July 2010
37 posts
Just remembered that Steve Lamacq is on 6 Music. Love it. Dude knows his music.
Went skimboarding in the evening sun. Water was warm, beach empty, had a lot of fun. I’m not coming back, UK. I hope you understand.
Hey, thanks Facebook. “Do you like ‘Friendship’? Many who like ‘Fun’ like this.” World class clustering algorithms. World. Class.
Just squashed a really big spider. Convinced it was a bloodsucker. Brush with certain death. Tell your family you love them!
Big fan of http://reddit.com/r/mensrights It can get a little nutty, but I appreciate it.
rdoc.info →
California law lets you concatenate the last names of married couples in any way you please. How about “Chris Blewis” or “Chris Lewank”?
Giving Top Gear another go after I abandoned it a year ago due to the horribly staged, unfunny, features. We’ll see how it goes.
I just performed Inception on you. You’re not even going to know which idea it is. But it’s mine. And I patented it. Pay up.
“XML is like violence - if it doesn’t solve your problems, you are not using enough of it.” - http://nokogiri.org/
It’s disgustingly easy to get pirated copies of computer science books, you can pretty much type in “[book name] download” to Google.
Desperately in need of a milkshake from Marianne’s… but can my waistline take it?
XMLBuilder: A Ruby DSL Case Study - Code Commit →
Inception was really rather good. Probably won’t “understand” it until a second viewing. Nolan is probably the only one who does.
Thankfully, matz is here to help in the foreword of Metaprogramming Ruby: “You can fall into the dark side of metaprogramming.”
It’s 5:30PM on a Saturday in the summer. Why is no-one in the lab with me?
Oh man, California Extreme was today? Rage!
Dear authors: When writing a conclusion, don’t begin with “In conclusion…” I know it’s a conclusion. I just read the heading.
Been wearing my wedding band all day to make sure it’s the correct size. Very odd feeling.
Found out that Ruby has no immutable instance variables, only immutable classes. Uncool!
Bundler: The best way to manage Ruby applications →
OH: “OMG! I love Lady GaGa! I want to marry her!” This is not something to be yelled out.
RT @OldSpice: Hayley Mustafa writes, why do you look so much like my dad @isaiahmustafa? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvuYcbgZl-U
Ate some serious humble pie about smack I gave some other research today. I was wrong! Forgive me!
Managed to eat two pieces of toast. Not dying yet. Result! (PS. Yes I did have Marmite on them, for the princely sum of $8 a jar)
NorCal OH: he was looking down, so I invited him in for some bread and Brie.
Awakened at 1:23AM due to being horribly sick. Now have to bask in the light of my LCD as I have nothing to do but wait for the meds…
Word: “amazoning”. To go to a brick and mortar store only to get sizing/measurements/viewing of a product so you can buy it on Amazon later.
Thanks @agentdero! “if you do that in my source trees I’ll stab you” #hudsonci #lolsoftwareengineeringjokeslol
Thanks Reddit, for one of the most disturbing Flickr photostreams ever! http://bit.ly/anSMkz
Watching some Dawkins. He’s aggressive!. “It would be unfair to pick on the Catholics, all religions are up to the same tricks.”
Ambrose Bierce conceived the emoticon in “For Brevity and Clarity” - 1912! (Google Books): http://bit.ly/97xrjy /see page 3 (via @theromero)
DSL Book WIP →
Listening to BBC Radio 4 is beginning to feel more like echos of childhood nostalgia than making me feel homesick. Not sure if good or bad.
Reading @jorisdormans paper on combining level generating grammars (awesome) with space grammars (double awesome) http://bit.ly/anzXKy
My advancement document is up to 34 pages. When do I get to stop?
You know that game? Brütal Legend? That one? It’s not very good :( Really disappoining.
January 2010
33 posts
Strapped up and ready to go for EIScapades in the five-a-side football. Going to steam roll some “soccer” playing Americans. Eng-ger-land!
Find Out The Real Meaning Of Flags [PIC] →
Can these be true revelations ??
You can say what you want about Haskell, but for small programs, it really is beautiful.
Re-reading tax form debacle I went through with UCSC last year. I forgot I asked for an official apology. Fingers crossed for this year.
Wondering how much CO2 will no longer be pumped into the atmosphere now HTML5 means CPUs run at 20% rather than 100% on YouTube. Go green!
You know how people don’t read books anymore? Is it just because people read web pages instead? I consume non-fiction blog pages all day.
Play Him Off, Keyboard Pug in a Snuggie! →
Maybe that’s called a puggie.
I never thought I’d have a job where looking up information about rocketing jumping was legitimate research. I love this job!
Doc con paper: ACCEPTED. First accepted! Hey ma! I’m A Real Academic Boy! Watch me dance the jig of tweed jackets and leather elbow pads!
RT @bos31337 Scientific publishers, instead of a “purchase this article for $35” link, please display “go fuck yourself” (via @mjntendency)
The 'true story' of how Dr. King kept Uhura on... →
If you’re a Star Trek fan, you’ve no doubt heard the story of how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. persuaded Nichelle Nichols to remain on the original series as Lt. Uhura when she was thinking of leaving…
Chinese TV Makes CGI Recreation of Conan-Leno... →
Yes, it’s from the same people who did that bizarre Tiger Woods CGI reenactment. My mind is blown. Captain America, Superman, Hulk …
The Google Street View approach to housing prices: If it looks like a dump, and there’s a Mercedes outside, you can’t afford it.