January 2008
Dear A Variety Of Forum Software: I was not born on Dec. 31; rather, I declined to tell you my birthday at all. But thanks!
December 2007
Oh dear: http://tinyurl.com/2xjw8w
11pm on a Sunday? What a more perfect time to sit in your car in the driveway and listen to R&B at high volume.
Got an interactive terminal app giving you guff about ^H? Run it under rlwrap. It makes Scala’s REPL console usable on OS X. Yay!
Clown shoes. Fucking clown shoes. http://tinyurl.com/2dvq4h
Ruby Code Smell #32: The codebase doesn’t work with autotest.
RFC 1751 A Convention for Human-Readable 128-bit... →
AnandTech - The LCD Thread →
“In the confusing market of LCD monitors, The LCD Thread was created as a resource to assist users in choosing the right display for themselves. In the guide you will find a comprehensive description of the inner workings of LCD monitors, as well as recom
Anyone have an eMusic account? They’re the only people selling the LIttle Dragon album in MP3 form, and I want it. Will pay you money. d me.
@mattly: FREE THE SOCIAL GRAPH!
Protip: If you ask before publishing people’s data, they won’t be mad. Get consent, provide opt-out. Stop being such putzes.
I returned home to find my larder stocked with sauv blanc, High Life, champagne and almonds. I’m like the Donner Party only alone and warm.
Kid, the way you eat Twizzlers makes me want to punch you. Knock it off.
What is a cross tab query and how do you create... →
“A cross tab query is a transformation of rows of data to columns. It usually involves aggregation of data e.g. totals broken down by months, products etc., where the months are represented by columns.”
@technomancy: Congratulations! And Merry Christmas!
reStructuredText →
“reStructuredText is an easy-to-read, what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext markup syntax and parser system. It is useful for in-line program documentation (such as Python docstrings), for quickly creating simple web pages, and for standalone documents.”
sparrow - Google Code →
“Sparrow is a really fast lightweight queue written in Ruby that speaks memcached. That means you can use Sparrow with any memcached client library (Ruby or otherwise).”
@nelson: There is such a thing, but there shouldn’t be.
@kyleshank: Dennis Kucinich. For all your unelectable needs.
With the window open it’s about 40F in my living room. I have sandals on. Eat it, winter.
If I can hear you with my headphones on, you’re yelling. STFU.
Chips and salsa for breakfast. Because that’s how we do.
Protip: If you’re fighting Takuma Tsurugi and he’s down for the count, don’t jump on him. He’ll end up holding one of your organs. Even two.
@mattly: It’s like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don’t concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all the heavenly glory.
Two words: Brad Motherfuckin Neely.
Protip: Take a square of Alter Eco Blackout chocolate. Put it in your mouth. Take a sip of 2005 Plungerhead Dry Creek Zinfandel. Aw yeah.
Tonight? A nice zinfandel, a salmon-pesto-sun-dried-tomato sandwich, some flatbread, and some more motherfuckin’ Japanese gangster films.
CNN is playing some sort of Eschatology Wow program. It’s like the Dark Ages with better personal hygine.
SPACES — YOU’RE DEAD TO ME, OVER
Ugh. Spaces is *so* flaky. Starting to miss Linux.
ikhono.net: Gnome autotest Notifications →
Blackened chicken, savory brown rice, steamed kale, a glass of Geyser Peak cabernet sauvignon, and Japanese gangster films. Boosh.
No, my sleep cycle is not broken. I’m making dinner at 12:30AM because it’s more fun this way. Honest.
Tonight’s shaved yak: my zsh prompt. BALLIN!
@al3x: Now with 30% less fail!
Tim Kreider on Christmas: “It’s as if the whole world were still being taken to Chuck E. Cheese’s for their birthday…”
Early bedtime has disintegrated into TextMate yak-shaving.
That had better be a coincidence or I’m going to have to figure out how to exploit it.
Jittery on coffee, listening to The Thermals and pushing through. Also? FUCK YOUR HOLIDAY.
If you’re going to have a music blog, make a fucking iTiunes feed already. Jesus.
I feel like I’m made out of spare parts today. Used, spare parts.
Cold Chicago-style deep dish pizza is some damn good breakfast. Eff you, lunch.
@blaine: Familiar with the wonders of Puppet. I seek the Rake-which-is-not-Rake, that-which-runs-tasks-sequentially-but-is-testable.
At Wesabe HQ, feeling motivated but uninspired. Frustrating.
Underentertained and discontent. Bleagh.