August 2010
1 post
Shut Up Little Man
Team 1984 says… Shut Up Little Man: The Bootleg Volume 1 1992/3 Shut Up, Little Man! is the title of a number of audio-verite recordings of two violent alcoholics, Raymond Huffman and Peter Haskett. The recordings were made by “Eddie Lee Sausage” and “Mitchell D.”, who lived in a bright pink apartment buildingódubbed the “Pepto Bismol Palace”óin San...
June 2010
1 post
“The more important thing is, for my heart, I knew I threw a perfect game.”
– Armando Galarraga, after having his perfect game spoiled by a bad call.
May 2010
4 posts
April 2010
4 posts
WatchNo comment necessary.
4 1/2 More Hours
It’s remarkable how his comments almost always restate current knowledge, in other words, talking just to talk.
The rest of his comments introduce some new and unwanted concept that completely takes the discussion in a different direction, without any subsequent action.
It’s really a skill to not be paying any attention at all to what is being said (see iphone, cell phone, laptop),...
Google Blog - Using site speed in web search... →
“If it is a sickness you try to treat it, and if they die that is one...”
– Ritual sacrifice of children on rise in Uganda
March 2010
6 posts
February 2010
4 posts
Smart Backup
Here’s a little review for all the kids in the hall. I was looking for a good back up solution for my black MacBook running Snow Leopard. I was not interested in Time Machine because I have no need or desire to back up my entire machine, rather just my working directories, my email and my keychain. A lot of techie people use the built in RSync protocol to manage their back ups, but I wanted...
January 2010
1 post
November 2009
2 posts
Dialog with me, won't you?
Message:
“do we have a time and place? you message sounded like you were eating dirt”
Reply:
“Hi Person, Yes, I was eating dirt. I find the dirt in the flower pots along the river to be quite good, although in general I prefer the dirt from the state house lawn, as it is mixed with grass and sand, both quite beneficial for the colon. In this case, however, it was just a nosh...
September 2009
4 posts
The Real Web: When The Clients Calls The Shots
What is the result when the client won’t follow advice? In end, the web is the ultimate democracy. While little things like poorly thought out navigation don’t seem to mean anything to the client, in the end the site creates an impression on its users. Those users will make decisions based upon their usage experience, and over much time and many users it will have an effect on their...
Gloom & Doom playlist
Blood Farmers - Orgy of Rats S/T (Leaf Hound – 1995)
New York stoners with a checkered past
St. Vitus - Born Too Late Live (Hellhound Records - 1990)
Started off as Black Flag label mates (SST) and brought doom to a generation of punks. Hugely influential by any measure.
Crowbar - The Lasting Dose Sonic Excess in its Purest Form (Spitfire Records - 2001)
Not the greatest band but an...
June 2009
3 posts
R.I. has highest rate of illicit drug use, survey...
01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, June 4, 2009 - Rhode Island had the highest rate of illicit drug use in the nation among people 12 or older, according to national survey conducted in 2006 and 2007.
Rhode Island is also among six states that saw significant increases in illicit drug use since the previous survey, in 2005-06. And among those ages 12 to 25, this state had the highest percentage of people...
S.W.A.T
I like how that region of Pakistan controlled by the Taliban is called Swat. Remember that show S.W.A.T. from the 70’s? That was awesome.
Brazil to France
6:16 pm June 1, 2009
cornel sarosdy wrote:
Anonymous pilot commentary on Airbus fly by wire control system , relating to the Hudson River incident, but likely applying to the A330 down off Brazil. This kind of analysis is a must for any investigation.
Don’t be surprised if the Airbus fly by wire computers didn’t put a perfectly good airplane in the water. In an older generation...
May 2009
3 posts
1 tag
inline-block - who knew? →
Skatboarders, Musicians & Assistants
Wouldn’t be responsible journalism to ask how these two people, as described, could afford a 1 million dollar home and then pile another 500K on top of that??
Isn’t it the job of a newspaper to be inquisitive on all points?
I got three words for ya, Wall Street Journal.
April 2009
8 posts
Freddie Mac Acting CFO David Kellermann Found Dead →
Not soon enough. Can you please kill yourself sooner?
Algorithms Devised and Implemented by Thomas P....
Substructure Searching
extension of unique smiles to handle zeolites cages
core substructure search algorithm and extension to handle zeolite crystals
QSAR/QSPR statistical modeling
decision tree display coordinate calculation that conserves screen real estate
non-linear pls-analog neural net architecture for QSAR
accommodating missing X data for neural nets
accommodating missing...
David Huynh →
If everyone likes it, it cannot be art.
Example: Most commercial films are terrible, yet fantasic films can be made. What are the market forces that cause this to be true?
“Coon or rabbit. God put them there to eat. When men get hold of animals he blows...”
– Glemie Dean Beasley, a Detroit raccoon hunter and meat salesman
March 2009
8 posts
Balsamiq - Get Your UI On! →
Debugger was called! →
Yes and yes.
Short story. In summer ‘07 I was in the process of moving from Newton to Providence, and part of the quick and messy transition involved getting a storage space in Newton. A more depressing place you could not find, weighted down with the feeling of divorces, deaths, abandonment and peeling green concrete. The days of moving and working were exhausting, and going down there was usually a...
Weekend Words
Aver allege: report or maintain
Surcease The cessation of something or someone; To come to an end; to desist
Reading old books certainly shows how drastically our vocabulary has empied of diverse, proper syntax on favor of acronyms, advertising jargon, leet speak street talk.
Rhode Island in the Lead!
“The study by the Mortgage Asset Research Institute concluded that fraud is more prevalent than it was at the height of the lending boom. The group singled out the most troubled states based on cases it gathered from roughly 600 lenders, mortgage insurance firms and mortgage investors, as well as federal data on loan originations.
Rhode Island topped the list, followed by Florida, which had...
Ask me why this is a great website. →
February 2009
5 posts
So un-metal, it hurts →