You're welcome.
ugh
pt 6 was killing my phone ... *shrug*
Who needs pagination if you can just create new threads.
normal form needs it
Who needs normal when we've got ttf?
I'd like pages so long as I'm still jumped to freshies
blackberry browser could not handle it, in this case usability > archivation
got bummed and stoked and bummed about lack of pagination
last night, i was thinking about how to implement pagination into the design.
> how to implement pagination into the design.
one way would be to reverse the order of posts in a thread, show only the first 10-15, then load more as the user scrolls down. i'm partial to this since it's how google reader works when i read ttf anyway :)
one way would be to reverse the order of posts in a thread, show only the first 10-15, then load more as the user scrolls down. i'm partial to this since it's how google reader works when i read ttf anyway :)
i thought about keeping the endless page and doing ajax loading like that. but i want to keep ttfv1 javascript-free.
couldn't you make it like an optional feature for each user? where in our profile settings if we check some box then we will get the javascript version, but by default it loads the non javascript version?
yeah, but i don't want to maintain two versions of the site. js will be in ttfv2 on thinktankforum.com.
OK, BSDLITE, i could just do MVC and have two sets of views. but i still don't wanna. ttf's strength and speed is in linearity. :p
OK, BSDLITE, i could just do MVC and have two sets of views. but i still don't wanna. ttf's strength and speed is in linearity. :p
:D
Nothing wrong with javascript, as long as it's used wisely and stuff also works with javascript disabled
> works with javascript enabled
i agree it's important to have appropriate input cleaning, data processing, etc, on the backend, but i've always thought the "people can disable javascript" cry was a bit overblown. it sounds like only around 2-3 percent of US users (and even fewer EU users) actually do this. likely fewer people disable javascript than use opera or even safari.
just like with flash, images, css, etc you have to make a compatibility judgement call at some point!
i agree it's important to have appropriate input cleaning, data processing, etc, on the backend, but i've always thought the "people can disable javascript" cry was a bit overblown. it sounds like only around 2-3 percent of US users (and even fewer EU users) actually do this. likely fewer people disable javascript than use opera or even safari.
just like with flash, images, css, etc you have to make a compatibility judgement call at some point!
You're right, there is no "golden rule". It's a cost/benefit ratio.
Maybe it's better formulated as:
"As long as essential site functionality works with javascript disabled."
Also remember that Javascript isn't a "on/off switch", there are quite a few browsers out there that are still being used with very incomplete or (semi-)broken javascript implementations (*cough* IE *cough*).
For a personal website you may not care about retards with prehistoric browsers, but for a company website it's a potential loss of income. And spending 2 hours making sure essential stuff doesn't break down may be a good investment in the long run ...
For example, on our current company website http://aragorn.nl/?p=3 this select element breaks down with javascript enabled, this element is used to navigate to product categories in our webshop and is fairly essential.
On the new website I created, I made sure this also works with javascript disabled. Which took only a couple of minutes ...
For other stuff like some fancy graphical effects I didn't put as much effort -- As long as it doesn't crash and burn or do other weird stuff ...
Maybe it's better formulated as:
"As long as essential site functionality works with javascript disabled."
Also remember that Javascript isn't a "on/off switch", there are quite a few browsers out there that are still being used with very incomplete or (semi-)broken javascript implementations (*cough* IE *cough*).
For a personal website you may not care about retards with prehistoric browsers, but for a company website it's a potential loss of income. And spending 2 hours making sure essential stuff doesn't break down may be a good investment in the long run ...
For example, on our current company website http://aragorn.nl/?p=3 this select element breaks down with javascript enabled, this element is used to navigate to product categories in our webshop and is fairly essential.
On the new website I created, I made sure this also works with javascript disabled. Which took only a couple of minutes ...
For other stuff like some fancy graphical effects I didn't put as much effort -- As long as it doesn't crash and burn or do other weird stuff ...
At first glance I thought that roll of tape was some sort of soft, bondage-style handcuff.
ps...why do you have a roll of tape attached to the outside of your backpack?
Duct Tape is INFINITELY useful. It's just plain nice to have around.
celebrated my wikifitti's second birthday!
Hosted a tea party with 3 of my friends. Had 8 different kinds of tea, ~2.5 liters (0.66 US gallons) for each of us, and shared 1 kg (2,2 lbs) of fine confectionary.
That's adorable :)
... adorable ...
You sound like my grandmother (... sorry ...)
You sound like my grandmother (... sorry ...)
Is your grandmother adorable?
I went to a pho place today. It wasn't a good one, and I knew that, but my toes were cold and it was closer than the better one down the street. I walked in and stood there for a few minutes before a guy noticed me. He pointed at a table w/out saying a word to me, then left. I sat there for ~5 more minutes without anyone coming over (pho places are usually extremely fast about everything) so I stood up, put on my coat, and walked toward the door. Another employee suddenly noticed me and goes "YOU WANT TO ORDER?" ultra-fucking loud so everyone turned to stare at me. So I took advantage of the attention and replied across the room to her "Not anymore. I'm going to the better place down the street."
I noticed a few subtle smiles at me as I left. :o
I noticed a few subtle smiles at me as I left. :o
P.S. the pho at the other place was great, and they include a cream puff! \o/
there's a place in toronto that has vegetarian pho. so good when it's cold.
(cold out... cold pho, bleh)
(cold out... cold pho, bleh)
I found the p that would minimize the delay in the network. I can't tell you how happy I am!
an unsupported statement about a lack of support--fixed!
Got the ECI Telecom internship
congrats!
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6055013/Ice_- … amer_(1969 )
Ice seems to be the most popular torrent I've uploaded to date. Upped it last night before bed, when I got up my ratio was already at 5.0. :D
Ice seems to be the most popular torrent I've uploaded to date. Upped it last night before bed, when I got up my ratio was already at 5.0. :D
that sounds awesome. I'm going to download it.
Do it. It's really quite good. A completely forgotten American classic. All of my torrents are, though ... minus Murder Collection, Vol. 1, that's just gore.
got kicked out of the crystal lounge
how?
basically I just pissed off the bartender. I'm still not clear on all the details.
opened up to a girl Ive liked for some time. she reciprocated the feelings. best new years ever.
good work.
it's nice when that happens.
yeah, too bad nothing will really come of it since she's doing her master's work down at LSU and I'm up at Pitt.
At least you got a good new years out of it, hey!
Made this for my phone:
http://www.ping.uio.no/~mastensg/skrot/pistol0.png
http://www.ping.uio.no/~mastensg/skrot/pistol1.png
The IR transmitter is powerful enough to work from across the room.
http://www.ping.uio.no/~mastensg/skrot/pistol0.png
http://www.ping.uio.no/~mastensg/skrot/pistol1.png
The IR transmitter is powerful enough to work from across the room.
cool!
:-J
I was talking to my new years hook up and she really wants to see me again before the end of august. So she's offered to buy me a plane ticket to come down and visit her in Louisiana over my spring break.
damn! good news :D
Woah next-leveled comment! Apparently "opened up to [her]" means "got in her pants"? :o
She sounds rash and sort of awesome with this flight business.
She sounds rash and sort of awesome with this flight business.
obviously I left out some details! after new years we spent the rest of my time in Billings together. maybe I said somethings I shouldn't have but I really like her. I'm kind of excited to see where it goes.
:)
Thanks to the miracle of open source and some guy solving a stupid delay issue on a board I own... I AM FINALLY ABLE TO USE THESE THINGS!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/openfly/5386351564/
Got an X v Y char scroll demo up in a couple minutes. When time permits... Nagios Alert Display.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/openfly/5386351564/
Got an X v Y char scroll demo up in a couple minutes. When time permits... Nagios Alert Display.
