For some reason, these kind of math gimmicks always remind me of upside down calculator spelling. They’re amusing, but I really have to wonder who sits around and thinks these things up? Anyway, here’s what I just received via email from a friend (slightly edited): “Chocolate mathematics” 1. First of all, pick the number of… Continue reading Silly math tricks
Month: May 2004
Détente
Sam Ruby, in his excellet post Détente: The key takeaway here is to beware of anybody who preaches one true format or one size fits all. Each format has its strengths. And none of them are going away any time soon.
Map of Springfield
Too cool: The Map of Springfield. You know, Springfield from The Simpsons. Amazing amount of effort going into this. Via Slashdot.
vCard
I’ve been playing with the vCard format for a project at work and I gotta say, there’s a technology that’s begging to be re-implemented in XML. I mean, here’s the behind-the-scenes formatting of a vCard file: BEGIN:VCARD FN:Mr. John Q. Public, Esq. N:Public;John;Quinlan;Mr.;Esq. BDAY:1995-04-15 ADR;DOM;HOME:P.O. Box 101;Suite 101;123 Main Street;Any Town;CA;91921-1234; TEL;PREF;WORK;MSG;FAX:+1-800-555-1234 END:VCARD …with a… Continue reading vCard
Apology
I got an email from Al Fasoldt yesterday that was in response to this piece I wrote last year. He wanted to know what I was thinking when I wrote it, and basically called me on it. I remembered being harsh when I wrote it, but since it was last July I didn’t remember any… Continue reading Apology
Back
Yes, back from Portland since yesterday, but I’m finally catching up on everything—internet connectivity has been spotty at best here for some reason, so last night after not being able to connect to anything for the umpteenth time, I said, “Screw it!” and gave up. Portland is where it’s supposed to be. Bend is where… Continue reading Back
Gone for the weekend
I’ll be offline all this weekend and most of Monday. We’re going to Portland: the kids have another eye doctor appointment with someone new on Monday, so we’re making a weekend out of it and heading up tomorrow. I’ll check my email Saturday morning but after that it’s au revoir.
Poor choice in words
On the radio today I heard a commercial for the Obsidian Opera, with possibly the dumbest choice of words for promoting opera that I’ve ever heard. They said, “opera is like going to a topless bar for your eyes and ears.” Aside from the crude juxtapositioning of opera and topless bars, wouldn’t something that’s like… Continue reading Poor choice in words
Blog software chart
For anyone looking at other weblogging software (Jake), this is really good: Blog Software Breakdown. It has a fantastic chart of features on ten popular weblog packages. This chart displays attributes of different user-installed blog software packages side-by-side for comparison. Only server-installed scripts will be included in this list. (Sorry, no Radio, Blogger, etc.) Via… Continue reading Blog software chart
Matrix Cheat Codes
At work today a couple of us were jokingly speculating as to what earlier versions of The Matrix would be like—or, more accurately, what we would imagine they’d be like—and I came up with Half-Life. Basically, imagine the Matrix v1 as a first-person shooter. Makes perfect sense! All they essentially do in the Matrix is… Continue reading Matrix Cheat Codes