June 2009
1 post
California Grazing →
California Grazing provides holistic land management and brush & weed control through grazing. We can eliminate noxious weeds, restore native grasses, and address fire prevention through fuel load reduction.
Our fleet of 800+ environmentally friendly, self propelled weed eaters are ready for your project! These cute & cost effective critters remove thistle, brush, weeds, and other...
May 2009
1 post
“These conditions include the following: the competition may last no more than...”
– Broadcasting rules for the Chinese Idol (called “Happy Girls” 快乐女声)
April 2009
2 posts
The Ten Rules For Being Human
You will receive a body.
You will be presented with lessons.
There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Lessons are repeated until learned.
Learning does not end.
“There” is no better than “here.”
Others are only mirrors of you.
What you make of your life is up to you.
All the answers lie inside of you.
You will forget all of this at birth.
March 2009
3 posts
“If I could wave a magic wand and replace all the copies of Monopoly out there...”
– Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre
Hardest Puzzle Question Ever
A hundred prisoners are each locked in a room with three pirates, one of whom will walk the plank in the morning. Each prisoner has 10 bottles of wine, one of which has been poisoned; and each pirate has 12 coins, one of which is counterfeit and weighs either more or less than a genuine coin. In the room is a single switch, which the prisoner may either leave as it is, or flip. Before being led...
February 2009
2 posts
December 2008
1 post
The Hitler Game
With a recent surge in popularity, the Hitler Game combines fun and knowledge for the whole family.
Rules
Go to the English wikipedia
Hit the special “Random article” link
Try to get to the article about Adolf Hitler in as few clicks as possible, or faster than the other competitors.
For bonus points/added skill, avoid going through names of countries participating in WWII or...
November 2008
1 post
October 2008
1 post
xkcd →
A webcomic about stick figures who do math, play with staple guns, mess around on the Internet, and have lots of sex. It’s about three-fourths autobiographical.
August 2008
5 posts
“Remember, if at first you don’t succeed, perhaps skydiving is not for you.”
Phishingest hostname I've ever seen...
Got these links in phising e-mail today; probably don’t go there...
Paris Hilton weekend
Paris gets vagina insured!
Paris Hilton and Britney Spears in Lesbian Prison Romp
Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan to Perform the “Nut” Cracker
Paris Hilton and Pope Benedict expecting a baby
Paris Hilton crowned ‘Miss Vagina 2008’
Paris Hilton Dumps Bimbo Act, Finds God, Turning a Charitable Leaf
Paris Hilton Feels Humiliated
Paris Hilton Finds God: God Issues...
MSNBC Breaking News
[audio] Mccain Vows To Withdraw All Troops From The U.S.
[video] The Real Iron Man
14 missing girls found in basement of Iowa house
Americans loves to sue people
Arsenal buys Ronaldo from Man Utd
Bulimia Not The Same As Being A Greedy Bastard, Say Doctors
Bush ‘Troubled’ by Gay Marriges. Declares San Francisco Part of ‘Axis of Evil’
Bush Finally Reads Job...
Hofstadter's Law
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter’s Law into account.
July 2008
3 posts
June 2008
6 posts
Why the cloud cannot obscure the scientific method →
Every so often, someone (generally not a practicing scientist) suggests that it’s time to replace science with something better. The desire often seems to be a product of either an exaggerated sense of the potential of new approaches, or a lack of understanding of what’s actually going on in the world of science.
The Petabyte Age →
Because More Isn’t Just More — More Is Different
The Exception
“The exception proves the rule.”
Dimbulbs think: “Your counterexample proves my theory.”
Latin students think “‘Probat’ means ‘tests’: the exception puts the rule to the proof.”
But legal historians know it means “Evidence for an exception is evidence of the existence of a rule in cases not excepted from.”
The Weather on Mars today →
Sun and Dust
Max: -29℃
Min: -83℃
May 2008
1 post
April 2008
9 posts
Ladytron on Myspz; “Velocifero” streaming now! →
WatchIron Man trailer to be adapted into a full-length film!
Tracking encounters →
Uses your bluetooth ID linked to your MyBlogLog profile to track people you meet. Looks superuseful for conferences and meetings. I have absolutely no privacy concerns.
WatchFor all you lonely boys, I will be President
PokerStars Nordic Freeroll, 6. April 2008
In the money (#220 of 8408) tonight. I don’t care what you say about the quality of the field; it is fun to go deep with that many players anyway. At one point, around the 2000 players mark, I was in the 40ies in chips, but never really got anything after that. I will (probably) never play in the WSOP Main Event, so 8000+ fields are unlikely IRL.
The Play
I played tight throughout, except...
Socially awkward Wii gaming →
Best April Fools' joke →
March 2008
8 posts
PokerStars Nordic Freeroll, 29. March 2008
In the money (#281) with 6476 players. I got fairly good cards early on, and just started pushing my big stack fairly loosly. I doubled up a few times doing that.
After the first break, I tried to play “normal” and went on a steady decline; I had to go back to pushing to turn a profit again.
Last hand was me pushing all in with AKs, being called by the big stack on the table with QQ....
3 tags
The first track of the new Ladytron album...
Things to do when the external network link goes down:
Refactor code
Play Foosball
Read «Programming in Haskell»
Catch up with the latest episodes of «High Stakes Poker»
Go home
Extreme Programming →
FLOSS Weekly →
Free Libre Open Source Software interviews.
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
– Arthur C. Clarke