Finally got my start date at ECI!
cool nny, can't wait to see the nagios action.
chiken, when is that?
chiken, when is that?
Feb 11!
Can't take pics of nagios display plugged in at work for legal / security reasons.
I'll have to stand up a nagios system at home.
I'll have to stand up a nagios system at home.
Aw, hey do you work at the SOC?
Nope. We work with some guys from there though.
Classes cancelled today, waiting to hear about tomorrow too.
Oh yeah, you live in the ice storm that is Texas right now, huh? I was trying to fly someone in from Dallas at work yesterday but he couldn't get off the ground...his flight was cancelled and then his plan B flight was also cancelled!
Classes today were cancelled too... Split half a bottle of vodka with a friend of mine while we watched Gidget movies.
I've seen those. Odd drunk movies for two male friends...I think that post may belong in the cute thread.
Ok I assumed the other was a male. My bad, phi_.
haha, nah, it's okay. It was a girl.
wow... gidget... haven't seen one of those since i was like 7
How is it that three of us have seen these movies..
Made kits for my soon to be undergrad soldering slaves.
Oh? what sort of kits?
Camera trigger PCB kits.
Oh neat. I built a time lapse rig for my canon 10D a while back.
That's a fun little first time mcu project.
That's a fun little first time mcu project.
got my work badge at cisco today.
six months from now i may get mine.... maybe...
dp, you work at cisco?
yeah, but i'm a contractor. i'm doing telepresence support.
ah
Started running a script that will collect all bugs of all projects on Google Code. More to come later.
wow. that's brilliant bluet.
A friend of mine and I are making bugtrade.com . Check out mortehu.bugtrade.com and http://mortehu.bugtrade.com/bugs/thinktankforums/default/ for a development sneak peak. We launch on April 1st.
this seems very capitalistic for you
naturally, i support incentives (monetary or otherwise)
naturally, i support incentives (monetary or otherwise)
is there a market for that? how do you overcome the fact that the people bidding have no reputation for writing decent code? or will it have a ranking/comment/review system for users?
or I guess someone just wouldn't get paid until the bugfix is accepted by the relevant project?
i think the last idea is good
but you still need incentive to make the bidders pay up.
The bidders pay us in advance, and when someone fixes a bug, they get paid by us.
lumberjacked a bunch of trees!
First day of my internship. Gotta say I think I'm gonna like it, even though all they are going to have me do is interoperability tests on all the major routing protocols and things such as MPLS, and IPv6 protocols.
Chiken that's a huge market right now. Lots of very large orgs are starting to force themselves into ipv6 compliance... FINALLY.
that was taken with a 10d? what's up with your iso?
nice basic setup overall, interested in cable management at all?
nice basic setup overall, interested in cable management at all?
That was taken with a 10d. I didn't even touch the settings... it was at whatever it was last at when I used the camera... I need to charge the battery but I wanted a shot... and in low light the 10D beats everything else I have.
Actually yeah... cable management... not sure how to approach it here.
cable ties, velcro or nylon. cable braiding.
http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2005/07/12/ca … ng_guide/1
http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2005/07/12/ca … ng_guide/1
yeah probably wouldn't help much. i need like good looking guide rails or something.
I dunno why wire trenches aren't built into houses.... it's stupid that they aren't.
I dunno why wire trenches aren't built into houses.... it's stupid that they aren't.
agreed
thinkpad x200s, blackberry, wwan over bluetooth: ttf while riding in the car through rural montana :]
> what's up with your iso?
1:4, 1/15 s, "1600 iso" ? i think i'm missing the oddity
> what's up with your iso?
1:4, 1/15 s, "1600 iso" ? i think i'm missing the oddity
i looked at the original upload size and it looked like there were a lot of fragments, i realized it was high but it seemed extraneously high for a 10d.
The 10D is an old camera...
> Actually yeah... cable management... not sure how to approach it here.
WIRELESS!
http://www.kfa2.com/gtx460whdi.html
WIRELESS!
http://www.kfa2.com/gtx460whdi.html
@dp oh
@cs i don't see anything about encryption
@cs i don't see anything about encryption
i handwashed two pairs of cotton underwear and one pair of wool long underwear in a hotel sink
set up my receiver and speakers in the living room where I'm staying till the end of the month. finished the book I'm reading. bought a soldering iron. got lunch with my sister. talked to my mom on the phone. pretty good day off.
got payed!
Set up mpd & icecast2 for streaming across my network. :D
i returned $80 of unappreciated clothing to rei.
i have $30 more to return tomorrow.
i have $30 more to return tomorrow.
Just look at my flickr... =P
I hope you got some free meatballs.
what is that supposed to mean?
they got free meatballs at ikea. they are swedish.
I guess I better go back. Had no idea they had free meatballs.
FREEEEEEE!!!!!
Actually...we did get free meatballs! Or at least, my housemate did. I thought about it but they looked pretty sketch so I chose to have a free buffalo chicken wrap instead. The wrap was surprisingly decent but those meatballs were indeed as crappy-tasting as they looked...
(Disclaimer: The food was only free because we spent more than $100 that day.)
(Disclaimer: The food was only free because we spent more than $100 that day.)
taxes! $$$
:( I'm scared to do mine
Getting $1,675 back on my return. :D
Also, I reinstalled Debian to get rid of encrypted-LVM (a fun experiment, but it was very resource intensive), so I got a fresh install ... so nice. Finally made the switch from xterm to rxvt-unicode, as well as actually setting up scripts to begin various programs correctly at boot. Right now I'm editing login scripts because the default Debian installation starts GNOME when you log in and I'm trying to discourage that behavior in an OS. Right now it starts up dwm, but X hangs when I quit dwm... hrm.
That being said, I miss BSD. :(
Also, I reinstalled Debian to get rid of encrypted-LVM (a fun experiment, but it was very resource intensive), so I got a fresh install ... so nice. Finally made the switch from xterm to rxvt-unicode, as well as actually setting up scripts to begin various programs correctly at boot. Right now I'm editing login scripts because the default Debian installation starts GNOME when you log in and I'm trying to discourage that behavior in an OS. Right now it starts up dwm, but X hangs when I quit dwm... hrm.
That being said, I miss BSD. :(
bsd misses you. go back to it!
How's flash support nowadays in BSD? I need it for school, it's one of the reasons I went with linux. Also, I believe there's some hardware in my eeePC that wasn't supported when I ditched Windows, so I'll need to double check on that first anyway.
At first I was okay with Debian ... but after seeing comments in configuration files that even *I* feel are unprofessional, I just started remembering why I moved to BSD in the first place. At least everything is standardized in BSD. Well, almost everything, I've had a few applications behave weirdly, but they were probably GNU ports anyway.
At first I was okay with Debian ... but after seeing comments in configuration files that even *I* feel are unprofessional, I just started remembering why I moved to BSD in the first place. At least everything is standardized in BSD. Well, almost everything, I've had a few applications behave weirdly, but they were probably GNU ports anyway.
I miss bsd.
I think the first time I installed debian I accidentally got the version or whatever you call it with gnome and I was a little peeved.
I think the first time I installed debian I accidentally got the version or whatever you call it with gnome and I was a little peeved.
The standard/default graphical install includes GNOME. I want to leave it on here for guests, but GDM is such a god-damned mess (hahaha, that also spells GDM) that I ditched it and installed SLiM. Much simpler. I just wrote an Xsession script (well, I renamed and tweaked my original xinitrc) and SLiM runs that when you log in. GDM will do that too, but it was a nightmare to get it working properly.
> I've had a few applications behave weirdly, but they were probably GNU ports anyway.
haha
haha
> How's flash support nowadays in BSD?
