November 2007
32 posts
Systems Software Research is Irrelevant →
Rob Pike, member of the original Unix team at Bell Labs and co-creator of Plan 9, explains why he thinks systems software research is drying out.
Watchladididaaididididaaaadididaaaa from Ben Hammersley — jeffisa
Courses Every CS Major Should Take →
Some undergraduate course registration advice from a Microsoft employee. Good read, especially if you’re a CS major.
Preemptive Customer Service
Me: “Hi, I’d like to cancel my reservation. Booking #55555.”
Hertz phone lady: “We have no record of that reservation, sir.”
Me: [pause]
Me: “Ok, thanks.”
--Acts of Volition
Wintersleep -- Weighty Ghost →
Click to listen!
Jesus Is So Hard to Resist
Angry guy in crosswalk: You should get a ticket!
Yielding cyclist, seemingly sincere: I love you!
Angry guy, passing: You should get a ticket!
Cyclist, pedaling off: I love you!
Angry guy, sheepishly: Thank you.
--70th & Amsterdam
“You might argue that my example is bad because Einstein is dead. But according...”
– Scott Adams
Songbird →
“Songbird is a desktop media player mashed-up with the Web. Songbird is committed to playing the music you want, from the sites you want, on the devices you want, challenging the conventions of discovery, purchase, consumption and organization of music on the Internet.”
The setting is at a tech-talk given by Dr. Gary McGraw, entitled "Exploiting Online Games."
Dr. Gary McGraw: "So how many of you play World of Warcraft?"
[ A few hands go up in the audience. ]
Dr. Gary McGraw: "Really. That's it...? What kinds of games do you guys play then?"
Random person in the audience: "Cornell."
How to Cut Crutch Words When Giving a Speech →
(note to self: read this when I get the time. I’m terrible at avoiding crutch words.)
Songza →
from the words of Humanized, “…a music search engine and Internet jukebox. Songza solves the related problems of ‘I want to hear a song’ and ‘I want to share a song with a friend.’ Released on November 8, its popularity is growing rapidly: We’re poised to reach one million songs played within just a week of launching Songza.”
i've had three girls today IM me and tell me that they like me.
then they said april fools and signed off.
--bash.org
“Once I helped a friend get online for the first time.
* Me: “Ok, do...”
– http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_paranoia.shtml
College Puzzle Challenge 2007 →
Practice for the SATs and feed the hungry at the... →
— zioglitch
Thank God We Go To Cornell
Passerby #1: I hate this fucking college they got over here.
Passerby #2: Yeah, books and shit.
--115th & Broadway
Super Mario 64: Devastation's Doorway →
Overclocked Remix, video game music on steroids.
Barefoot hobo grabbing tourist by shoulders: Gimme your shoes, nigga!
Blonde tourist #1: Take my McDonald's! Don't rape me!
Blonde tourist #2: Rape her! She's prettier than me!
--15th & 5th, Brooklyn
Search: If It Isn't Incremental, It's Excremental →
I don’t understand why so many people still can’t see the benefits of incremental search.
MIT Sues Frank Gehry Over Buggy $300M CS Building →
_hugo: i remember when i wrote an image thumbnailer just to better organize my porn
_hugo: those were the days
#haiku
64 Interview Answers You Should Know →
Might just come in handy at that next job interview…
SystemTap: Linux's answer to DTrace? →
Note to self: check this out later.
VMware still top dog :) →