August 2007
The Hacker FAQ →
“This is not the first time a Wikipedia computer-science definition has made me...”
– When it comes to Computer Science, don’t reference Wikipedia
how do I played with Google Docs →
“The extreme minimalist also uses this piece [4’33”] as the ringtone for his...”
– Extreme minimalism Monday: sounds of silence
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Bus driver sacked for pilfering 800 yen [about €5]... →
Learn Japanese with Human Japanese →
“Instead of selling white space on the fact that it looks better, we should be...”
– Home Sweet Home (Vitamin)
“It’s been a long time since I’ve wanted to rub an app in...”
– Apple - MacBook Pro - Windows - Nerdly Issues
So many great, funny points in this article, and it’s all so very true…
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Pipes: Boing Boing sans crapola →
I made a new feed with Yahoo Pipes. This one will give you all the latest updates from Boing Boing, EXCEPT anything that mentions “iPhone” or “steam-punk”.
Next step: craft a regular expression to filter out “I’m going to buy 20 of these and plaster them around my luxurious home, just because I can”.
Pidgin: "Message could not be sent because a... →
I haven’t been able to send or receive messages through MSN at all recently. It works nicely now after disabling “use HTTP method”.
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Wooo, LiteStep!
I just installed LiteStep. So far I’m impressed. Multiple desktops! Taskbar actually being useful for something! Explorer.exe not hogging 127 MB of RAM! Volume buttons mysteriously not working, but still omgawesome!
I’m fed up of fighting the system to perform the simplest of tasks. Hopefully this will be a suitable replacement for explorer…
“Blue Smoke! The magic blue smoke that makes electronics work is escaping from my...”
– Bioshock killed my computer
Bioshock - Thinkin' Lincoln →
“All these game reviewers on the blogs are tripping over themselves to outdo each other in praising it…”
“There is rarely a better feeling than seeing such an epic quantity and range of...”
– 10 Reasons Why Pirates 3 Actually Kicked Ass
I finally watched the second Pirates of the Caribbean. Now I wish I saw the third…
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“I said ‘hello’ to someone in a corridor, then walked away when they...”
– Me last December, recalling a true story from Habbo Hotel.
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Old but good
nosmo: I don't spend my days hitting f5
fibrosis: it's called RSS, get with the times
“Yes, at one point Java was definitely a god-send. It rescued me from the...”
– RussellBeattie.com - Java needs an overhaul
Waymarking - A scavenger hunt for unique and... →
From make it happen.
Firefox hanging? taskkill /F /IM firefox.exe →
As you might have guessed, Firefox is seriously trying my patience at the moment…
More Firefox Bloat? Say It Ain't So, Mozilla →
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“A neologism for your consideration:
itso — noun, pl. itsos :...”
– Daring Fireball: Itso
I’m sold!
“Night” and “day” shots are interspersed constantly within the...”
– Mistakes in Plan 9 from Outer Space, apparently one of the worst movies ever made.
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An IM Infatuation Turned to Romance. Then the... →
Zero Punctuation: Psychonauts →
Another hilarious video videogame review. :’)
Holding a Program in One's Head →
Tumblr: Random Page
Here’s a little script to link to a random page on your Tumblr:<script type="text/javascript">
if ({Total Pages} > 1) {
var randPage = Math.ceil(Math.random() * {Total Pages});
document.write('<a href="/page/'+randPage+'">Random Page</a>');
}
</script> To make it work, just remove the space in {Total Pages} on the first two lines. The script doesn’t...
“Global intermingling, which broadens the availability of possible partners, has...”
– Redheads could be extinct in 100 years (D:)
Tiny PE →
“The goal of the Tiny PE challenge was to write the smallest [portable executable] file that downloads a file from the Internet and executes it.”
“Fuck Lisp! is based on brainfuck, but instead of using a single ascii character...”
– Fuck Lisp!
Google custom search (BÉTA2.0)
There’s now a Google custom search engine at the end of the page. So far it seems to be doing a good job; the only thing it can’t find is my first post, but that doesn’t have much content anyway so it’s all good!
Try it out if you’re curious! Just set it to search your-site.tumblr.com/post/* (as opposed to the whole domain) and you’ll get great results. But I...
