Thursday, May 21, 2009 - Posts

Thursday, May 21, 2009

a day in a life 2009.05.21

via @fractalnavel: in the last 24 hours:
  • 2009.05.21 14:52: @klaatu
    @fractalnavel
    @klaatu
    Avg Detroit Home Prices 1994-2009 http://bit.ly/KIKQj
    dang. thoughts: (1) i'm moving (2) hell of an investment opportunity (3) place to dump my junk, cheaper than long-term storage
    In Detroit, you could own your own dead end street. If only telecommute jobs were more prevalent. Could take up Urban Ranching
    buy an entire "compound". but then, need to invest in defense as well. welcome to the uni-state of fractalnavel !
  • 2009.05.21 15:11: @klaatu
    Whoa VLC can stream your desktop, try this cmdline: "VLC.exe screen:// :screen-fps=30" for fun. Already new it could do TV cards...
    so, like, i can set up "fractalnavel - live!", then ... personal reality series ;-)
  • 2009.05.21 15:50: @jdhunt
    It just seems that I have run into a few dev newbies who aren't quite up to snuff with their debugging skills.
    son, you're just seeing the signs that you're in an older generation now. welcome to the geezer geeks ;-)
  • 2009.05.21 15:51: @jdhunt
    Do the CS programs of today teach debugging skills as part of their curriculum? Mine didn't, but I graduated 11 years ago.
    cs programs: on average, i find cs to be a negative indicator of competency in this field. and there are solid reasons for this
  • 2009.05.21 15:58: [rubs lamp] i wish that for one day everything on the internet were true-nothing is a scam, the women are real, and conspiracies are exposed
  • 2009.05.21 15:58: ... or maybe switch those last two items
  • 2009.05.21 16:08: @craigg75
    species, series, deer, fish -- all words where singular = plural
    in a sense, the singular form is an abbreviated version of "one of a group of ..."; the prime concept is aggregate, not individual
  • 2009.05.21 16:09: @jdhunt
    I am really itching for a road trip. But, it will have to wait with my wife being almost 40 weeks pregnant and all...
    "proper prior planning prevents ..."
  • 2009.05.21 18:47: @jdhunt
    @fractalnavel
    @jdhunt
    It just seems that I have run into a few dev newbies who aren't quite up to snuff with their debugging skills.
    son, you're just seeing the signs that you're in an older generation now. welcome to the geezer geeks ;-)
    You mean I'm no longer a whippersnapper?
    grey matter getting grayer: when you start gettin' cranky about the n00bs
  • 2009.05.21 18:51: @jdhunt
    @fractalnavel
    @jdhunt
    I am really itching for a road trip. But, it will have to wait with my wife being almost 40 weeks pregnant and all...
    "proper prior planning prevents ..."
    And to think we were going to name the kid after you.
    lol - all that comes to mind are all the insults over the years ;-)
  • 2009.05.21 19:34: note to self / blog: updated "Amazon Web Services / Product Advertising API Query Signer (JavaScript )" http://u.nu/3ut6
  • 2009.05.21 19:35: RT @swadeshine Thinking this whole Spring-cleaning thing requires beer.
  • 2009.05.21 20:02: used this comment in code recently: /* ------ expose publics here ------ */ - because everyone knows you don't expose your privates
  • 2009.05.21 20:09: @jdhunt
    @fractalnavel
    used this comment in code recently: /* ------ expose publics here ------ */ - because everyone knows you don't expose your privates
    you mean "shouldn't" expose your privates
    are you judging me, grampa ? exhibitionist is as exhibitionist does.
  • 2009.05.21 20:18: stupid spam-mail brings this thought to mind: if your oral sex is blowing somebody's mind, you're doing it wrong.
  • 2009.05.21 20:24: @jdhunt
    @fractalnavel
    stupid spam-mail brings this thought to mind: if your oral sex is blowing somebody's mind, you're doing it wrong.
    LOL - not getting what you paid for?
    good way to burst an eardrum, if you ask me
  • 2009.05.21 20:32: geez, what else can i waste time doing ?
  • 2009.05.21 20:38: http://www.data.gov/, http://www.wolframalpha.com/ - unfiltered data is no data at all. needs focus, motivation, context
