And I don’t care.
This made for a few rounds of levity amongst the team this morning. And when you’ve slept for shite, you need all the levity you can get to make it through the day.
Spring Jinxes
July 30th, 2008
Not that I encourage spam, or even read a minuscule portion of it, but this struck me as oddly humorous. This one comes from “muriel” with the subject line something along the lines of “did you get my previous email…”
We’re always working to get you the best on the market
http://www.geocities.com/[some gibberish here]/
and senior media executives.[3] As a measure of the club’s exclusivity, it is reported the waiting
overseas. Californian guests are generally limited to attendance at the “Spring Jinxes”, in June,
It just leaves me wondering what exactly the “Spring Jinxes” are and why this is a constraint only for Californian guests. Maybe muriel will write back with more information…
Betty Butterfield Is H*A*W*T
May 25th, 2008
A simple playlist to get you started. Use the fancy-pants YouTube related navigation thinger in full-screen view to see more.
Jokes
May 13th, 2008
I took a great deal more satisfaction from this thread on MeFi than I probably should have. High comedy is found in the lowest places.
Awesome New Game!
April 30th, 2008
I cannot wait until I get my hands on Outside. MeFi rates it 7/10 but I think it sounds way better than that.
Uncomfortable Truths
March 20th, 2008
So I asked this question on Ask Metafilter because I’ve been trying to figure out a sticky (to me) problem. I’m not sure how I want to model this using Java.
Among the answers provided (all seem top-notch so far) was a link to an article, Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns. Even though it was written well-neigh two years ago, I had not read it until now. Let me just say my life has been poorer for it.
But the weird thing is that it is a really uncomfortable essay for me to read. I really really like the rigid structure of Java. Code written in Java is so well organized because of the rules and syntax. It is elegant and it does permit me a small level of smugness knowing I write in such a demanding language. And, basically, this article is listing the ways this language is so difficult to work with and that things need not be so crapular. Also, my design problem is not so large a problem when attacked with a less-noun-centric language.
At any rate, I haven’t done much more than read the answers in the thread so far and then the linked article so I don’t know how helpful the help will prove to be. I did, however, have to share the excellent rant.
The Ethical Vegan’s Answer to Steak
March 17th, 2008
Is it ethical to eat meat that comes from someone who can voluntarily assent to being eaten? I think that with one of these the question is now officially in play.
Philosophers, start your inference engines!
