July 21, 2010

The tale of a family of inertial navigators

July 21, 2010 • 1 note

Who writes about the space shuttle, post-apocalyptic scifi & Scarlett Johansson in one post? Oh, right…me.

March 26, 2010 • 2 notes
There are 2 hard problems in computer science: caching, naming, and off-by-1 errors.
March 13, 2010 • 1 note
I haz a Flickr account.

I haz a Flickr account.

February 28, 2010 • 1 note
This is all kinds of awesome

This is all kinds of awesome

February 28, 2010 • 3 notes
I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.
Roger Ebert
February 22, 2010

No doubt due to insurance issues (plus, like, the laws of physics and stuff), the Cal team will be engaging in a variant of quidditch known as "muggle quidditch", played entirely on the ground with non-magical equipment.

February 16, 2010 • 806 notes

A conversation I have every month or so

dwineman:

Me: (tries to visit a local restaurant’s website via iPhone)
Restaurant website: I require Flash. Fuck off.
Me: I just want to know how late you’re open.
Website: Nope.
Me: But I’m on my phone. Don’t you have a little “HTML Version” link up in the corner or something?
Website: I’m ignoring you.
Me: What if I’m on my phone because I’m out, looking for a place to eat? Didn’t that ever occur to you?
Website: Fuck entirely off.
Me: (gives up, switches to computer)
Website: Oh! Hi! What can I help you with today?
Me: What are your —
Website: Hang on, I’m loading the music.
Me: Really.
Website: You’ll love it. It’s “Girl from Ipanema” arranged for steel drum and keytar.
Me: No, you don’t have to —
Website: Loading…
Me: All I want is —
Website: I SAID DOT DOT DOT.
Me: (drums fingers on desk)
Website: There we go. Isn’t that nice? It’s… what’s the word. Ethnicky.
Me: What are your hours?
Website: Take a look at our menu! It’s a PDF of a screenshot of a scan of a Word document printed on a dishtowel. With fonts!
Me: I don’t care. What are your hours?
Website: Don’t worry, the menu loads in a new window so the music won’t stop. Can I show you some broken images?
Me: What. Are. Your. Hou. Rs.
Website: I… I don’t know.
Me: (goes to Denny’s)

February 11, 2010 • 2 notes
I’m going there this summer.

I’m going there this summer.

February 7, 2010

Ten foot wingspan, three microcontrollers, 24 servos and two actual jet turbines delivering 29 pounds of thrust—each!

January 30, 2010 • 4 notes
The original BAMF

The original BAMF

January 28, 2010

Apple's A4 chip

The real news here is ARM is marching against Intel from the smallest devices on up…

Apple’s chip is basically a standard ARM CPU (the Cortex-A9), an ARM GPU and a memory controller. Not much real innovation just another case of let’s take the best of everything available and package it better than anyone else (and charge more—rightly so).

I find the “Apple controls the WHOLE supply chain” thing bullshit though…displays and storage components are way more of a trick to secure than CPUs.

January 28, 2010
Electoral College reform proposal

Electoral College reform proposal

January 28, 2010 • 1 note
Red is growing on me as a car color…

Red is growing on me as a car color…

January 27, 2010 • 1 note
Badass looking Australian Outback UAV challenge aircraft (well the artist’s impression anyways)

Badass looking Australian Outback UAV challenge aircraft (well the artist’s impression anyways)