It works for FreeBSD/Opera. Using the native Opera and linux-pluginwrapper.
It works but not as good/fast as you would have on Solaris for example (Only other UNIX I ever used flash with).
> after seeing comments in configuration files that even *I* feel are unprofessional
I'd like to see those :p
It works for FreeBSD/Opera. Using the native Opera and linux-pluginwrapper.
It works but not as good/fast as you would have on Solaris for example (Only other UNIX I ever used flash with).
> after seeing comments in configuration files that even *I* feel are unprofessional
I'd like to see those :p
Next time I run across one I'll be sure to copy it for you.
Midterm done! to NO on Monday!
Brownies.
Hacking session to add volume control to dwm!
Finally went running. Feels pretty good...hope I stretched enough before and after :\
never stretch cold! only after.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/openfly/5530152720/ Decorating for the Holiday.
Hello from a Chrome laptop! :D
What laptop is that? It doesn't look like a thinkpad ... I'm sorry, but you know a thinkpad is a requirement for posting at ttf...
TP and eeePC are the definitive ttf laptops, it seems.
ChromeOS is weird.
ChromeOS is weird.
It's like having Chrome the browser maximized, and from that you can control all computer settings. It cuts down on bullshitting on your computer, though.
And Carpetsmoker, here's the laptop http://www.google.com/chromeos/pilot-program-cr48.html
Engadget reviewed it here
And Carpetsmoker, here's the laptop http://www.google.com/chromeos/pilot-program-cr48.html
Engadget reviewed it here
i requested one, but i never got one. :[
> I'm sorry, but you know a thinkpad is a requirement for posting at ttf...
oh...fuck :(
oh...fuck :(
well, i say that because it hasn't proven beneficial, and some people hurt themselves (badly) by stretching cold muscles too aggressively
but i guess if you aren't too aggressive and your cold muscles are used to it, then go for it.
straining warm muscles by stretching, in comparison, is very difficult to do. stretching after a workout makes a world of difference with aches in the following 24 hours.
but i guess if you aren't too aggressive and your cold muscles are used to it, then go for it.
straining warm muscles by stretching, in comparison, is very difficult to do. stretching after a workout makes a world of difference with aches in the following 24 hours.
Deactivated my Facebook account!
why not delete?
I only saw an option for deactivation ... hrm. Oh well. It'll do just fine.
can you maybe support 16 shades?
then i'll convert my archives to ascii
then i'll convert my archives to ascii
The ascii was only for debugging. The goal was outputting lovely pixels with 24 bits of depth, which I've now achieved.
so what does it do?
Display images.
ok, so it takes in an image and it displays it in X11?
Yes, for example. It uses OpenGL.
oh. what's your primary intended use case?
Displaying images.
welp
You should form a comedy duo!
I met Dennis Lehane and told him about one of my favorite parts in his books.
Checked out bike with rear rack and panniers mounted. Tomorrow I disassemble and pack it then hop on a plane to London.
niiice
Go nny go! That's so great!
SPRING IS HERE
sent some postscript to one of the self-serve printers in hillman library and completely fucked it's shit up
Got this code working:
http://codepad.org/pkqBjCPO
It makes images like these:
http://ompldr.org/vODc0dg/mandel.tga
http://ompldr.org/vODc1MQ/mandel.png
It could certainly be faster, but at least it's 3.5 times as fast as this:
http://codepad.org/fnuNVKE3
http://codepad.org/pkqBjCPO
It makes images like these:
http://ompldr.org/vODc0dg/mandel.tga
http://ompldr.org/vODc1MQ/mandel.png
It could certainly be faster, but at least it's 3.5 times as fast as this:
http://codepad.org/fnuNVKE3
Finally did my taxes (5 days before the deadline!)
I thought I would owe in like last year (self-employment taxes) so I put a bunch of money away last spring in preparation for this year's round. But I'm actually getting a refund! So not only do I get surprise money back from the gov, I get to keep all of my secret stash for a later rainy day. \o/
I thought I would owe in like last year (self-employment taxes) so I put a bunch of money away last spring in preparation for this year's round. But I'm actually getting a refund! So not only do I get surprise money back from the gov, I get to keep all of my secret stash for a later rainy day. \o/
I missed my Latin exam last week, so I just did the make-up today. Teacher had me take it outside on a nice day. I got to smoke a cigarette while taking a test and I easily aced the thing. WOO!
I would never have pegged you for a latin-learner. cool.
It's fun! I ditched French after a semester ... but Latin and me go way back.
had a meeting with my bosses boss today and basically got an informal job offer from my bosses boss. said they all really liked what I was doing and thought I would be a great fit. gotta wait till july or so to see if they actually give me or formal offer or change their minds :p
Good job, Chiken!
I finally bought a VGA cable (no HDMI on my netbook) and now have a dual monitor set up, thanks to my TV! I didn't think VGA could handle 1920x1080@60Hz, but I guess I was wrong. Woo! Editing video is so, so much easier now.
I finally bought a VGA cable (no HDMI on my netbook) and now have a dual monitor set up, thanks to my TV! I didn't think VGA could handle 1920x1080@60Hz, but I guess I was wrong. Woo! Editing video is so, so much easier now.
Yeah, good ol' VGA isn't as bad as some people say it is.
but it isn't as good as other people say it is :p
Nope, definitely has limitations. But it's not like you should ditch everything VGA and buy HDMI/VGA.
For normal quality screens of 20/22" and smaller the difference the generally negligible...
For normal quality screens of 20/22" and smaller the difference the generally negligible...
Sounds great, chicken. I hope you land it or something equally good...you've seemed really stressed about interviewing and job-hunting lately.
found my first bug in our implementation of IS-IS and made our box crash!
$9k tax return.
how is that possible
tuition credits
had a pretty awesome weekend. flew to Dallas for my girlfriends cousins wedding. Shit was ridiculous and thank god I got a suit cause they didn't spare any expenses on putting that thing together.
Heard Osama got his ass killed. Bought drinks at the bar I was grabbing dinner at for those around me. Called my brother. Toasted his demise. Damned good day.
today I made over 100 more dollars from the IRS because I reported income from a redundant W-2 on my original return.
got to start testing multi segment pseudowires at work. I was also given a prototype of the new CESR that won't be released for another year or so to test it out on that too. Gotta say I'm kinda pumped getting to learn this shit and actually do something productive.
Made 2' of cordage from plant material in my backyard. WOO!
You have a Nighthawk 450? <3 those bikes
yep! just bought it last friday. passed the basic rider's course this past weekend too. I'm going to get plates for it tomorrow morning :).
Hell yeah! Good job!
what's your bike?
That's beautiful asemi. You are tempting me to invest in one rather than a car.
Also... view of the ole work place: http://www.flickr.com/photos/openfly/57576423 … hotostream
Also... view of the ole work place: http://www.flickr.com/photos/openfly/57576423 … hotostream
got plates! now I'm waiting on gloves, mufflers, a helmet, and a jacket. only going ~25 mph during the course was killing me. I can't wait to actually ride.
I like your bike!
rode my motorcycle ~30 miles.
> what's your bike?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/phi_/DSC00068.jpg
Except I have saddlebags on it as well now. Tiny little thing, but it's efficient and reliable.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/phi_/DSC00068.jpg
Except I have saddlebags on it as well now. Tiny little thing, but it's efficient and reliable.
Okay so...
I have been saving for a car in vain.
I can probably afford a bike much sooner.
Do I buy a bike ? What are your thoughts recent purchasers of bikes.
I have been saving for a car in vain.
I can probably afford a bike much sooner.
