June 2010
50 posts
FacePainting
splinterend:
As some of you may know, Paramount commissioned (in)famous director M. Night Shyamalan to adapt the popular Nickelodian series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” into a movie trilogy. The TV series revolves a fantasical, Hayao Miyazaki-inspired universe that deals with individuals capable of controlling and manipulating (aka “bending”) one or several of the earth’s elements – Earth,...
“One reason for the bustle was that over large parts of the continent people...”
– Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites (via amik)
Ben Englert: i am excited for my mac pro brah
Adam Alix: you best be
Adam Alix: get that shit man
Adam Alix: fucking nerd out
Ben Englert: i just need them to release it already
Adam Alix: you're going to build your apps SO FAST
Adam Alix: lol
Adam Alix: 2 days from now you're going to email steve
Adam Alix: and then steve is going to say "no more mac pros, it's not a problem just don't do development"
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iPhone rant
So, my mom has the new iPhone 4. She picked it up today. It totally makes sense for her to own one because she loves taking pictures with her iPhone 3G, and the camera in the iPhone 4 is a humongous improvement over the 3G, perhaps even to the point where she can leave her dedicated point-and-shoot at home on sunny days.
I’ve bought every iPhone they’ve released before this point. I...
Summer goals checklist
• Read books: check. Finished The Fountainhead and Snow Crash, any other suggestions?
• Work hard, create new connections, maintain and improve old ones, and generally lay the groundwork for future success: in progress, successfulness TBD
• Save up for a Mac Pro + a comfortable safety cushion for unpleasant surprises: in progress, but fuck if life doesn’t nickel and dime you at every...
Ahhh sorry
Sorry about all the airplane pictures. Sorry sorry sorry. I feel like I’m on the brink of losing half of my followers/regular readers because all I do is reblog airplane pictures. I would like to offer an explanation to accompany my apology.
a) There are lots of airplanes all over the world, and lots of people taking good pictures of them. Who wouldn’t be fascinated by a big metal...
Something completely different
Some of you may know I am a fan of Karmacoda, a San Francisco band. I found out about them because I used to take lessons from their lead singer, Heather.
Some time later after I had left for school, their band leader & producer Brett got on twitter, and amazingly, unlike most famous and talented folks, actually replied to @replies, and engaged in conversation with his fan base. That alone...
“Everyone applauds the hyper-connectedness we’re experiencing today. The truth is...”
– Richard Ziade: Growing Old Friends (via marco)
“the truth may set you free but first it’s going to piss you off”
– dad/professor character of hired-to-be asshole character in ‘my best friend’s girl’ 2008 (via ellicepark)
Attempt at an un-resumé →
This may be a precursor to my building a whole new personal website designed to serve roughly the same purpose, but maybe with a bit more detail and some interactivity.
Like, Python →
fuckyeahcomputerscience:
#!usr/bin/python uh from sys import exit # Grab the user's name. ok so like name = raw_input("yo! what's your name?" ) right # Make sure they entered something, then say hi. if name.strip() is actually like "": toootally just exit() else: um yeah print like "Hi %s, nice to meet you." % name
Reminds me of the “german.h” header...
Dear Coke Talk: On truth. →
People say I’m a bitch, but I didn’t know that speaking the truth meant bitch. People say that in order to meet guys, I need to be a nicer person; meaning fake, no one is really “nice”. Do I really want a guy that can’t handle the truth?
There’s a huge difference between a strong woman who…
PREACH IT, COKETALK.
thingsmydatereallysaidlastnight:
“You are so beautiful. Like a spaceship.”
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Thoughts on the chip business
I feel that I’ve spent enough time working for chip companies - companies whose product is a packaged part and some reference designs for circuit boards around those parts - that I can derive a few rules about the industry in general. These are, of course, from the perspective of a software guy. If you’ve been keeping up with my other entries you know that I think a lot lately about...
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Minimum-Maximum
Susanne Englert: Gaaa, can you turn it down a bit or don headphones? Starting to drive me nuts
Ben Englert: kraftwerk helps get my brain in a coding place
Ben Englert: it is structurally complete and balanced, like a good computer program
Susanne Englert: it is a bit nervous for my taste.
Susanne Englert: But agree, decidedly mechanistic.
Ben Englert: i believe it has a subconscious effect on code quality
Susanne Englert: Must confess that I have been writing down brilliant analysis effortlessly, so maybe it does help....
“Android OS is not actually an operating system by or for Androids.
Windows 7...”
– Senjutsu on Slashdot, responding to an article concerning the scientific validity of Apple’s new “Retina Display” nomenclature.
I just read my own blog
Not something I plan on making a regular habit out of, mind you. But I was concerned about the trend my content had taken, and I was right to be - flipping through the recent pages, I saw a bunch of reblogs - mostly of things only of interest to me (cars, airplanes, turntables) and only occasionally original content directly relevant to my life. I was not so excited about that, I don’t want...
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