  • 2009.05.21 20:40: cvrap: w|a q&a - http://u.nu/65u6
  • 2009.05.21 20:41: the thing's a smart-ass - pretty appropriate, if you ask me
  • 2009.05.21 20:44: oh, this one is good: http://bit.ly/DanLc
  • 2009.05.21 20:46: why is this funny ? http://bit.ly/cgP2J
  • 2009.05.21 20:53: wtf ? w|a output is (frequently?) graphical ! why ? to defeat page-scrapers ?
  • 2009.05.21 20:54: w|a text / table are images
  • 2009.05.21 21:06: oh my: http://u.nu/58u6 - but http://u.nu/68u6 . ok, so the people at wolfram are python-ites
  • 2009.05.21 21:12: ok, ok - i'll start looking into jquery now. seems to be the easy way to do ad-hoc ajax
  • 2009.05.21 21:14: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel what true geek isn't a python head
    yeah, kinda expected that. what other cultural oddities can we hammer w|a with ?
  • 2009.05.21 21:35: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel try Office Space.. pop geek cultural meme
    can't; that's one i never picked up on
  • 2009.05.21 21:50: @craigg75 you keep bitching about ie6 issues; have you tried http://u.nu/6cu6 ? js library to "upgrade" earlier versions to to ie7/8
  • 2009.05.21 22:06: this little piggie went to the indian buffet for lunch and is now experiencing a curry-coma
  • 2009.05.21 22:45: we voted those morons out of office, they had their shot - now, SHUT THE FUCK UP
  • 2009.05.21 22:47: basically, he just wants to keeo the issue alive until something - inevetiably - happens, and then assign blame
  • 2009.05.21 22:47: yaeh, that's an error in logic that will pass muster with most americans, sadly
  • 2009.05.21 22:49: i wouldn't put it past ol' dick to actually cause some shit, even in a non-conspiratorial manner
  • 2009.05.21 22:50: y'know, we (citizens) have already decided in our democratic way that the practices of tehlast administration ...
  • 2009.05.21 22:50: represented a threat in and of themselves to our principals & values - therefor ...
  • 2009.05.21 22:51: put DICK in his beloved guantanamo
  • 2009.05.21 22:51: i think they can find some perfect roomies for him
  • 2009.05.21 22:52: oh what the hell, it'll just add to the building discredit of the republican party
  • 2009.05.21 22:56: grumble - found some bugs in stuff with jslint - which is a good thing, just have to make some updates now
  • 2009.05.22 00:16: normally i don't make comments on following/followers, but this one is amusing - my niece dropped me after my latest tirade ;-)
  • 2009.05.22 00:17: now, i don't know if that's it, i mean, come on, i'm pretty run-of-the-mill. and for me, anyway, most of the amusing stuff is in replies...
  • 2009.05.22 00:18: .. you know, those things twitter won't send us anymore unless we meet their special definition of maintaining a relationship.
  • 2009.05.22 00:18: but mostly, i figure it's just that i generate too much random noise. fair enough.
  • 2009.05.22 00:27: geez, hard to say some things without triggering the bots: $hutupmeg, no7erobo7, ha$hmy$ql (yeah, mangled those to discourage)
  • 2009.05.22 00:27: i wonder how man botted phrases there are now
  • 2009.05.22 00:57: @jdhunt
    @fractalnavel
    normally i don't make comments on following/followers, but this one is amusing - my niece dropped me after my latest tirade ;-)
    Ha! I'm sure it wasn't personal, drunkle Chris.
    ha! not sure - is "brother beer" better or worse ?
  • 2009.05.22 01:00: @jdhunt
    @fractalnavel
    geez, hard to say some things without triggering the bots: $hutupmeg, no7erobo7, ha$hmy$ql (yeah, mangled those to discourage)
    I still fail to see what the bots gain by following people based on phrases. Seem futile.
    - i dunno - triggers the auto-follow bots, maybe ? reminds me of the two talking coke machines, side-by-side
  • 2009.05.22 01:01: how long until the bot-verse spins off on its own in a large ball of spam ?
  • 2009.05.22 01:16: 2interesting - cheney is engaging in a form of dissent that his own administration would not have tolerated
  • 2009.05.22 01:17: he's his own counter-example
(pulled direct from twitter via custom job)
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