Do I buy a bike ? What are your thoughts recent purchasers of bikes.
what's the make/model, phi_?
well, I was going to go for a nice ride today and realized that my front brake was kind of seizing up. the fluid probably hasn't been changed in a very long time. me and my friend (mostly him) took the whole front caliper off and one of the pistons was REALLY in there. we got one out with an air compressor but the other we had to force out with some pliers. so I guess I'm rebuilding most of the front brake system (new pistons, piston seals, dust seals, and a master cylinder rebuild kit).
I did get my new mufflers on today and they are 100 times better than the straight pipes (which aren't legal anyway). mild exhaust leak on one side, but I can seal that up somehow and it's not really a big deal anyway.
so if you're cool with doing all this (assuming you get a used, somewhat older bike) it's worth it! I like doing this kind of stuff anyway.
well, I was going to go for a nice ride today and realized that my front brake was kind of seizing up. the fluid probably hasn't been changed in a very long time. me and my friend (mostly him) took the whole front caliper off and one of the pistons was REALLY in there. we got one out with an air compressor but the other we had to force out with some pliers. so I guess I'm rebuilding most of the front brake system (new pistons, piston seals, dust seals, and a master cylinder rebuild kit).
I did get my new mufflers on today and they are 100 times better than the straight pipes (which aren't legal anyway). mild exhaust leak on one side, but I can seal that up somehow and it's not really a big deal anyway.
so if you're cool with doing all this (assuming you get a used, somewhat older bike) it's worth it! I like doing this kind of stuff anyway.
> Do I buy a bike ? What are your thoughts recent purchasers of bikes.
Get a bike. Spend money on gas while traveling the world.
Get a bike. Spend money on gas while traveling the world.
3 minutes of craigslist...
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/mcy/2414067003.html
I could afford that today....
car i'd want... not so much.
sigh... I guess I'll research this a bit.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/mcy/2414067003.html
I could afford that today....
car i'd want... not so much.
sigh... I guess I'll research this a bit.
> what's the make/model, phi_?
'08 Honda Rebel. http://powersports.honda.com/2009/rebel.aspx
Those old BMW's are like tanks, nny, go for them if you can. Just be prepared to work on it yourself.
I also like the Urals, but their dry clutch leaves me a little weary.
'08 Honda Rebel. http://powersports.honda.com/2009/rebel.aspx
Those old BMW's are like tanks, nny, go for them if you can. Just be prepared to work on it yourself.
I also like the Urals, but their dry clutch leaves me a little weary.
that looks like it belongs on the moon.
@nny
front brake is functional! I went for a short ride tonight with a friend of mine and it was wonderful.
Been talking with a cutie in my training class. :D
niiice
Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park!
!!!!
I couldn't seem to find the hints for my geocaches in AGTL. I searched around a bit and found this:
https://github.com/webhamster/advancedcaching … f0883709f2
Applyed the change on my phone, and hints now work perfectly! Felt like such a hacker.
https://github.com/webhamster/advancedcaching … f0883709f2
Applyed the change on my phone, and hints now work perfectly! Felt like such a hacker.
Running X without a window manager! Using xbindkeys, scripts, and various Xlib based programs for handling various windows. Not efficient, but it does exactly what you tell it to do.
volunteered at TEDxSJ presenting TEDxGlobal. awesome. made some connections, moving up in the world.
great!
Heh... going to TEDxNASA? also in SJ.
news to me, i just might! :D
I'm AdBlocking your avatar, lucas. :c
^ He's not the only one...
I'm not, lucas! <3
Wrote the following programs in C for this no-window-manager environment:
fullscreen.c - you select the window, fullscreen maximizes it.
dummy.c - creates a 1x1 window in the top left corner, waits for a mouse click in the window, then exits. Use it to keep the Xsession open until it exits (last line in .xinitrc).
warp.c - warps the mouse pointer to the bottom-right of the screen to get it out of the way.
resize.c - repurposed the resizewindow (...) function in dwm to resize the selected window.
Working on move.c at the moment, if you can imagine what it does. :p
(yes, I realize I'm basically piecemealing a wm together, but it's a nice programming exercise.)
Wrote the following programs in C for this no-window-manager environment:
fullscreen.c - you select the window, fullscreen maximizes it.
dummy.c - creates a 1x1 window in the top left corner, waits for a mouse click in the window, then exits. Use it to keep the Xsession open until it exits (last line in .xinitrc).
warp.c - warps the mouse pointer to the bottom-right of the screen to get it out of the way.
resize.c - repurposed the resizewindow (...) function in dwm to resize the selected window.
Working on move.c at the moment, if you can imagine what it does. :p
(yes, I realize I'm basically piecemealing a wm together, but it's a nice programming exercise.)
wish i could show you some of my code from work =P python curses ftw!
Interesting! I've been toying with learning a language that's not C, but I'm sort of at a loss.
Python is like the duct tape language of tech today. Everyone should know it.
Python & curses always confused me. In fact, C & curses also confuses me.
But other than that, Python ftw!
But other than that, Python ftw!
my avatar:
+1 by phi_
+1 by andre
+1 dannyp
+1 lucas
-1 by bluet
-1 by Carpetsmoker
net avatar impact: +2
:p
p.s. i just nyaned for 1000 seconds.
+1 by phi_
+1 by andre
+1 dannyp
+1 lucas
-1 by bluet
-1 by Carpetsmoker
net avatar impact: +2
:p
p.s. i just nyaned for 1000 seconds.
am i to late to cast a -1 vote?
Damnit, larz. NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN!
It won't leave my head.
It won't leave my head.
I'll cast a +1 vote to offset Chiken. you're welcome.
The whole nyan thing is something that is simply beyond my comprehension. I will sooner understand quantum mechanics.
I don't even know what it is, I just like the avatar.
Today I did flying trapeze with two friends! This is the warm-up where we practiced swinging by our knees.
The process was: grab bar from standing position up high, jump off, tuck legs up and get knees over bar, release hands and stretch out upside down, grab bar again with hands, uncurl legs and drop them down again, then a backflip to dismount! All while swinging wildly. :D
Video of an actual "catch" to come soon!
The process was: grab bar from standing position up high, jump off, tuck legs up and get knees over bar, release hands and stretch out upside down, grab bar again with hands, uncurl legs and drop them down again, then a backflip to dismount! All while swinging wildly. :D
Video of an actual "catch" to come soon!
email me those c files, phi_!
that trapeze looks terrifying. I will never do that.
Which e-mail address would you like me to send them to? I've got like 4 on file.
I emailed your full name gmail address.
Mmk! I'll send you a tarball of all the relevant files.
got my own jig at work today. spent the entire day scouring the racks for RCP's and NPB's to fill my chassis' but I gotta say it was pretty fun!
on another note I just realized that our routers run on centos
Mounting ram filesystem [ OK ]
Welcome to CentOS release 5 (Final)
Press 'I' to enter interactive startup.
Mounting ram filesystem [ OK ]
Welcome to CentOS release 5 (Final)
Press 'I' to enter interactive startup.
> that trapeze looks terrifying. I will never do that.
It made me nervous, but it's not really scary at all because you have a safety line attached to your waist and of course the giant net. It's really fun. :)
It made me nervous, but it's not really scary at all because you have a safety line attached to your waist and of course the giant net. It's really fun. :)
> Mmk! I'll send you a tarball of all the relevant files.
Share it with everyone!
Share it with everyone!
I will do that bluet, I finally setup DynDNS and a (temporary) webserver on my laptop ... about to setup the permanent one in just a few minutes. I'll get the files up after that.
Segue!
I set up lighttpd & werc on my laptop to see how well it works. I like it a lot for simple applications, but I can imagine larger operations would be a big hassle. Took about 5 minutes to get everything set up and working fine ... not bad for a personal-use site, I think.
rev: for you, bluet. :3
http://selfsufficient.dyndns.org/
Segue!
