at about 12:49 am

…are hard to get.  I technically have one, but it’s taking forever for them to let me get started on it.  It’s kind of crucial that I do so, immediately. :(  I also need a real people job.

In other news, I learned today that there is such a thing as “The Astronaut Hall of Fame”.  It seems to me that just being an astronaut should be the only criterion for entry.

I’m not a rock star, but I play one on TV

Posted in Odds and Ends, Spectacles by Bjørn Friday March 28, 2008 at about 3:09 am

This is what I spend most of my time doing lately:

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Life Update

Posted in Hats, Odds and Ends by Bjørn Sunday March 23, 2008 at about 11:40 am

Well, I haven’t posted in quite some time, as per normal, so I suppose it’s time for a state of the BGreman address. (more…)

Kinematograph 6: Pull the Trigger, Break Down in a Love Affair

Posted in Kinematograph by Bjørn Friday January 25, 2008 at about 10:13 am

When I posted last night, it struck me that I hadn’t made a post in forever. Which of course made me feel sort of guilty, so here are some more movie reviews.

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