May 2012
3 posts
“I reject the term “piracy.” It’s people listening to music and...”
– Steve Albini IaMA
April 2012
3 posts
March 2012
2 posts
Another interesting day
Slept in an extra hour. Fought hackers. Celebrated Pi Day. Discussed other people’s drunken shenanigans with my boss and a coworker over lunch. Booked a flight. Rented a car. Washed a bunch of clothes. Ironed a shirt. Re-installed my server. Bed.
February 2012
6 posts
“[Contraception is] not okay because it’s a license to do things in the sexual...”
– Rick Santorum
Bypass surgery is not okay because it’s a license to do things in the medical realm that are counter to how things are supposed to be.
Human flight is not okay because it’s a license to do things in the mechanical realm that are counter to how things are supposed to be.
Democracy is...
“A Djokovic victory is almost always impressive but rarely inspirational, akin to...”
– The Limits of Control: Why Novak Djokovic is at his best when he’s at his worst
January 2012
14 posts
“Meh, advice-shmadvice. Who am I to give advice? What’s experience good for in...”
– 10 Questions with Facebook Research Engineer – Andrei Alexandrescu
“(One interesting side note: The cameras on drone aircraft in Afghanistan take...”
– Counting on a Rush to the Cloud - NYTimes.com (via new-aesthetic)
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. —Tanenbaum, Andrew S.
December 2011
4 posts
Unexpected
Missing cinema, good beer, hot food, different coffee, donuts, and accidental confessions. What started out as a perfectly normal day, quickly turned into one of the more unusual days I’ve ever lived.
“Plugins are powerful ways to break or enhance your user interface. Test them...”
– Talkerapp Plugin API documentation warning.
November 2011
12 posts
“Megyn Kelly on fire hoses: “It’s a sports beverage, essentially!”...”
– From a comment on a Gawker article about a Fox host saying pepper spray is “a food product, essentially”.
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“Our right hemisphere is all about this present moment. It’s all about...”
– Fantastic TED talk by Jill Bolte Taylor about what it feels like to have a stroke.
October 2011
11 posts
Receiving weather satellite images →
This is crazy, turns out a few weather satellites beam down the output of their scanning for anyone to tap in to.
Making way for a hyperspace bypass
Last night, I dreamt some friends and I were on an unidentified planet (could have been Earth) that was going to be abandoned. The reason was vague, although I seem to remember it was because aliens were either about to blow it up or invade. We were one of the last teams left around, checking the nearby towns to make sure everyone had been evacuated, and since our mission had ended we had to...
