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“That’s an interesting problem. I think it’s time for . . . an ANGRY PROTOCOL!” “Angry protocol?” “You know, like a normal protocol, but it’s got knuckle-busters and a ripped leather jacket and biker buddies, and it doesn’t have error … Continue reading →

What does a buffoon do when his project is utterly out of code space, running late, and rather horribly extremely buggy? Why, he adds more features, of course! Customer: “We want a log of the temperature readings for the last … Continue reading →

One of these makes your eyes roll back in their sockets, makes you violent, and causes you to shiver and shake and shout and want to kill things. It makes your eyes bleed. Sharp objects appear inviting and cuddlesome. The … Continue reading →

Well, that was unexpected. +

The Barenaked Ladies and Chris Hadfield on the ISS singing.  

Whoever decided to make the menus in Visual Studio 2012 uppercase deserves to be taken out back behind the woodshed. Y’all know what happens then. Whoever put in the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\General\SuppressUppercaseConversion (set the DWORD value to 1) deserves a … Continue reading →

I propose that at the end of a legislator’s term in office, that they should be required to recite the text of the bills they voted for, word for word, under penalty of fines and imprisonment (as with impeachment). In … Continue reading →

Kirkus Reviews on E. E. “Doc” Smith, here. Doc Smith used to be my go-to guy when I wanted to retreat from the world and read some good old fashioned planet bashing. It’s hard to beat the thrill of a … Continue reading →

Adding to the list. Not allowed to put up signs with bogus directions to user play-testing sessions for a game that doesn’t exist, in a room that doesn’t exist. Not allowed to write, as many times as will fit, and … Continue reading →

Seymore Cray talks at Berkeley in 1976. And more here. Installation of a recent model (very interesting build process) here. I’m gonna have to go re-read The Supermen.