The Dark Balloon

A weblog by Hao Lian.
A terrible secret guarded by golems.
A note that thanks you for being born, all those years ago.

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Blisters from the slide.

The wizard sat back in his chair, reclined, and squinted at me. We stared at each other for what seemed like eternity.

“Hullo!” he shouted at me. I started.

“I seemed to have misplaced my glasses,” he murmured. He turned me into a pair and called me ugly. I knew Hogwarts wasn’t real.

Relative links should now work in the Atom feed. Bug report comes via Prashanth, who reads Digg so what does that say about him?

[(2008 July 8) • .]

Recent comments (Ethane, General announcement.) • (HAO, Jammies.) • (Tim, Jammies.) • (Prashanth, Wedding.) • (Hao, Hands.).

Recent posts (10/06, The myth and the man.) • (09/13, 2011 Sep 13.) • (08/21, Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.) • (08/21, Failing beautifully.) • (08/18, Shameless.).

I mean, Digg/tech is chillax, you just need to learn to ignore the comments. Something like Youtube. I admit, Reddit/Metafilter have much more cultured communities, but Digg sometimes picks up on stuff that slips through the cracks.

—Prashanth on 2008.07.8 (21:40)

the buttcracks hur hur

—shadytrees on 2008.07.9 (06:55)

Folks, what does that comment say about Hao? HM, HM? I’LL LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE.

—Prashanth on 2008.07.9 (12:01)

Abandon your ideas.

Use Markdown+, but not HTML. In code blocks, beware angle brackets.