A place for things I found…
these things are geeky!
Well, I tried to insert a countdown widget in one of these posts, but for some reason it just didn’t work out right. So, I put one in the sidebar, counting down the hours to 6 AM Saturday the 20th when the plane takes off! Now, doing the math, 161 hours minus 56 hours for sleep, minus 40 hours for work, minus 3 hours commuting time to and from work…
GAHHH! I have 65 hours to get everything done!
Believe me, I had no idea before watching this that a dubstep mashup like this was even possible. (Note: if you don’t know what dubstep is, or who Skrillex is, here’s a nice video of otters playing with cups: awwww)
Continue reading “You’ll never hear dubstep the same way, ever again…”
 No, it’s not a metaphor for the ultimate uselessness of effort, it’s just this: a slinky toy “walking” down a treadmill, endlessly, endlessly…
Continue reading “Slinky on a treadmill…”
Sorry about the site being unavailable for a bit, my hosting company Dreamhost had a problem when they were doing some upgrades, that brought their whole network down. Having run my own webhosting company once upon a time, I know what that’s like…
This is why you have to be careful when you’re running a website-base ad campaign.
Some ads just don’t go together when they’re chosen automatically!
So, a burning question amongst computer geeks and nerds (besides which is better, “vi” or “emacs), is “Why is C still so hot, when (fill in the blank) is so much better?” Here’s one answer, from Wired magazine:
Continue reading “What makes a programming language successful?”
Well, I’m trying out this new layout theme. Â I wanted something flexible that would act the way I wanted (make more room for the content, for example), so I switched to this new one. Â Please leave any comments that you feel about this one, compared to the earlier.
Well now if this don’t beat all, I done run acrosst a fellow old-timer on this here Internet thang, and he’s done told it like it was, fer sure! Continue reading “Crotchety old computer geek and the horse-drawn computers…”
