October 2008
21 posts
“We are pumping out bits as fast as we can. If we pushed out bits any faster...”
– Supposedly from Aaron Coldiron on the Vista Beta 2 Download
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Don't Write Like an Idiot →
dailymeh:
See also Bob’s Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, Basic and Advanced You’re, It’s not Its, alt.possesive.its.has.no.apostrophe and d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y. This has been an educational broadcast. Tune in next time.
Palin Parking Lot Mob
…in Strongsville, OH
part 1 & part 2
See that mall in the background? I’ve shopped there many times; it’s about 10 minutes from my house. You have no idea how sad it makes me to be from an area with people like this.
“I used to have a boss named Rock. Rock had earned a degree in astrophysics from...”
– Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X p8
Point in triangle test →
A common way to check if a point is in a triangle is to find the vectors connecting the point to each of the triangle’s three vertices and sum the angles between those vectors. If the sum of the angles is 2*pi then the point is inside the triangle, otherwise it is not. It works, but it is very slow. This text explains a faster and much easier method.
Meat & Cheese Combo Proves Edible →
JSM and his cheesesteak crew. Good to know.
WatchDon’t Vote
Watch this. The whole thing. It’s funny. Really.
What's Your Tumblr Number?
david:
joelaz:
Tumblr assigns a sequential number to each site on their service. The lower the number, the older the site. To find your number, login to Tumblr, go to the Following Page, then click on the name of your site in the top right corner of the screen just below the “log out” link. Now, look at the URL in your browser address bar and note the number at the end of the URL. Mine...
“There are two types of people in the world: those who can’t tell the difference...”
– Gruber
on the use of the latter on Flickr’s new iPhone-optimized mobile site
Me on Google 2001 →
I existed!