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The Magpie Developer
Jeff Atwood is one of the best programmer/writers around. I love reading his stuff, some I agree wholeheartedly with, other stuff we disagree, but this post is about a dead-on as they come. This idea has been floating in my head for a long time, but it is hard for me to conceptualize it in words, Atwood does a brilliant job at it. Must read for any developer. |
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Andy Olmsted's Last Blog Entry.
(Warning: Pretty rough) No matter how you feel politically about the war, this reminds you that each number people throw around as statistics is a human life. This is extremely well written, and pretty rough on your soul towards the end, but something everyone should read. Its a shitty situation all around, but there is always a human face behind the statistics and I want to make sure I never forget that. |
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Drinking stories that put yours to shame
Via Keith
To preserve his body during the voyage home, the second-in-command stored Nelson's body in the ship's vat of rum and halted all liquor rations to the crew. Not a bad idea, but when the ship reached port, officials went to retrieve Nelson's body and found the vat dry.
Disregarding good taste (in every sense), the crew had been secretly drinking from it the entire way home. After that, naval rum was referred to as Nelson's Blood. |
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making vodka pills in 24 hours
Recently, Chef Fabian was experimenting further with the Adria/Torreblanca technique of making 'vodka pills.' I use this word to describe the process of making liquid-filled candies by pouring flavored alcohol syrups into cornstarch and letting it set until a hard outer shell forms. |
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Strategy Letter VI - joelonsoftware.com
As a programmer, thanks to plummeting memory prices, and CPU speeds doubling every year, you had a choice. You could spend six months rewriting your inner loops in Assembler, or take six months off to play drums in a rock and roll band, and in either case, your program would run faster. Assembler programmers don’t have groupies.
Entire Article is Dead On. A must read for anyone in the software biz. |
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(Saturday, July 31)
Phish :: Band History
"Inception - Trey, majoring in philosophy, Fish, studying chemical engineering, and Mike, with a major in electrical engineering, are freshmen at the University of Vermont; Jeff Holdsworth, also an EE major, is a sophomore there. Trey hears Fish playing his drumkit from outside his dorm-room door. He also walks by Jeff's room and hears Jeff's '57 Les Paul (guitar). The three of them get together and Trey posts a sign: bass player needed. Mike answers the sign; they get together for a jam session, and Mike says, 'Did I make it?'They practice in the dorm lounge and make a demo tape. The band plays a party in October and their first official gig as Phish in the basement of Slade Hall at UVM in November, 1984. They use a hockey stick as a mic stand, play 'Proud Mary' twice, 'Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress' once, and eventually are shut down so that a Michael Jackson tape can be played."
I really wish I was going to Coventry, but alas tickets are just too much. I hope it all goes well. For all the sterotypical assaults that they put up with from non-fans, they really are a hugly influential band, and what I think are personally good people who stayed good through the 20 years they were together. I hope Conventry pulls off well.
-E
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(Thursday, July 29)
1000th Blog Post
This blog reached another milestone today. The post you are reading right now is officially my 1000th blog post.
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The most powerful 5 companies that influence all our lives multiple times a day. Very scary. (link from Justin from one of the Doobie sites he reads all day long ) ~TILT~
Map Here
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JBlog
Looks like the JBlog was updated. Been awhile.
JBlog
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Elections: Text of Al Sharpton's convention speech
* "We did it with a go-it-alone foreign policy based on flawed intelligence. We were told that we were going to Iraq because there were weapons of mass destruction. We've lost hundreds of soldiers. We've spent $200 billion dollars at a time when we had record state deficits. And when it became clear that there were no weapons, they changed the premise for the war and said: No, we went because of other reasons.
If I told you tonight, Let's leave the Fleet Center, we're in danger, and when you get outside, you ask me, Reverend Al, What is the danger? and I say, It don't matter. We just needed some fresh air, I have misled you and we were misled."
* The promise of America is that government does not seek to regulate your behavior in the bedroom, but to guarantee your right to provide food in the kitchen.
* The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. (DAMN STRAIT! NO ONE (From Mexico) GETS TREATMENT ANY DIFFERENT THAN MY FOREFATHERS DID. IF THEY DIDNT PAY TAXES AND WERE HERE ILLEGALY THEY WERE DEPORTED)
* That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres.
We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us. (He is funny)
I bash him a lot, but I will admit this was a decent speech.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Elections: Text of Al Sharpton's convention speech:
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(Wednesday, July 28)
I love laughing at Ann Coulter. It's especially fun when you go back and read her older stuff in light of new information. She was was as clueless back then as she is clueless now. She must wake up in the middle of the night and grip her bed and scream "MUST SELL BOOKS! MUST SELL BOOKS" with a bleary eyed robotic repitition.
"The only beef Enron employees have with top management is that management did not inform employees of the collapse in time to allow them to get in on the swindle. If Enron executives had shouted, "Head for the hills!" the employees might have had time to sucker other Americans into buying wildly over-inflated Enron stock. Just because your boss is a criminal doesn't make you a hero."
