Month: June 2008
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Hooray! It looks like the restrictions on knitting needles on airplanes may be lifted!
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Netdecider-spotting! Christian Heilmann got name-checked on Daring Fireball today. It’s a little weird to realize that the kilt-wearing guy whose job I saved seven years ago is now, like, a bigtime international name in web development.
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Remember Weezer’s awesome YouTube-inspired music video? Here’s an explanation of ten of the memes it references, along with the original videos. How had I never seen “Evolution of Dance”? When he started jumping up and down to House of Pain, I just lost it…
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Understanding Model-View-Controller. Very useful little essay explaining the MVC design pattern for those of us trying to take our programming skills to the next level.
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Twilight SagaMy cousin Jenny IMed me yesterday. “Do you know anything about twilight?” she said. “Uh… you mean that gas they give you at the dentist?” I guessed. “No! It’s a series of books about teenage girls in love with sexy teenage vampires. I’m obsessed.” Sounds very Buffy, right? She raved about it for ten…
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If there are any American expats out there who need to register to vote or request a postal ballot, get yourself over to VoteFromAbroad.org. You answer some questions, print out a form, and mail it off. Easy peasy! (And since people keep asking me, yes, dual citizens get to vote in both countries.)
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Struggles and InspirationI haven’t been having great runs in the past week. The weather’s been crappy; my back is sore; and I’m still fighting this nagging cough. It’s hard to get out of bed early in the morning. I tried running on my lunch break on Tuesday (since we have a shower in the building),…
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When it rains, it pours. I left my umbrella on the train Tuesday morning, so I quickly went to buy another one. It was blue and pretty and it kept me dry for 48 hours. Then the wind blew it inside out and broke two of its ribs. Now I need another umbrella. Can somebody…
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I should be above this… but I’m not. Bad Pictures of John McCain. Come on, he totally gurns!
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I saw it on the SMH site first, but it wasn’t until Kevin confirmed it that I really believed: Obama has won the nomination. FANTASTIC NEWS on an otherwise crappy day!