March 2009
96 posts
CS Lab assignment references XKCD. →
(See the first page.)
It's been too long since I got my solder on →
The laptop Microsoft's "Lauren" purchased... →
Just to prove that you get what you pay for, it has 2.5 hours of battery life, no gigabit ethernet, b/g wireless (no n), and 1440x900 (same as 15” MBP) stretched out over 17 inches. Also weighs almost 8lb. If that’s really “just what you wanted”, go ahead, buy a ridiculous chinsy plastic-tastic monster like that. See how long it takes to fall apart.
(Original video here)
Social Taboos on the Subway Include:
nataleiigh:
(1) Looking awake, too perky
(2) Staring intently at someone or into someone’s eyes (see 3)
(3) Making visible eye contact
(4) Smiling or see 5
(5) Exhibiting friendliness; being overtly gregarious
(6) Talking too loudly (though you can get away with this if you’re a rapscallion or wearing overly baggy pants; then people expect it of you)
The funny thing about social taboos on...
The other woman was twitter →
I’m sure this wasn’t the first time something like this has happened, just the most publicized one. It’s enough to make me think about swapping my iPhone for one of these.
I love working on personal projects
Mostly because I don’t feel bad if I goof off while doing it. I’m not on anybody’s clock except my own so I really only have to work on things for as long as they interest me, and not an instant longer.
I made a lot of progress today on a certain personal project today, as did my lovely and talented designer (because we all know Ben is crap at making things look nice).
It...
His logic is inescapable.
Anik Debnath: say you see a girl walk by
Anik Debnath: and she looks goooooood
Anik Debnath: understandably you could just go
Anik Debnath: "DAMN LOOK AT THOSE *******"
Anik Debnath: and the woman reacts how?
Anik Debnath: ohhh! mmm uh uh no no.
Anik Debnath: just because im dressed this way, does not make me a whore!
Anik Debnath: ok. sure, just cus you dress a certain way doesnt mean you are a certain way.
Anik Debnath: fine. agreed.
Anik Debnath: but that is fucking confusing.
Anik Debnath: thats like you, walking out in boston
Anik Debnath: wearing a police uniform
Anik Debnath: some ****** gets shot
Anik Debnath: and people run to you
Anik Debnath: "thank god! officer! someone was shot! help us please!"
Anik Debnath: and youd respond
Anik Debnath: "...oh! just because im dressed this way, does not make me a police officer"
"Employer for a day"
is an exercise we do in my CS/IS Overview class where we review anonymized versions of each others’ resumés (I called myself “The Doctor”) and match experience/qualifications to a given list of positions.
In other words, a perfect opportunity to assess the overall level of the competition, even if they are anonymous. How exciting.
Just thinking about everything I could do with... →
This might be old news to some. →
But its existence renews my faith in humanity.
(Sort of. Actually, you all just love bragging.)
Spotted:
A smart car and a Prius within 30 seconds of each other in Boston. Looks like the west coast is slowly takin’ ovah.
XoXo,
Benglert
Multiplayer RTS over 28.8kbps modems - a paper on... →
What a whirlwind.
Just over 24 hours ago, I got an email from a senior recruiter at Apple saying they had come upon my resumé (didn’t say how) and were interested in interviewing me for some positions in Apple’s core media group. I sent them back an updated resumé and explained that I am in college but would be interested in seeing what opportunities are available for the summer.
They called me for a...
“I tried learning from my mistakes once, and boy did that ever turn out bad. Now...”
– A Slashdot comment
I usually listen to the Tom Leykis show
When it gets this late and I have nothing else to do.
Alas, it’s been almost a month since he disappeared from the airwaves. I guess I’ll have to find a new late night habit.
Tetris HD, anyone?
Everyone sign up for summer of code! →
“O, there has been much throwing about of brains.”
– Guildenstern - Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2
“Microsoft has released an open source product that detects security flaws in...”
– Anonymous Coward
“The avalanche has already begun, it is too late for the pebbles to vote.”
– I think metaphors like this keep pebbles around. As if you had any doubt our across-the-Charles relationship would be anything less than amazing. (via inkless-pen)
Credit where it’s due, Ambassador Kosh.
“Complicated: the metric system? Dumbass, you lose.”
– Midori while judging cards in Apples to Apples
Last Battlestar Ever...
Oh no, here goes… :(
“Circle circle circle, circle all night long, progresions that are circles, help...”
– Me in musicianship class
“E-12, right?
…wait, shit, it’s E-40 and D-12. Can’t keep...”
– Me
FML?
inkless-pen:
The pretext of the popular blog, FML, sometimes puzzles me. In the rare occurance that I find myself utturing those words aren’t in the remotest bit hilarious. Then of course, I don’t read FML because I don’t find their entries particularly entertaining either (anymore? They seem to have gone steeply downhill).
I recently read a blog (helpfully linked by the Harvard 2013 group I...
Rapping Flight Attendant. Amazing. →
“Wooooooooooooooooooah.”
– B’s students, upon seeing my face over Skype in China. Wonder if they’d ever seen a white person before.
Twitter is mad about Syfy →
“Walking on water is nice - but to really bring value you need to freeze it, so...”
“The problem is that smart people get very irritated working with fools. Of...”
– Slashdot comments on an article regarding quirky software developers.
“Whenever people agree with me, I always think I must be wrong.”
– Oscar Wilde
Hardy: You and Ben have an affinity for such girly drinks.
Cody: Mangaritas aren't girly!
Ben: *whips around* I don't even know what that is but I can just tell it's girly.
I was just entertaining thoughts of...
They watch Battlestar Galactica at the UN →
Friday: Friday the 13th.
Saturday: Pi Day.
Sunday: Ides of March.
Woah…
MIT decisions
Apparently came out on pi day, at 1:59PM (via Noel). Cute, though I doubt people needed an extra reminder of how awesome MIT is if they just found out they didn’t get in.
MIT decisions were quite the massacre last year and it sounds like they were again, though I haven’t heard any specifics yet.
Speaking of high concentrations of highly technical people, apparently the Boston FIRST...