Archive for February, 2003

Variables and Cooking

Thursday, February 13th, 2003

I just thought of an interesting analogy and decided to document it for the future…

Using variables in programming is the equivalent of using a spice blend in cooking… You can store each of the individual spices separately such as chili powder, cayenne and garlic or you may have one container of your “cajun blend”.

reversible.org

Thursday, February 13th, 2003

check out about.reversible.org to figure it out and then click the links below!

marusin i like marusin.com

and borrowed links from kotke.org - kotke - i like my tivo - i like radiohead - i like boingboing

Sad News From “The Samples”

Wednesday, February 12th, 2003

I received this email from the band, “The Samples” regarding some of their financial difficulties… Some of the best shows/times I’ve had have been seeing them and this letter was quite touching…

From: The Samples <thesamples@thesamples.com> Reply-To: thesamples@thesamples.com Subject: The Samples - The Lifetime Tour Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 23:40:18 -0500 (EST)

………………………………………………….. The Samples :: The Lifetime Tour …………………………………………………..   [...]

Woz Is Moving

Wednesday, February 12th, 2003

The Woz is moving out of his mansion in Silicon Valley… Why, you ask? Because he can’t get good cellular coverage where he’s currently at!

Life is so tough sometimes! :)

I never…

Tuesday, February 11th, 2003

met anyone named “Roland” who wasn’t Asian… and I’m up to three people now!

Dude, You’re Going To Jail!

Monday, February 10th, 2003

That annoying guy from the Dell commercials on TV got caught with a little bag of something late last night…

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/delldude1.html for more details! :)

Cheap GameCubes

Monday, February 10th, 2003

Circuit City has Nintendo GameCubes on sale this week for $139 (including a free game: your choice of Metroid Prime, Mario Party, Star Fox Adventures or Resident Evil 0)…

Yes, I now have a GameCube and Metroid in my living room… :)

Interesting Thought…

Friday, February 7th, 2003

over at goldenmonkey.org

“When someone says “to be perfectly honest with you”; does that mean they were previously lying to you the whole time before?”

I was 8

Friday, February 7th, 2003

20 years ago, R.E.M.’s Murmur was recorded… Great article chronicling the album and the band over at creativeloafing.com

(I was just talking about this album too!)

Music and Geography

Thursday, February 6th, 2003

Everytime I listen to Barenaked Ladies, I have this strong inkling (sp?) to go to Toronto.

Everytime I listen to Beck (”old” Beck) I think about Austin, Texas (I do not know why and I have never been there/don’t know how I made a connection).

Everytime I listen to Cake I instantly think about San Francisco.

Everytime I [...]