It’s bedtime here but I couldn’t help but post this quote by kragensitaker from reddit. I’ve always meant to get around to writing an explanation of why I think Computer Science is a lovely discipline. This addresses it in a very different way than I was hoping to but absolutely merits posting here. Well, a [...]
I stumbled onto these over the last few days and am pretty taken with both of them. The first comes from the first Paul Graham essay I’ve enjoyed in a while. The second comes from a discussion on Lambda the Ultimate, admittedly about Lisp. Still, I think whether you’re a fan of Lisp or not [...]
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I want to thank everyone who commented or sent messages for their love and support over the past week. It’s been most appreciated. Things are slowly returning to normal. I wrote something substantial about Dad last night but I’m going to hold off on posting it for a bit. I want to make sure it’s [...]
A number of my friends have started blogs recently and I’m pretty happy about it. Now I just need to talk Burke and Will into starting them. Anyway, I’ll link to those guys later. This isn’t about that. This is about being broke. In addition to being jobless, I’m now carless. That car was a [...]
Two random quotes this morning from two random sources, Andy Wingo (programmer living in spain and working three days a week. Oh, the jealousy!!!) and Paul Kedrosky (VC\Finance Guy). “Perhaps I am more than usually jealous of my freedom. I feel that my connections with and obligations to society are at present very slight and [...]
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This is probably the most succinct way to put what I’m, in part, getting at. Make no mistake, I will flesh out that essay…it just might take a while. For now, I’m back to programming. More soon though guys. “Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about [...]
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“To find my home in one sentence, concise, as if hammered in metal. Not to enchant anybody. Not to earn a lasting name in posterity. An unnamed need for order, for rhythm, for form, which three words are opposed to chaos and nothingness.” – Czeslaw Milosz, Unattainable Earth, Pg. 141 (the last page) “Since my [...]
I’ve been stumbling across these this morning and find them all quite provocative. What do you think? “As Navrozov explains, the word “power” in Russian means “possession” and is a cognate to the English word “wield.” Since in a democracy public opinion is power and universities are the source of all legitimate opinion, they can [...]
So, I’m going to pretend this post is less disjointed than it actually is. I got a PS3 last week. Surprisingly some of the most fun I’m having is with a game called Everyday Shooter, which is sort of like galaga and pacman mixed together on acid. Or maybe as depicted by Hunter S. Thompson. [...]
Oh, hello. You’re the only one reading today aren’t you? You are. Welcome. 10 days? 10 DAYS? Where have I been? Busy I suppose. And in case you noticed the server being down, it turns out the router it sits behind decided to go crazy…which is almost comforting. /*This entry dedicated to Raganwald, XKCD, Radiohead, [...]