I set up lighttpd & werc on my laptop to see how well it works. I like it a lot for simple applications, but I can imagine larger operations would be a big hassle. Took about 5 minutes to get everything set up and working fine ... not bad for a personal-use site, I think.
rev: for you, bluet. :3
http://selfsufficient.dyndns.org/
:D
#!/bin/bash
:-o
:-o
I forget why I did that ... but it works, so I never changed it.
I saw giraffes today! And a bunch of other animals...but mostly I was happy about the giraffes.
Aw the penguins, elephants, flamingos, and meerkats were pretty great too.
Aw the penguins, elephants, flamingos, and meerkats were pretty great too.
meerkats own.
zoo? :(
had my last day of work last night! drank sake until late in the night.
Finished moving my stuff into my new place! Got everything unpacked and put up. Place feels comfortable and inviting. I really like it. Plus it's TOO BIG to photograph with my phone. I can only get one corner at a time ... panorama time? :3
> zoo? :(
Yeah. And I agree with the sentiments behind the face. It wass fun seeing some of the animals that had nicer environments (GIRAFFES!), but the tapers definitely made me sad.
Yeah. And I agree with the sentiments behind the face. It wass fun seeing some of the animals that had nicer environments (GIRAFFES!), but the tapers definitely made me sad.
Congrats on leaving your job, Ander! And on the new place, phi_. Do you have pics?
Do you seriously only have a phone to take pictures with?? Have you not gleaned anything from our innumerous photo threads that makes you want to invest in a real camera? :O
I just don't photograph very much. Never have.
I have a real Minolta 35mm SLR, but it's in LA along with my TLR. I DO however have a 120 camera here, and live real close to Houston Camera Coop ... so maybe y'all will experience some medium format goodness. Maybe.
I have a real Minolta 35mm SLR, but it's in LA along with my TLR. I DO however have a 120 camera here, and live real close to Houston Camera Coop ... so maybe y'all will experience some medium format goodness. Maybe.
Yes!
Edited backup script to backup website data to atlas!
Yay for SSH keys and ssh-agent/keychain for making it painless.
Yay for SSH keys and ssh-agent/keychain for making it painless.
Mowed the yard.
Fixed three door knobs in my new house, up next is the doors themselves.
Friend is on her way over to smoke me out.
Eventful!
Fixed three door knobs in my new house, up next is the doors themselves.
Friend is on her way over to smoke me out.
Eventful!
Got my tattoo worked on yesterday.
Fixed my bathroom door hinge.
Edited fullscreend.c , to supply various wm-like behavior. Thanks to bluet for hest, which I borrowed some code from ... which I'm pretty sure was just taken from dwm anyway. But thanks, bluet!
Fixed my bathroom door hinge.
Edited fullscreend.c , to supply various wm-like behavior. Thanks to bluet for hest, which I borrowed some code from ... which I'm pretty sure was just taken from dwm anyway. But thanks, bluet!
I think the event handling code and the function names are the only things I've borrowed from dwm. I'm glad it's useful. :)
Ah, well, thank you even more then. :)
phi_ I am tired of you referencing your tattoo and never showing us what it looks like
I take it back halfway. I researched a bit and you did show the design, just not on your body.
> phi_ I am tired of you referencing your tattoo and never showing us what it looks like
AGREED!
Pics or it didn't happen!
AGREED!
Pics or it didn't happen!
Color is still really blocky ... just the first pass, no shading, blah-blah-blah. And taken with my camera phone ... it's on my right calf, so it's kind of a weird angle ... but you can see it all!
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7Lsgu5l … directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7Lsgu5l … directlink
Wow, that's so blurry I have trouble making out what body part that is.
Bonus points for the doctor avatar though!
Bonus points for the doctor avatar though!
Also, tried to take a few photos of my room for y'all ...
curiosities : https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UeWkEDo … directlink
sleepy time : https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DeRCpOO … directlink
curiosities : https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UeWkEDo … directlink
sleepy time : https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DeRCpOO … directlink
Looks like a pretty nice floor! I like wooden floors!
Original flooring, house was built in 1921. :D
Wowzers! That's awesome!
Plus I think my bedroom is 14' x 14' ... largest room I've ever stayed in.
So that's 14×14 feet, right? Your American non-metric nonsense confuses me!
Yes, feet. That's about 4.3m to you SI sickos. :p
metric is so freaking stupid.
Orwell was right. (referring to asemi's old quote lines many post)
Built a desk today while people were leveling the house.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bPIJPdx … directlink
:)
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bPIJPdx … directlink
:)
Sweet desk. Cool chest too.
Looks fuckin sturdy phi! :D
> metric is so freaking stupid.
erm are you serious?
erm are you serious?
sure. if you think about it, and i mean really consider it. metric makes no damned sense at all.
a base ten system is severely limited. the base 12 of standard/imperial is far more versatile. you can halve, quart, and third very easily. But I'd advocate for a base 16 system myself.
Metric never made any sense at all and the people who advocated for it were retarded.
a base ten system is severely limited. the base 12 of standard/imperial is far more versatile. you can halve, quart, and third very easily. But I'd advocate for a base 16 system myself.
Metric never made any sense at all and the people who advocated for it were retarded.
Number encoding is unrelated to names for common amounts.
We could say
1 fifth = 750 mL (oops, been done)
1 gulp = 30 mL
1 slam = 2 N
1 boom = 45 J
What's the definition of one handle?
We could say
1 fifth = 750 mL (oops, been done)
1 gulp = 30 mL
1 slam = 2 N
1 boom = 45 J
What's the definition of one handle?
1 fifth = 1/5 gallon ~ 750mL
1 handle = 1/2 gallon ~ 1.5L
1 handle = 1/2 gallon ~ 1.5L
I strung up my bedsheet hammock today and got baked on it. Amazing! And comfortable.
the owner of a website i'm writing bought a 256mb slice on slicehost under my reccomendation. successfully set a lamp stack up on it and set up the database, quite proud of myself! :)
unfortunatly due to some login issues with the ftp server i can't transfer the website over until the problems are resolved, still i'm very happy with slicehost!
thanks for the reccomendation lucas!
unfortunatly due to some login issues with the ftp server i can't transfer the website over until the problems are resolved, still i'm very happy with slicehost!
thanks for the reccomendation lucas!
ftp?
use scp.
use scp.
^ YES! FTP MUST DIE!
Arrived in Hawaii :D
:D !!!
went downtown and watched them film a couple scenes for the new batman movie. got to watch the tumbler in a chase scene. goin back tomorrow to try and watch some more.
Today/yesterday has been awesome for everyone.
look what pulled up right in front of me today!
http://sob.urdw.com/Mystuff/images/DSC01988.JPG
then I was able to sneak my way into a bagel shop and get an up close viewing of the filming
http://sob.urdw.com/Mystuff/images/DSC02000.JPG
http://sob.urdw.com/Mystuff/images/DSC01988.JPG
then I was able to sneak my way into a bagel shop and get an up close viewing of the filming
http://sob.urdw.com/Mystuff/images/DSC02000.JPG
:D holy shit hahah yesss!
haha that's awesome!
YES! That's awesome, Chiken!
That from some movie I assume?
yeah. their filming a large portion of The Dark Knight Rises here in Pittsburgh
drank shochu and listened to rockabilly. there are some awesome bars in toronto.
Lots better!
Went bike riding around midtown this afternoon. It was fun! Plus I took a photo.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ck2p51r … directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ck2p51r … directlink
This should be post 21,000 in in the "general discussion" board. \o/
huh.
Is it just me or does the image look "off"?
I do like the idea though!
I do like the idea though!
