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People whose movies I am delighted I never ever have to watch again: Lars von Trier, Quentin Tarantino, Darren Aronofsky. _
12:06:13 AM, Saturday 10 December 2011

Handwashing, vaccination, pasteurization, anesthesia, and wealth! _
08:40:27 PM, Monday 5 December 2011

Getting ready for the Boston Code Retreat. I'm happy to see that everyone else took the 8:30 am start time about as seriously as I did. _
08:42:15 AM, Saturday 3 December 2011

Evaporative Cooling of Group Beliefs is a surprisingly useful metaphor. More important than the metaphor, though, is the fact that the passing explanation in the middle helped me finally get how evaporative cooling actually works. _
09:11:13 PM, Sunday 27 November 2011

Ever wonder what the inside of a GIF looks like? _
12:18:09 PM, Friday 25 November 2011

I have to say, I'm pretty happy with how this thing is working out. Frequent reminders to blog, plus no responsibility to tend to the blog after I've posted, plus no sense of obligation to say anything well thought out or sensical, equals a great place to post ideas that are burbling around in here and no reason not to. _
12:10:50 PM, Friday 18 November 2011

I could do it in the same class – in the gui – but fortunately the pixies step in to prevent me making these poor design decisions. “Oh, I’ll do that for you!” one of the pixies calls out. (They usually start with this phrase, and they’re all called Thistle.) _
08:01:00 PM, Thursday 17 November 2011

There I fixed it. _
06:09:22 AM, Thursday 17 November 2011

Woke up at five and can't get back to sleep, so instead I'm going to experiment with MagLev. _
06:04:33 AM, Thursday 17 November 2011

Blogging from the train! Woohoo! _
04:46:31 PM, Wednesday 16 November 2011

Cracking Siri? Ooh! _
10:40:09 PM, Monday 14 November 2011

"I have a monster in my lap!"
"It sounds like the name of a story... or a poem..."
"Or a spam subject line?" _
10:03:41 PM, Monday 14 November 2011

"This is all actually what you're supposed to do."
"I know, but the pictures are funny!" _
09:53:29 PM, Monday 14 November 2011

Oh. Huh. Maybe I should look into fixing that. _
12:29:33 AM, Sunday 13 November 2011

exec "/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim" '-g' '-f' _
04:49:25 PM, Saturday 12 November 2011

exec "/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim" '-g' '-f' _
04:49:09 PM, Saturday 12 November 2011

And now it comes up every time I open a terminal window. Perfect! _
11:34:07 PM, Wednesday 9 November 2011

Ah, much better. Just like old days. Now this is maybe something I can work with! _
11:31:28 PM, Wednesday 9 November 2011

...and? _
11:31:01 PM, Wednesday 9 November 2011

This is yet another test. _
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11:29:50 PM, Wednesday 9 November 2011

This is a test! _
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11:24:50 PM, Wednesday 9 November 2011

So mostly, bleach is what I remember. He'd come home, after work, and take out a jug of bleach, and put it on the edge of the kitchen sink. And then -- so that he didn't "look bad," he told me, "so he could take girls out on dates" -- he'd use it to scrub the ink stains off his hands.

I don't know what my deal is, around class, but it starts here.

Sady Doyle talks about class. It is all worth reading. _
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09:27:35 PM, Sunday 16 October 2011

Good times to go down into the dark basement:

Before watching Doctor Who
After watching Doctor Who (assuming it didn't end on a cliffhanger)
In the daytime

Bad times to go down into the dark basement:

At night, right in the middle of an episode of Doctor Who

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08:39:05 PM, Tuesday 6 September 2011

A little something just for Martin:
Although originally made with gin and vermouth and garnished with an olive, the martini has evolved from a simple American concoction to a worldwide drink of equal parts sophistication, style and substance. Whipped Lightning® is the perfect way to continue the tradition of experimentation with the classiest of all drinks. Just imagine your favorite martini topped with the simple elegance that is Whipahol®. _
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08:24:52 PM, Sunday 28 August 2011