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)
 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…
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:
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!
(Saturn 5 liftoff courtesy NASA) I’ve read some excerpts and discussions of Newt Gingrich’s speech about settling the Moon and allowing the colony(s) to become States of the United States. He’s gotten a lot of flack from all sides on that, a disturbing amount coming from the conservative blogosphere. It’s… Continue reading