I challenge ttf to de-obfuscate it. I'll post a video of the obfuscation process when someone does a satisfactory attempt.
Is it a picture...of a thing? Is it the view of this thing from above?
> Is it a picture...of a thing? Is it the view of this thing from above?
Ok. I'll change a couple of the numbers in there. This should be more recognizable:
http://codepad.org/BOI7eDYq
Ok. I'll change a couple of the numbers in there. This should be more recognizable:
http://codepad.org/BOI7eDYq
^^^ that's what I thought it was.
same.
Sweet box! Haha I love it :D
We did the grout work today on the tile we installed last week. Photo
And here's another photo of my bike's rear end. :-*
And here's another photo of my bike's rear end. :-*
looks way better
nice tiling work
Thanks guys!
phi is doing it right
somehow my plan to wake up relatively early and take out the trash and recycling was successful.
\o/
an update on my last terrible things done post:
Parent's found my girlfriends dog at the cooke city trail head this evening just as they were leaving. The dog has been in the beartooth wilderness alone for almost 7 days now. The last sighting of him we had was 3 days ago. He's had to of gone 60 miles total (including the initial 26 to east rosebud).
It's just kind of funny though, girlfriend gets a call from hikers in the the morning that he's at the wilderness boundary. she calls her dad, her sister and him rush up there and walk in to the wilderness boundary but don't find him. My parent's also were up there, totally on their own. They knew max was lost in the area and knew nothing about the call my girlfriend got, now did they see her dad and sister at all through the day. My parent's went 6 miles in and saw nothing. They get out and are about to let our dog run down to the little lake when all of a sudden they notice another dog down there and realize it was max. All this at the trail head is happening literally 10 minutes after my girlfriends family gets out.
It was kind of like something out of a movie. But, everyone's happy that the dog is back safe and sound. Especially me, so that the gf can stop sulking around.
Parent's found my girlfriends dog at the cooke city trail head this evening just as they were leaving. The dog has been in the beartooth wilderness alone for almost 7 days now. The last sighting of him we had was 3 days ago. He's had to of gone 60 miles total (including the initial 26 to east rosebud).
It's just kind of funny though, girlfriend gets a call from hikers in the the morning that he's at the wilderness boundary. she calls her dad, her sister and him rush up there and walk in to the wilderness boundary but don't find him. My parent's also were up there, totally on their own. They knew max was lost in the area and knew nothing about the call my girlfriend got, now did they see her dad and sister at all through the day. My parent's went 6 miles in and saw nothing. They get out and are about to let our dog run down to the little lake when all of a sudden they notice another dog down there and realize it was max. All this at the trail head is happening literally 10 minutes after my girlfriends family gets out.
It was kind of like something out of a movie. But, everyone's happy that the dog is back safe and sound. Especially me, so that the gf can stop sulking around.
crazy
what happened?
what happened?
That's awesome!
I rode my bicycle to campus today (~5 miles) ... seat broke on the way there, though. :-/
revision: map of my ride!
I rode my bicycle to campus today (~5 miles) ... seat broke on the way there, though. :-/
revision: map of my ride!
Congrats on finding the dog...that's a pretty nuts-o story
How far did you get before the seat broke phi_? did you have to walk it all the way home? :\
I rode it the rest of the way ... it broke as I was turning onto Alabama ... so maybe half-way there?
been kicking it here at the organic farm on the north shore of Oahu. Mainly pulling weeds and cleaning so far. It's really awesome to see how the whole farm works and how to reuse all kinds of plants and trees for compost etc. been cooking a lot and learning all kinds of vegetarian recipes!
still have not gone surfing yet... one day...
also, bought tickets to Fiji and New Zealand!
still have not gone surfing yet... one day...
also, bought tickets to Fiji and New Zealand!
I bet that dog is in like pooch heaven. After that little adventure he's probably loving getting home.
cleared out my freshies
worked the farmers market selling our farm's produce, might have a job lined up for October helping a couple with their orchid business!
bought a bottle of wine and cheese and bread, drank and ate them on my porch.
Made a bad-ass vegan meal for my roommate and I yesterday. Quinoa, purple rice, grilled veggies, with some ground flax mixed in with the quinoa.
Today I was doing some reviewing for my "Advanced Communication Research Methods" class and finally realized I can just use OOo Calc to handle all the tedious calculations, so now I'm no longer doing shit by hand. I don't know why it took me until the day before the test to remember to try that, but it works! :D
What took me 30+ minutes now takes <5 minutes. <3
Today I was doing some reviewing for my "Advanced Communication Research Methods" class and finally realized I can just use OOo Calc to handle all the tedious calculations, so now I'm no longer doing shit by hand. I don't know why it took me until the day before the test to remember to try that, but it works! :D
What took me 30+ minutes now takes <5 minutes. <3
swell is in on the north shore today, so we got out of work early and headed to the beach. watched people surfing 10-12 foot waves and got my mind blown! I wish I could do that :D
also, taking photos with my new camera is magical. I feel like a kid again!
also, taking photos with my new camera is magical. I feel like a kid again!
uh, made out with this girl I work with who I've had somewhat of a crush on for a while. pretty cool day.
woo!
nice.
i got my inbox down to 67 emails!
Another bike ride day ... 10+ miles!
You guys are doing some pretty great things these days. :)
Today I went to work. Then I biked home in the rain. To my empty apt. I swear I heard a violin.
aww
I have biked more than 50 miles in the past 4 days. I know that's not really "today", but I think it's awesome anyway.
Occupying Houston today. :)
nice work. I've only ridden by occupy boston. I kind of want them to have a big event that I can go to. or at least something other than amanda palmer playing (I didn't know who this was and really wish I could have back the thirty seconds I spent watching dresden dolls videos on youtube).
Dresden Dolls are awesome IMHO!
I don't really care that much for Amanda Palmers solo act though ...
I don't really care that much for Amanda Palmers solo act though ...
I feel like amanda palmer may be one of the more entertaining people i've ever followed on twitter.
I knew it was going to be bad when the first sentence of her wikipedia article said "sometimes known as Amanda Fucking Palmer."
it's pretty hard for me to watch videos involving protesters :\
nice work! I still haven't been at occupy boston. there was a march today in which I would have liked to participate but I had to work until about an hour ago.
I'd also like to make a sign with this illustration on it: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/7243/7243-h/images/08-099.jpg
I'm going to tell you all about the sign I made for iraq war protests almost ten years ago. it had this image of rumsfeld and hussein shaking hands (much higher res) and said "rumsfeld + hussein = doubt of US intentions" because all of the bush propaganda about how we were going to liberate iraq was such a load of shit. anyway, it was a good sign and the guy at kinko's shared my sentiments and gave me an insane deal on like a three foot wide, full color printout.
I'm going to tell you all about the sign I made for iraq war protests almost ten years ago. it had this image of rumsfeld and hussein shaking hands (much higher res) and said "rumsfeld + hussein = doubt of US intentions" because all of the bush propaganda about how we were going to liberate iraq was such a load of shit. anyway, it was a good sign and the guy at kinko's shared my sentiments and gave me an insane deal on like a three foot wide, full color printout.
I think I'd also like to add an excerpt from let america be america again by langston hughes.
> I still haven't been at occupy boston. there was a march today in which I would have liked to participate but I had to work until about an hour ago.
whoa.
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/aaronspagnol … 868081776/
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/safesounds/s … 743790407/
whoa.
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/aaronspagnol … 868081776/
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/safesounds/s … 743790407/
I was going to post all of this in this thread, but it got too long. short version: I got arrested at occupy boston last night
here
here
oof
Released hest 0.2.2. Now with a keyboard shortcut for closing windows!
