This is getting ridiculous. (2010/09/27)
So, I’ve been doing some cleaning, and I’ve consolidated some stuff, and moved some stuff around.
[read more...]... But I wanna go to FROGGIES! (2010/09/24)
So, one of my favorite places to eat is Froggy Bottoms. Well, was. First, look at their web site, especially the picture showing their patio, above the river.
[read more...]More thoughts about learning (computer) languages... (2010/09/22)
I’ve picked up a fair number of programming languages. In recent years, though, I’ve noticed something: They’re getting easier. Now, before you jump out and say “of course, language design has improved”, I’m not talking about improvements in language design; I’m talking about a shift in what my brain does when confronted with a new thing which looks sort of like a programming language.
[read more...]ADHD in a nutshell (2010/09/22)
Realized I was hungry, went down to the kitchen to cook.
[read more...]Prescriptive and descriptive language, and what it means... (2010/09/21)
There’s two basic schools of thought about grammar and language usage, although very few people adhere rigorously to either.
[read more...]I think I'm turning into a grumpy old man (2010/09/19)
I’ve noticed something. I am a lot faster to plonk people than I used to be. (For those who aren’t old Usenet sorts: *plonk* is the sound made when someone is dropped into a killfile.) I used to be pretty much inclined to plonk people only for being outright spammers or way, way, over-the-top hostile. Now, I plonk people for annoying me. And it’s a lot easier to annoy me than it used to be.
[read more...]Initial thoughts on Python (2010/09/18)
Well, for one reason and another, I have to learn Python. Like many people, I started out disliking the whitespace sensitivity. I’ve already been pretty badly burned by it at least once – to be fair, that’s partially because my editor likes to use tabs.
[read more...]It just occurred to me... (2010/09/16)
Hypothesis:
[read more...]My cat. Is afraid. Of the dark. (2010/09/14)
So, I have a really snuggly kitty, but for reasons heretofore unknown, she is almost never a kitty who cuddles up to me while I sleep. But she does sometimes. Especially when I’m napping.
[read more...]An open letter to Blizzard (2010/09/09)
Yeah, still thinking about this. Decided that, just because I liked the company so much for so long, I ought to give them a summary which isn’t bounded by what you can post on the forums or surrounded by trash-talking teenagers. This is a copy (edited for blog) of something I sent to their PR department, after customer support told me those were the right people to send it to.
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