June 2008
47 posts
Array to Hash (with a splat)
> pairs = [:a, 1, :b, 2, :c, 3]
> Hash[*pairs]
=> {:b=>2, :c=>3, :a=>1}
“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.”
– Ray Bradbury (via Projectionist via dailymeh)
LEGOd Video Games →
Holy crap are these cool.
WatchThis is New York, my friend. Over 30% of our women have balls. That’s why it’s a fun place to be.
John Stewart
Made My Day
Hulu now offers both The Colbert Report and The Daily Show.
WatchCookie Monster: The Colbert Report via montoya
Colbert:
Heck, I will not eat fruit unless it’s in loop or pebble form.
Revelation
I turned off 1 the Internet for a few hours this afternoon. Guess what? I actually got shit done.
1 where ‘turned off’ means forced to sit at a house without
how to be interesting →
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal... →
gruber:
Rod Hilton’s hilarious (but spoiler-laden) mockery of the new Indiana Jones film. (Via [Andy Baio](http://waxy.org/links/archive/2008/06/).)
Young New Yorkers Make a Brand New Start of It, on... →
This is depressing…
WatchI Am Legend’s Original Ending
This ending is absolutely incredible. It makes the entire rest of the movie actually make sense. The dynamic with the lead vampire, the butterfly, the discord between Neville’s claim of complete loss of human social functions and the fact that the vampires still together as they do, the wall of photos, the scene where the vampires set the elaborate trap....
WatchClone Lip Dub — For The Longest Time
Stewart Butterfield's bizarre resignation letter... →
Most awesome. I love it.
Watchtopherchris:
jakoblodwick:
charlietodd:
The Democratic primary in 8 minutes.
THIS is web video done right. Wow.
Holy crap, yeah. This is superb.
Trading Places with Indian Outsourcers →
This episode of 30 Days is absolutely fascinating. It’s well worth the 45 minutes or so.
Canadian Idiot by Weird Al
This is genius.
...
The Andy Rooney Game →
topherchris:
This is hilarious.
You take the intro and first sentence of his rant and cut directly to the last sentence of his rant. Five excellent examples at the above link.
Brilliant.
“When we launched, we launched with over a million titles. There were countless...”
– Jeff Bezos in a recent Vanity Fair article about the early days of the web.
That’s right, amazon.com allowed a negative quantity of books at one point. We’re all allowed our mistakes.
How much do you make? →
I’ve added my upcoming job. After just hunting for my first job, I can see this becoming a really valuable resource if it reached critical mass.
Reia →
Ruby + Python syntax with Erlang under the hood. Need to keep an eye on this.
The Planimeter →
This is way cool. Wish I payed more attention in calculus… (thx Anarchaia)
“UNIX time will reach 1,234,567,890 decimal seconds on February 13, 2009 at...”
– Thanks, Wikipedia. Good to know.
“the special difficulties of life in New York—the small apartments, the struggle...”
– You got a problem with that?
The Pastie Blog →
Josh Goebel’s new blog has a lot to say about 37Signals’ claim of often being the target of design piracy. There’s a lot of good stuff here, including a look at patent & copyright laws with regard to the look & feel of a site.
Nina Gordon’s cover of Straight Outta...
“There will be a reception area with a dry creek of stones and pebbles and plants...”
– How Hard Could it Be?: Adventures in Office Space
Fog Creek Software’s new NYC offices. Jealous!
“Well wine only turns into alcohol if you let it sit.”
– Lindsay Bluth Fünke
If only…
Michael: And so you just finished off the bottle?
Lindsay: Well, I had to. It's vodka. You know, it goes bad once it's open.
“If you turn this new checkbox off, however, activating an app, even one that has...”
– Spaces in 10.5.3
Whoohoo! This new checkbox (in the Spaces Preference Pane) makes Spaces finally makes sense!