Get yours at http://www.ping.uio.no/~mastensg/projects/hest/
Get yours at http://www.ping.uio.no/~mastensg/projects/hest/
Eek! GNU "auto"tools!
At the risk of sounding stupid, how do I actually start a new program (i.e. an xterm?)
Right, unless I missed something this is a feature hest doesn't have and you're supposed to use xbindkeys?
Yup, hest doesn't spawn other programs. I use xbindkeys myself.
Heh, I got another milk crate so now I have milk crate panniers on my bicycle. I'm so going camping with this bike.
Monday I got an interview for another job.
Good luck!
Yeah! Break a leg!
For once in my life I find myself wishing it would be monday ... I'm exited about getting a new challenge.
And I got a new job :)
Hell yeah! Good job, sir!
congrats
nice! that's a great feeling.
exciting... like sex but without the coitus.
got to Fiji :D
Went to T-DOSE today and yesterday. Had a little BSD stand together with j65nko (which some might remember from bsdforums days)
i remember him :)
cool
cool
Got a new job (...again ...)
Sweet. The beer will taste that much better.
I went skiing. Didn't break any bones, didn't hurt myself or anyone else.
That's a fun game!
maybe i'm doing it wrong, but i feel like i need higher kro on my keyboard.
I spent four hours at work reading about upc/ascii/barcode scanners so I could create barcoded ID tags for employees to drastically speed up logging in and out of point of sale computers.
I had a fun conversation with a girl that I like.
I fixed my oil furnace instead of paying the oil company $147/hour to do it. (the circuit breaker for the ignition switch was shut off for some reason, and now I know how to bleed the oil pump as well.)
I feel like death from inhaling oil and cat shit fumes in the basement.
last one is not so awesome.
I had a fun conversation with a girl that I like.
I fixed my oil furnace instead of paying the oil company $147/hour to do it. (the circuit breaker for the ignition switch was shut off for some reason, and now I know how to bleed the oil pump as well.)
I feel like death from inhaling oil and cat shit fumes in the basement.
last one is not so awesome.
oh I also retaught my grandpa how to forward emails so I can stop getting blank emails from him.
just did a serious cleaning of my room too. it needed it and my mind is at peace. I put a few things on the walls too so it actually looks like I live here.
also realized cleaning my room doesn't make me happy, being happy makes me clean my room.
yeah, i hear you on that one. right now my place is ridiculously clean. i should take some pictures to show it off.
let's do a living spaces picture thread. i need some motivation to clean up my dump
I can't participate in that until I get a lampshade. but I'm in.
i want to take pics during the day, but sunset is actually in 20 minutes (before 5pm) and i'm obviously working.
i'll do it anyway, but it will highlight the lack of artificial light in my place, heh.
i'll do it anyway, but it will highlight the lack of artificial light in my place, heh.
it's because i have this complex about furniture. they are always such big ticket items and i'm SO picky.
this would be nice, for example. http://www.gabrielross.com/lighting-20/floor- … -1183.html
this would be nice, for example. http://www.gabrielross.com/lighting-20/floor- … -1183.html
Made this page, which shows the menus at the two cafeterias I frequent:
http://www.ping.uio.no/~mastensg/dagens.html
It's auto-generated from the website of the student welfare people, which is horrible to navigate:
http://www.sio.no/
http://www.ping.uio.no/~mastensg/dagens.html
It's auto-generated from the website of the student welfare people, which is horrible to navigate:
http://www.sio.no/
awesome
having a hamburger?
having a hamburger?
> having a hamburger?
Yesterday, yeah. Was pretty good.
I'm thinking some pasta will be good today.
Yesterday, yeah. Was pretty good.
I'm thinking some pasta will be good today.
bought a pizzelle iron to make pizzelles for a girl i like
-- i was too sick to do anything corny for her on valentine's day, which is what i was planning
started learning latin american spanish (rosetta stone, level 1)
-- i want to be able to eventually converse with all of the mexicans in santa barbara in spanish
-- i was too sick to do anything corny for her on valentine's day, which is what i was planning
started learning latin american spanish (rosetta stone, level 1)
-- i want to be able to eventually converse with all of the mexicans in santa barbara in spanish
I hated rosetta stone. I've heard pimsleur tapes are good though. I've been meaning to download the spanish one(s?).
Tree in my backyard has been cut down, so yesterday morning I woke up about 8AM, grabbed my hatchet, and began cutting and stripping branches to have a DIY day.
So far:
- hammer
- walking stick for friend's son
Planned:
- quarter-staff for other friend
- new hatchet handle
After all that, I went on a 3+ hour walk with a friend of mine along all the creeks and bayous in this area. :D
So far:
- hammer
- walking stick for friend's son
Planned:
- quarter-staff for other friend
- new hatchet handle
After all that, I went on a 3+ hour walk with a friend of mine along all the creeks and bayous in this area. :D
Started a business.
My first job is installing a network cable.
My first job is installing a network cable.
tell us more!
A friend of mine runs Bitraf (Oslo's largest [by volume] hackerspace), see http://bitraf.no (here's me testing a car I made out of steel wire: http://bitraf.no/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/D … 24x654.jpg ).
He wants a better Internet connection than the DSL he's got there now. The cost of a fiber optic subscription is pretty high, so he decided to set up his own ISP for the office building that the hackerspace is in.
He wants me to run the cables to the other offices. He could employ me, but then he'd have to pay employment tax, which would go out of my salary. Instead I started a business so I can bill him.
Now that I've got the business, I might try to get some freelance work, too.
He wants a better Internet connection than the DSL he's got there now. The cost of a fiber optic subscription is pretty high, so he decided to set up his own ISP for the office building that the hackerspace is in.
He wants me to run the cables to the other offices. He could employ me, but then he'd have to pay employment tax, which would go out of my salary. Instead I started a business so I can bill him.
Now that I've got the business, I might try to get some freelance work, too.
lots of folks in NYC have a tax ID for work like this as well. but the reasons are usually liability related.
California has made this difficult to do inside the state due to incredibly piss poor tax regulations. The result is California is slowly driving it's economic base out of it's own state. And thus Austin and NYC are now tech hubs.
It's amazing to watch the results of bad bureaucracy.
California has made this difficult to do inside the state due to incredibly piss poor tax regulations. The result is California is slowly driving it's economic base out of it's own state. And thus Austin and NYC are now tech hubs.
It's amazing to watch the results of bad bureaucracy.
It might be interesting to know that I did not have to touch a piece of paper to start the business. I just logged in to the government's site (with personal ID number, password and a code sent to my cellphone), spent about ten minutes filling out a form, and signed it by clicking a button.
odd because when i rank this data by "ease of starting business" norway is #41
http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings
http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings
Who knows what numbers they compare to get that ranking, and how they get those numbers.
based on the pdf and my general knowledge of corporate law, i'm guessing they measured # procedures, # days, % of annual income per capita in fees, and minimum capital required to start an "ASA" or "AS", best analogues being public corporation and LLC in the US
Ah, well, I didn't start any of those. I started an ENK, a single person business. I guess it's a little more work starting a publicly tradable company (ASA or AS).
> odd because when i rank this data by "ease of starting business" norway is #41
>
> http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings
This is a real problem in the Netherlands IMHO. By far the biggest problem is the way taxes work (it's complicated). I would have started a business long ago if it wouldn't be so much work (it also costs quite a bit of money).
Sometimes this country is retarded.
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> http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings
This is a real problem in the Netherlands IMHO. By far the biggest problem is the way taxes work (it's complicated). I would have started a business long ago if it wouldn't be so much work (it also costs quite a bit of money).
