May 2012
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April 2012
1 post
March 2012
2 posts
Cogs Bad
williamedwardscoder:
There is something really wrong with modern programmers. Very wrong indeed. Mailinator creator Paul Tyma has a great blog post on how he compresses our email by 90%. He has a simple LRU cache of lines and consecutive lines from emails, so emails become a list of line string pointers where most are shared. He also has a background thread doing rather stronger LZMA...
January 2012
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December 2011
5 posts
“Of course, you still hear people saying ‘I don’t watch the news – it’s...”
– Jeremy Paxman
November 2011
4 posts
“An Ceiling Cat sed O hai, make bebehs kthx. An dont worry i wont watch u secksy,...”
– Genesis 1:22, LOLCat Bible
Gingham
Behind the door with the gingham curtains sits a young girl with red hair. She wears a gingham dress. Next to her is a table, draped with a cloth of the same gingham. Upon the table sits a small plate, bearing a small slice of pie. She is screaming at the pie. She has circular breath for this solitary reason. There are water pipes to keep her throat hydrated, and caffeine drips to keep her awake....
October 2011
3 posts
Megan Amram: Quiz: Do You Have Cancer? →
meganamram:
Do you have cancer? Find out with this fun, flirty quiz!!
1. It’s the middle of class and your crush looks over to see you:
a. Texting him!
b. Paying attention to the teacher. Come on – it’s class!
c. Picking at a large new mole that has recently developed on your forearm!
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“The best argument I have heard for a monarchy is that it keeps rightwing nutters...”
– Guardian column
September 2011
6 posts
“…one day, probably sooner than you’d think, though maybe not as soon as...”
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“There is no other species on the Earth that does science. It is, so far,...”
– Carl Sagan (via brainmeat)
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
10 posts
The idea that there are hi-fi amps without banana plug sockets is completely and utterly stupid, and the people involved in making said equipment should have been fired out of a cannon into the sun.
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Birdhouse is awesome.
While on the train today I started using Birdhouse to its full potential. For those of you who don’t know, it’s an iPhone twitter client that lets you draft up tweets to send later. It doesn’t do much else - it doesn’t even have a timeline - because it’s meant to work *with* your existing twitter client, not replace it. It’s very handy if you get a big rush of...
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http://killerbe.es →
This is where you’ll find my tumblr from now on.
Obligatory re-style: soon.
Things I Could Be
Found this in my notebook:
THINGS I COULD BE
Vampire <- taste of blood = ew.
Celery-based assassin <- Maybe?
Northbound train goin’ anywhere <- is a Journey lyric.
late <- N.B. do not make important dates till this is debunked.
pretentious <- moi?
pre-pubescent fecal matter of startling relevance <- too old for this shit
inventor & proprietor of the...
June 2011
2 posts
ohai tumblr.
Yeah, I’ll start using this more. Promise.
Gonna have a domain and everything.
March 2011
3 posts
Gruber on the White iPad 2
Quoth:
“My review unit from Apple is a 64 GB black model with 3G. Thus, my time with the white models was limited to the hands-on area after the introduction event last week. The white bezel looks good, aesthetically — very similar to the infamous white iPhone 4s that I played with after last year’s WWDC keynote. But, I found the white bezel distracting. With the black, the frame...
February 2011
1 post
January 2011
1 post
“I have discovered coffee beans covered in chocolate. YUMMY”
– (via mikechislett)
I believe it’s pronounced “choffy”.
December 2010
2 posts
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Destroying your life, one low-res cube at a time.
So that’s three people I’ve hooked onto Minecraft in less than a week (could be four). Seriously, that game is like crack. That constitutes your only warning. But if you do decide to try it, there are some things you should look at first to guide you in the right direction:
YouTube user SeaNanners has done a great Let’s Play of Minecraft, starting here. It’s a good way to...
CD Printing with an Epson Stylus Photo R360 from...
The Epson Stylus Photo R360 is a nice little inkjet printer that can print directly onto discs - with quite impressive results. The only problem is, Epson make you use their software to make your layout. It’s what you’d expect from a large hardware corporation making end-user software; awful UI, hideous templates, no precise positioning of anything, and absolutely no interaction with...
November 2010
2 posts
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Honey Why Did You Sharpie All Over My Leggings:...
After a while, you start to notice the great differences between buses and trains in Britain. Trains are Serious Business; important commuters in immaculate suits need to travel This Many Miles by This Time or The Boss Will Be Angry And Throw A Fit An Stuff. Buses, meanwhile, are for the Guy Who’s Got The Day Off; I need to get there this morning, buy the wife a new pheasant, and be home...
Tumblr!
It’s about time I made this; just a place to post Things until my main site is up and running.