January 2011
14 posts
Rickrolled
“I’ve Got a Feeling” has assumed a role in my mind similar to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up”. People are being gotten good and they don’t even know it. It’s actually a rather fun game.
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bobulate:
A thank you note by David Bowie in reply to his first American fan letter:
When I called in this, my manager’s office, a few moments ago I was handed my very first American fan letter - and it was from you. I was so pleased that I had to sit down and type an immediate reply, even though Ken is shouting at me to get on with a script he badly needs. That can wiat (wi-at? That’s a new...
The word boring should never be applied to the operation of computers in a computer science class. There is so much unbelievable engineering magic happening at every level. If it’s anyones job to champion that it’s a CS professor’s. So why do the Pitt professors approach the topic with such a lack of awe?
“How are you unwell?”
I tell him I cry easily, laugh easily, get angry...”
– From The Golden Mean By Annabel Lyon (which just went on my to read list) via Liz Danzico of Bobulate who also dropped a reference to Pittsburgh’s Caliban’s Book Shop
Wormworld: a gorgeously illustrated web-comic in... →
The characters are incredibly well executed. The settings are strong and well detailed. The sense of light is great. My only complaint is that some of the sound effect and special effect lettering is very generic and stiff which clashes with the handworked feel of he piece.
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Tastes are memories.
A hundred lunch dates in the syrupy sweet peach tea.
The same uncomfortable seat.
Staying longer to finish what I was working on.
Always looking forward to climbing uphill.
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The Thrills of Being a Geek
Overlong nerdy rant oncoming, fair warning.
I destroyed my computer today. Not physically though I did come close to chucking it at something. Instead an innocuous seeming UNIX command to move a folder turned sour with a misplaced *. What I’d done (unknowingly) was move my entire home directory (everything from my music to my documents to my desktop to my system settings) into some obscure...
I named my iPhone Charlotte. After the spider not the city.
Robots Go Smash
2 years ago I drew up a plan to do a daily web comic. It never happened. It’s happening now: http://robotsgosmash.tumblr.com Prepare for nonsensical daily robot sketches.