Miscellaneous Debris – Archive

These are actually quite cute, as far as engineering jokes go. I especially liked this: Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement: 1 bananosecond Link

A while ago, calanya wrote: “Maybe one day we’ll get a real functional language from Microsoft. :)” Well, calanya might be pleased with the upcoming possibility of F#. gaal will be happy to know that it is based on OCaml, at least in part. And the official F# site at Microsoft

*mock* *mock* *mercy* *mock* 64.28571428571429% of me is a huge nerd! How about you?

I like my job. I rather think I’m quite good at it, too. I have good options of advancement and promotion. It pays well. It’s a walking distance away. It’s good. Today I finally started going to classes. I liked going to classes. I like my courses, I like the campus, I like practically everything […]

It’s 22:00. I unlock my apartment door. A piece of paper flutters to the floor from the doorframe where it was lodged. The lights won’t go on, the house is dark. It’s 22:30. I finished paying my overdue electrical bill. I am talking to the utilities company, unexpected Notice of Disconnection in hand, trying very […]

I have some reservations about specific data in there, but MusicPlasma is definitely cool. Just enter the name of a band or artist and start cruising.

Hmm. Nice concept: Movieokie. On an alternate note, I think I’d like to visit Seattle. Also Vancouver, which isn’t too far away. Hmmm…

Quality isn’t very high on all of them, but the concept is way cool. http://www.worth1000.com/cache/gallery/contestcache.asp?contest_id=2455&display=photoshop via PCJM

Mozilla FireFox has a few of the neatest extensions for a web browser. My favorites are GoUp (with a press of Alt-UpArrow, it cuts the last segment of the URL and goes to the parent directory. www.livejournal.com/~yggdrasil_/friends will turn into www.livejournal.com/~yggdrasil_) and MouseGestures – hold down the mouse button and make a sharp jab to […]

Heh. My LJ can now be reached from http://lj.strawjackal.org/. Fun.