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Cheers campaign ads (via ph03n1x1111)Seriously, this may be...

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:37:14 -0700

Cheers campaign ads (via ph03n1x1111)

Seriously, this may be the single best set of beer commercials I’ve ever seen. Especially the parking one. The Thai have beer ads down pat.

Local News: Man found in WI basement covered in BBQ sauce | sauce, basement, covered : WWMT NEWSCHANNEL 3

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:35:11 -0700

Local News: Man found in WI basement covered in BBQ sauce | sauce, basement, covered : WWMT NEWSCHANNEL 3

Japanese/Thai tea commerical with caterpillars. Brilliant!

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:16:06 -0700

Japanese/Thai tea commerical with caterpillars. Brilliant!

Programmer competency matrix

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:20:17 -0700

Programmer competency matrix:

Wow, way to set the bar way freakin’ low.

How about one cell saying, “Can give a title tag to their freakin’ webpages.”

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Lit 101 Class in Three Lines or Less.

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:03:01 -0700

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Lit 101 Class in Three Lines or Less.:

ADAM: Paradise has arbitrary dietary restrictions?
DEVIL: They’re really more like guidelines.
GOD: Incorrect.

Happy 4th Derrick!4 years old, huh? Dream big, Lil Derrick.

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:18:26 -0700

Happy 4th Derrick!

4 years old, huh? Dream big, Lil Derrick.

Full text: An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:44:17 -0700

Full text: An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant: I think my favorite part is where he talks about the download page. Unanticipated indeed!

The fate of reduce() in Python 3000

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:10:03 -0700

The fate of reduce() in Python 3000:

I can’t help but feel that Guido is being disingenuous with his argument about why reduce should be removed. I honestly don’t believe that he has to sit down and diagram something out to understand it, I think this is hyperbole.

But even if it’s true, is this a hard limitation on GVR’s (or anyone’s) brain or is it just for lack of practice? Functional programming confused me at first too, but then I learned it and I am a better programmer for it.

This is by far the ugliest side of Python. Maybe I’d be happier with the language if I just never talked to any Pythonistas and never read anything GVR wrote.

I work very hard to be a good programmer, and I want to be a good programmer. When I see people making excuses for not becoming better, it makes me frustrated.

Fisher says, “Pay attention to me!”

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:17:06 -0700

Fisher says, “Pay attention to me!”

Fisher gets his lean on at Powerset.Now this may look...

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:09:26 -0700

Fisher gets his lean on at Powerset.

Now this may look uncomfortable to you, but Greyhounds do it so much it’s basically their signature move.

abhay:The Tesla doing a lap at Le Mans.He complains the...

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:57:25 -0700

abhay:

The Tesla doing a lap at Le Mans.

He complains the $300k aston in front of him was too slow, and he wasn’t allowed to pass.

my new bluetooth…- I Can Has Cheezburger?

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:10:07 -0700

my new bluetooth…- I Can Has Cheezburger?

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: The Abridged Script

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:19:32 -0700

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: The Abridged Script: KAREN ALLEN: That’s what’s so great about this movie - we can just do whatever the hell we want, because even glaringly obvious flaws like that are dwarfed by the sheer magnitude of failure that is the rest of the movie. To illustrate this, SHIA LEBEOUF flies up into the FUCKING JUNGLE and swings like FUCKING TARZAN along the FUCKING VINES with a FUCKING ARMY of CGI FUCKING MONKEYS. That actually FUCKING HAPPENS.It’s true. I saw it.

Japan's Booming Sex Niche: Elder Porn

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:48:06 -0700

Japan's Booming Sex Niche: Elder Porn:

This elderly gentleman has what is probably the best job description for anyone over the age of 55:

The Shigeo Tokuda series he’s just completed portray him as a tactful elderly gentleman who instructs women of different ages in the erotic arts, and he boasts a body of work far more impressive than most actors in their prime.

When I grow old, I want his job.

via i27.tinypic.com

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:30:36 -0700

via i27.tinypic.com

BigDog Beta (early Big Dog quadruped robot testing) (via...

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:10:13 -0700

BigDog Beta (early Big Dog quadruped robot testing) (via Sufabie)

Fuzed Roadmap

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:23:39 -0700

Just thought I’d mention Fuzed v0.10.0 today, which has a faster mochiweb faceplate. Tom’s also got the RAILS_ENV propagation going so you can run a real production app.

We’re also going to get SSL and multi-master failover done this month. Once Fuzed is ready to host a project like GitHub and can be started with one command for easy local development, and supports merb, we’ll call v1.0.0 and take over the rails webapp world.

My now-not-so-secret-goal is to get the Rails and Merb project to acknowledge us and have support baked in.

"Githug is still down for me .. :( ” — freudian slip"

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:12:09 -0700

““Githug is still down for me .. :( ” — freudian slip”

- court3nay, in #caboose (via caboose)

Visiting PowerSet - Erlang… Represent. (via iphnem)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:53:35 -0700

Visiting PowerSet - Erlang… Represent. (via iphnem)

Fuzed and EC2

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:14:49 -0700

Fuzed and EC2:

Scott has made an amazing script on top of Fuzed to easily host things in EC2 and scale them in an eyeblink. The screencast is amazing to watch.

I think though that there are some setup quirks, because you shouldn’t hit YAWS limitations so early. I’m willing to bet that he didn’t ramp his concurrency high enough. also, all the stats are in dev mode, so it’s gotta Tom and I will try and use httperf and get some more scientifically controlled tests using Production Mode.