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Stolen from slashdot (I assume the author stole it from some other source, I just hadn’t heard it before): Richard M. Stallman, Linus Torvalds, and Donald E. Knuth engage in a discussion on whose impact on Computer Science was the greatest. Stallman: “God told me I have programmed the best editor in the world!” Torvalds: . . . → Read More: Geek humor While leaving the house tonight, we saw a mammal by the house. It was not one of the neighborhood cats, nor was it the local skunk. It was the size of a terrier, low slung, with a white face, cylindrical body, and hairless rat-tail. Yes, it was a possum. I drove it away with snowballs, . . . → Read More: Possum Home again. Ungh. Back to back trips take it out of me. There are several factors there. First off, I bust ass really hard at customer sites. Then there’s eating unfamiliar and rich food, generally with alcohol if the host has decided that we’re going out on the town. Then I spend weird hours on . . . → Read More: Random snippets We apparently had a mouse. Jen discovered the other day that the thumbs had been chewed out of our oven mitts, and there were little mouse turds in kitchen-towel drawer. So, with much yuppie hand wringing and “but I’m a vegetarian” temporizing, we purchased spring-loaded mousetraps. Set one yesterday in the drawer which had formerly . . . → Read More: Mouse: 0 Dwan: 1 I’m going back to new jersey tomorrow. For the first time in my life, last week I escaped NJ without a speeding ticket. Now I’m sent back into the jaws of despair. Fortunately, this time I know the way. Plus, there’s no snow emergency on the weather channel for the morning of my departure. Update: . . . → Read More: GAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! New beer in the fermenter. This one is a truly freaky style, featured recently in “Brew Your Own” magazine. It’s a “gose” beer, which includes a little bit of salt and an infusion of coriander. We’ll see how it goes. It smelled like an ordinary wheat beer, but the wort was definitely spicy and a . . . → Read More: Gose CNN is reporting voter turnouts in the mid 70% range. That exceeds turnout in the most recent US presidential election by a solid 25%. Seems that if they hate something, it’s not democracy. They’re fine with democracy. In fact, they may be better at it than us. I deeply, deeply hope that the new Iraqi . . . → Read More: Iraq votes… The first drink of the day. Beer and monkeys. What’s not to love? Star wars parody Claude Shannon’s juggling machine Whatever. The Wine list grows by one: Beringer Merlot. Year unknown Ick, ick, ick! Harsh and medicinal. A solid kick in the face from Southwest Airline’s default “red wine.” The plastic cup didn’t help either. CMD: January 28, 2005 |
