December 2010
1 post
Anonymous asked: How many shoes?
October 2010
1 post
*NIX Sorcery: chmod -x chmod →
What does one do after running “chmod -x chmod”? For the unfamiliar, chmod is the little utility that allows you to essentially change the permissions of files (as well as a few other neat things). That command there will unset the executable bit on the chmod utility. After this change, one can no longer change the permissions of any file. No one except the sorcerers of *NIX systems.
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September 2010
1 post
The Problem with Credit
After careful review, we are unable to approve the application because you do not have a sufficient number of credit references and you do not have sufficient established revolving credit accounts.
This is not the first time I have received a letter containing this in the first paragraph, but it has managed to hit the right nerve that has inspired me to mobilize my creative, ridiculous writing...
July 2010
2 posts
Watch
So this little gem may have made my day.
The Guild is awesome as it is, but then they have their random music videos that are just bursting with geeky goodness.
They went Bollywood for this one, and the results are hilarious
Original Post from the Guild blog
Twilight for Men →
Despite being so horrible, it is on the same level as Twilight. The writing style is almost the same and the plot and characters are just as deep.
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
4 posts
Further proof that Futurama is both Awesome and... →
New episodes of Futurama are expected to be aired this year. In an APS News exclusive, Cohen reveals for the first time that in the 10th episode of the upcoming season, tentatively entitled “The Prisoner of Benda,” a theorem based on group theory was specifically written (and proven!) by staffer/PhD mathematician Ken Keeler to explain a plot twist. Cohen can’t help but chuckle at the irony: his...
Pure CSS3 Spiderman Cartoon w/ jQuery and HTML5 –... →
Take some CSS3, thrown in some jQuery and mix it together with some HTML5 and you get the potential for dynamic animations without the use of Flash.
NJ Kyleigh's Law - Really?
So I was bored one afternoon and wrote a letter to the Assemblywomen and Senator from my district.
For those unfamiliar with Kyleigh’s Law, it went into effect May 1, 2010 and requires that all drivers with a provisional license under the age of 21 mark their vehicles with a red decal to make them easily identifiable on the road.
Naturally, I have concerns about anything that marks...
April 2010
20 posts
Resistive Touchscreen Design
When designing a touchscreen application, it makes sense according to Fitts’s Law to place elements at the corners of the screen. However, the purpose is defeated when the corners of the screen lack sensors to pick up on presses in that region. This has been bugging me for quite some time now. How was this not detected at some point earlier in the testing phase?
Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders - Red Light... →
Taylor Hawkins, the drummer from the Foo Fighters, is streaming some tracks from his new side project. What’s the catch? They’re in 8-track quality, complete with hissing, clicking, and the occasional popping.
Retro-ly awesome.
How you get there is sometimes more important than ever getting there at all. In those cases, where you end up isn’t where you want to be.
Peripheral vision is awesome
Kick Ass, very awesome.
I’m curious how the American version of “Death at a Funeral” compares to the British version with Alan Tudyk.
Physics test are scheduled annoyingly. Seriously cutting into my do nothing time
It’s always more fun when the Yankees win their home opener
Things are so much more fun when nothing makes sense anymore. Everything’s so exciting
Interesting Method to Crack 1024-bit RSA →
Sit and listen for 2 hours. Gonna be fun.
There are flurries here. It was warm a few days ago!
Some thunder and lightning is always appreciated
A Yankees win at Fenway seems to carry with it more value than a win at some other stadium.
Kitchen, one of the perks of an apartment :) It’s like food on demand!
Kinda windy
A Third Harold and Kumar movie? →
Nothing officially official, but hints that Kal Penn (Kalpen Modi) is returning to Hollywood to reprise his role as Kumar!
How to encourage more people to go along with the “green” movement: Let Frank Miller create a pure badass Captain Planet.
March 2010
22 posts
So apparently rit wants to license access to electronic material reserved by professors in the library…
Slither! Starts March 31st. Years later and the movie trailer is still burned into my memory! Damn you advertising! Damn you!
The Opposite of Fitts' Law →
During a discussion with someone on the necessity of making the “Self Destruct” button difficult to access, I was reminded of this article.
Fitts’ Law in simple speak translates to “Big buttons take less time to acquire, and the only thing better than them are buttons on the edges of the screen.”
Of course, it’s important to keep in mind that functions that...
No, its rather uncool for webassign to not accdpt the right answer…
South Park on Catcher in the Rye. Never understood how people actually liked that book… http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/267356/
Physics test. A chance to whip out those TIBASIC apps from high school.
RT @levarburton: You heard it here first… Reading Rainbow 2.0 is in th works! Stay tuned for more info. But, you don’t have to…
Rain can be dreary until you splash in a puddle.
Heavy rain. So awesome! Only problem: The badge of an FBI agent should not say “Department of Investigation”. It’s just silly.
CSS vendor prefixes considered harmful →
Vendor prefixes force web developers to make their style sheets much more verbose than is necessary, while also running the risk of accidentally forgetting one set of vendor-prefixed declarations.
Besides, why do we need to use several declarations for obtaining one single effect? Weren’t web standards supposed to prevent that sort of thing?
Of course, this wouldn’t be that big of an...
Health care reform
What a ridiculous notion, health care for everyone. Americans should have woken up when someone decided it was acceptable to use taxpayer money to support the lives of old people. Now the government has done something terrible. Health care for people that would have never received coverage. This is a big mistake; the government will be spending taxpayer money on keeping poor people, little...
There is a White Castle cup laying on the ground in front of my window. Why are the White Castle gods mocking me?
Warm in rochester. Finally.
#RIT Emergency Alert: Take Cover. Possible armed suicidal person on campus. Go into nearest room. Lock or barricade the door.
Crazy happenings at #RIT
It’s always fun when an error made in a calculation is corrected later on in the calculation by yet another error…
Regex for the name of a lan party? Really?
There is no excuse for a professor to mandate all assignments be in Times New Roman and then go and make ALL handouts in COMIC SANS!
I suppose The Office grows on you after a season.
