April 2009
33 posts
Found Songs →
I know you like Icelandic music as much as I do… here’s 7 free Olafur Arnalds tracks from earlier this month.
Apr 30th
A Simple Guide to Satire
Before yet another article is written by some Saturn driving madman intent upon running down me and my friends and then defended in the name of satire, I thought perhaps a simple guide to satire might be in order to clarify matters a bit. Satire generally works like this: Start with a problem - generally social problems work best here. Great writers weave their problem into the fabric of...
Apr 30th
Apr 29th
@GhengisJung: Another journalism student who hates cyclists! kansan.com/stories… #zackcolman you are not alone! Do they even bother to teach satire to journalism majors anymore?
Apr 28th
Young and Unplugged →
I suppose there’s a bit of irony in posting/tweeting this, but our recent extreme cable reduction (only local channels) makes this interesting to me. Exactly how much technology can I live without and still be a computer scientist, I wonder?
Apr 25th
Yahoo Pulls the Plug On GeoCities →
Alas, poor GeoCities! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.
Apr 24th
Apr 23rd
Apr 23rd
Writing Software is Like ... Writing →
People always ask me to compare what I do to something easier to grasp. This is the best description I’ve heard yet.
Apr 22nd
“Have you seen my massively strong legs?”
– Matt
Apr 22nd
Do you prefer a particular Operating System? If so, why? Detailed responses are appreciated.
Apr 22nd
Apr 21st
Brain-Twitter Interface →
A sign of the apocalypse?
Apr 21st
Critical Mass was a blast - I’m planning on going to the monthly ride next week now. I’m looking forward to seeing the pictures and video. Matt got most of the ride on his helmet cam.
Apr 18th
http://lansing.craigslist.org/mis/1118445596.html →
Poor Zack Colman - doomed to a life of unintended satire and sarcasm…
Apr 18th
In case anyone is wondering, the river trail is at flooded at least pedal deep near potter park…
Apr 17th
Olafur Arnalds - 3055 →
Take a listen to the linked song. I am practically listening to it on repeat with a video running in my head. Another great artist from Iceland… now if only I could find this album available for purchase somewhere.
Apr 16th
Apr 16th
““Why is programming fun? What delights may its practioner expect as his...”
– Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. (from The Mythical Man-Month)
Apr 13th
Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go →
An interesting perspective on the to Grad or not to Grad question I’ve been dealing with lately.
Apr 13th
Let's Invite the Internet...
…to comment on Zack Colman’s opinion piece in the State News: http://digg.com/people/MSU_News_Paper_Columnist_Threatens_to_Run_Down_Cyclists http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/8bk1h/msu_news_paper_columnist_threatens_to_run_down/
Apr 10th
First Decent Ride of the Year! →
Roughly 8.5 miles from Matt’s place to the Admin. building at MSU. The hill over 496 on Aurelius was the toughest part.
Apr 10th
Responses to "Bicyclists need to stay on sidewalk"
If you haven’t yet read the idiotic opinion piece in the state news Bicyclists need to stay on sidewalk then you might want to before you read the following responses: Bicyclists have same rights on road as vehicles in Mich. For safety purposes, bike riders should stay off roads For reference here are the campus regulations and michigan laws (pdf) affecting cyclists.
Apr 10th
“RT @Melissa_Stewart: StateNews columnist Zack Colman threatens to run bikers...”
– GhengisJung
Apr 9th
Why I've Avoided the Ruby Culture
First, read this rant. Now, let me summarize: Ruby culture advocates changing the way pieces of the language work in a global way (sometimes known as monkey patching). In this particular case, two different packages (gems) have their own nifty (incompatible) implementations of the sum method of the Array object. The built-in, language-wide Array object. The comments on the Hacker News thread...
Apr 8th
“Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if...”
– Brian W. Kernighan
Apr 8th
Happy Birthday RFC 1! →
Apr 7th
50 GB DropBox Pro - Free for 6 Months →
Offsite backups anyone?
Apr 7th
WatchWatch
I need to get a microphone for my desk at work… (via cribley)
Apr 4th
Legends of Zork! →
Even if you didn’t play Zork, this web based adventure game is pretty cool. If you played LoRD, it’s similar. Check it out.
Apr 3rd
Technology Book Purge - Part 3
There will be at least one more list, after this list. Comment if something catches your eye. Linux Programmer’s Reference Unix in Plain English (2nd) PERL Programmer’s Reference Webmaster in a Nutshell (2nd) SQL 2000 Reporting Services Step by Step Unix and Linux Answers Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours Linux System Administration Slackware Unleashed Developing Linux...
Apr 3rd
Technology Book Purge - Part 2
Comment if you’d like any of these - otherwise they’ll be donated: VB.NET in 21 Days SQL Server Security Distilled Operating Systems : Design and Implementation (Tanenbaum) 2nd Ed. A Programmers Intro to PHP 4.0 Learning VBScript Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual Steal This Computer Book Core MySQL Google Hacks 2nd Ed. Learning Java (2nd Ed?) Simply C# Using Samba (2nd...
Apr 2nd
Technology Book Purge
I’m doing a serious thinning of my technology books tonight. If anyone wants anything, let me know. Already on the list: Game Programming for Teens Java in a Nutshell 3rd Ed. Python in a Nutshell 1st Ed. More books to be posted tonight - I’ll be parting with these either tonight, or next week, so let me know ASAP.
Apr 1st