-Ann Coulter
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Brazilian Scientists Control Crab With Computer
Researchers in the S�o Paulo University's Physics Department have successfully connected a group of 11 neurons from a blue crab's mouth parts to a computer, allowing them to control the movements of the crabs mouth parts via electrical signals. By learning more about how to replicate the function of the crustaceans' neurons, the researchers hope to be able to someday build a giant, samba-dancing, capoira-kicking robotic crab walker with which to impose a Brazilian dominance over the entirety of mankind. Or they want to build prosthetic arms for humans; I forget which.
Funny.
Brazilian Scientists Control Crab With Computer
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John Carmack: "This sucks."
Another Example of Patent Law Gone wrong. This really does amount to blackmail on a level. I will be buying Doom3, and I own a EAX3d Card. Just makes me made Creative would hold it over id's head like this. If they do it to ID imagine what they do to small time developers that dont have near the stature as ID does in the gaming realm.
John Carmack: "This sucks."
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MSNBC - Cyclist says Armstrong threatened him
Man people hate Jeff Gordon because he is a winner. It is reasonable for people to hate a winner. But man the Italians have taken it too far. I like how Armstrong went caught up with him and hearded him back to the pack. They cannot even keep up with him. It's funny.
"The Gazzetta report, which Ortolani described as accurate, said Italian investigators could open proceedings against Armstrong for sporting fraud, violence, and intimidation of a witness."
MSNBC - Cyclist says Armstrong threatened him:
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VOANews.com
"He spoke Tuesday - one day after Mr. Castro lashed out at Mr. Bush and called his accusations 'lies.' Mr. Bush has said Mr. Castro promotes sex tourism because it is a vital source of cash for the Cuban government."
You Know that is an awful awful thing to promote, and I honestly think they probably do it. But if George Bush cared about the people who were being enslaved by it and Fidel he woudl do the one simple thing that would end it. Open up trade and travel with the coutnry from the US. I know atleast 4 or 5 friends that have been to Cuba and they say it is an eye opening, amazingly poor yet pround and vibrant people that welcome you (and your tourist dollars) The cold war is over George, open up Cuba. If they try to import any missles you know we could take em. Hell we already got a base there.
CUBA LIBRE!
-E
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POTF2.COM Forums - Changes Made In OT DVD - Possible Spoilers
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. This really pisses me off. I am gonna keep my bootleg/laserdisc version's now. I dont understand why he would want to do this. Gungans in the original Trilogy! Shaw's face covered up?! NO MORE FRANK OZ YODA!!!
Episode IV: A New Hope DVD:
* Light Sabers changed for Vader versus Ben Kenobi Death Star duel.
* TractorBeam control now in Aurebesh.
* Han and Greedo scene slightly changed (everyone's seen this).
* Jabba the Hutt redone from Special Edition Jabba.
* Boba Fett still mugs camera.
* Han still steps on tail - "You're a wonderful human being" - still there.
(The scene is an improvement over the SE - however, still not great.)
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
* Emperor replaced with Ian McDiarmid.
Dialog in this scene has been slightly modified, indicating either that the Emperor knows it was Luke who nuked the Death Star, or that he is Vader's son. Maybe both. Otherwise, dialog remains in tact. Emperor's theme from Jedi also added into the scene.
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi:
* Hayden Christenson has replaced Sebastian Shaw only in the Force Ghost shot.
* Line about Leia remembering her mother while talking to Luke on the Ewok Village veranda has either been omitted, or modified.
* Naboo has been added to the final planetary celebration montage at the end of the movie. It is a shot very similar to the helicopter shot of Theed in TPM when AATs are moving up the street towards the palace.
Episode I DVD Re-Release:
* Puppet Yoda has been replaced completely by CGI.
Here are some sound clips from the ESB DVD:
* Temuera Morrison's voice as Boba Fett
* Ian McDiarmid as Emperor with New Dialog
One other note on the Naboo celebration at the end of ROTJ... it will feature dancing Gungans (one of whom cries out "Wesa free!").
POTF2.COM Forums - Changes Made In OT DVD - Possible Spoilers
UPDATE: More Craptacular Updates can be found here along with Pics (Thanks to ArenaForceJedi): More stuff here.
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(Sunday, July 25)
USB 2.0 fit in?
How the hell does USB 2.0 attain the speeds it does?
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Some Cool Pics James Found:
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Issac Hayes robotics
For Those in the Know:
3 Laws of Robotics by Issac Hayes
A robot must risk his neck for his brother man, and may not cop out when there�s danger all about. A robot must be a sex machine to all the chicks, except where such actions conflict with the will of his main woman. A robot must at all times strive to be one bad motha-shutchyomouth.
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So Needless to say I went and designed my character for the game and BEHOLD CYANBANE CIRCA EQ2:
I am actually planning on starting the game with 2 chars. One will be a trusty Cleric Char and the one Erudite will be a Mage or somesort, I think I will probably play both and figure out which one I want to concentrate on later in the game. I hope they cna both be on the same server no problem.
here is my cleric dwarf and some more pics of my Erudite Mage. (Now which one is going to actually be called "Cyanbane"? We shall see. Click on pics below to open up fullscreen. Also kick ass on the free JBoots for preregistering Sony. Thats pretty damn cool. I am starting to get pumped abotu this one. I need a new MMORPG to delve into.