Sometimes this country is retarded.
wow, i'm surprised that the u.s. ranks so high
Made char cloth, bow drill, pitch, and at atlatl today. :D
deactivated my facebook account yesterday.
gave final notice at nasa yesterday. ( going to a startup in sf )
fixed headphones ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/openfly/6929349580/ )
eventful day.
gave final notice at nasa yesterday. ( going to a startup in sf )
fixed headphones ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/openfly/6929349580/ )
eventful day.
http://www.music-piracy.com/?p=683 New firmware release.
Very nice! I've been toying with the idea of deactivating my Fb again, but I dunno...
The bad: A good chunk of my grade this semester in Latin involved translating some of this (chapter 4) ... well, it was due a few weeks ago and my professor e-mailed me this weekend informing me that if I don't turn it in by Monday (the last day of class, aka tomorrow) then I lose a good chunk of my grade. I remember turning it in, and I couldn't find any of my work on it. bwahh....
The awesome: Completely parsed and did a word-for-word translation tonight. Polishing it up tomorrow before class. :D
The awesome: Completely parsed and did a word-for-word translation tonight. Polishing it up tomorrow before class. :D
announced a deal at work - data centre company sold for $1 billion. pretty cool... but took a ton of work!
http://bit.ly/L6Jg32
http://bit.ly/L6Jg32
flight to greece in 14 hours!
Nestor = New Owner of Greece.
Bring 3 souvlaki's and a sheep and you'll be like Bill Gates!
greece was pretty fucked up - in the sense that the economy is obviously in awful, awful shape. businesses on every street are closed / buildings for rent. even in tourist towns, we stayed in high-end hotels for about 60 eur (20 eur / pp) and we were the only people in them.
no riots, apparently those are mostly in athens. people are super nice, it was a great trip.
election this weekend!
no riots, apparently those are mostly in athens. people are super nice, it was a great trip.
election this weekend!
i wanna go to greece now!
it is very cheap. the election this sunday will sort of determine how the tourist season plays out (and where the euro trades).
if anyone is serious i can give some good tips on places to go.
if anyone is serious i can give some good tips on places to go.
here is the route i took: http://goo.gl/maps/45Ey
got a 33% raise and an awesome review, feels good.
Nice job, nestor. Congrats!
sweet!
Got fed up that my old computer can't run any of the HTPC applications I've found, so I scripted my own. (as you can see, I'm going to implement some crude search into it, but it's good for now.)
rls is just a ftw example I found online and modded slightly, just recursively lists directory contents.
#!/bin/bash
PLAYCMD="mplayer -vm -vo sdl"
VIDDIR=/home/tv/video/
COMMANDS="help list find play quit"
echo RSMP
echo
echo Creating media database...
/usr/local/bin/rls $VIDDIR >.rsmpdb
echo Database created...
echo
while true; do
echo -n ">> "
read CMD INDEX
case $CMD in
"list")
i=1
while read line; do
echo -e "$i - ${line##\/*\/}\n"
i=$((i+1))
done <.rsmpdb
;;
"help")
echo Available commands: $COMMANDS
;;
"play")
i=1
while read line; do
if [ $i = $INDEX ]; then
$PLAYCMD "$line"
fi
i=$((i+1))
done <.rsmpdb
;;
*)
echo Quitting...
exit
esac
done
rls is just a ftw example I found online and modded slightly, just recursively lists directory contents.
#include <ftw.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
int list(const char *name, const struct stat *status, int type);
int
main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
if(argc == 1)
ftw(".", list, 1);
else
ftw(argv[1], list, 1);
return 0;
}
int
list(const char *name, const struct stat *status, int type) {
if(type == FTW_NS)
return 0;
if(type == FTW_F)
printf("%s\n", name);
return 0;
}
I got promoted today! I'm now a chef at the ski resort that I'm working at. I think this is the first real promotion I've ever had. feels good :D
Officially debt free as of today.
whoa, ap--an actual chef? awesome. congrats!
i'm officially knee-deep in debt.
i'm officially knee-deep in debt.
student loans or other unsecured debt?
I have no unsecured debt and I paid the last of my student loans. So on the records I have no debt. I will keep my credit cards, but still I am paying off the balance each month. I live within my means.
I have been learning to snowboard in the last few weeks, and today was by far my best day. Everything is clicking in to place and I'm not falling over too much! Why didn't I do this sooner?! :D
it will all be converted to federal student loans next month if i pass my exams.
last day in investment banking today. new job starts in a week and a half.
it's good to be back! no more 100 hour weeks.
it's good to be back! no more 100 hour weeks.
so what sector will you be working in?
investment analyst for a pension board (>$100bn aum). activist fund under the public equity arm, no industry allocation.
started my new job on monday last week! commute is really long right now (1 hour), but I'll be bringing it down to about 20-25 mins when i move in a month or so.
Really, this happened Friday but it was awesome anyway: high sex. Woo!
the last time I had high sex it was with a girl who I didn't like very much and we had sex for about three minutes before I lost all motivation and went to sleep in a different bed.
but yours sounds like it was great.
but yours sounds like it was great.
hrmm dry spell over here... travel induced i think.
I have high sex on the daily. But hey I'm in a committed relationship.
got promoted
nice work! I need a raise.
woot for you!
Arch "updated" to systemd ... back to BSD it is!
Arch doesn't even have an installer anymore, they had a fine installer but removed it a few months ago.
If you start the "installer" CD, you will just be greeted with a shell prompt. It's up yo you to discover the INSTALL in the /root/ directory (not even a motd to point you at this).
You're then supposed to manually fdisk and install your system according to very vague and general instructions provided in the INSTALL file...
Not too long ago ArchLinux was considered to be "the most BSD Linux" by many...
If you start the "installer" CD, you will just be greeted with a shell prompt. It's up yo you to discover the INSTALL in the /root/ directory (not even a motd to point you at this).
You're then supposed to manually fdisk and install your system according to very vague and general instructions provided in the INSTALL file...
Not too long ago ArchLinux was considered to be "the most BSD Linux" by many...
Yeah, I was running 2010.9 (I think?) ... the motd told you to run /arch/install or something along those lines and it had a really solid CLI installer.
They don't even do that? AND you have to manually partition the drive? I mean, I don't really mind having to do that as I've done it plenty of time in the past, but it seems completely unnecessary in 2012 for an end-user distro like Arch to not provide at least a suggested partitioning scheme like BSD does.
I finally broke down to try and update when NOTHING would install from pacman because of the upgrades to udev et al, and once I saw systemd I went straight to FreeBSD. Now if only the linux emulation would install easily... but I can deal without Flash 11 for the time being.
They don't even do that? AND you have to manually partition the drive? I mean, I don't really mind having to do that as I've done it plenty of time in the past, but it seems completely unnecessary in 2012 for an end-user distro like Arch to not provide at least a suggested partitioning scheme like BSD does.
I finally broke down to try and update when NOTHING would install from pacman because of the upgrades to udev et al, and once I saw systemd I went straight to FreeBSD. Now if only the linux emulation would install easily... but I can deal without Flash 11 for the time being.
Fucking Arch fucked me over royally last week. I have moved to Slackware. X11 would not start. AT ALL! When I typed in startx, it hard locked my mac. WTF man. This was on a CLEAN INSTALL. Guess I'm a fucking slacker now. Getting used to slackbuilds is a pain in the ass.
I moved from OpenBSD to Debian a couple of years ago, and I'm lovin' it!
but...the docs :(.
wrote a bunch of xml to update my dns records with gandi.net's xml-rpc api. I'm not sure why I did this with a shell script instead of using one of the xml-rpc modules available in like every scripting language, but it was fun!
The problem wasn't arch, but rather my cheap ass korean monitor. Live and learn :(
shell + json = fail. i imagine xml is just as bad.
Released source code for the pinball machine I've been working on this fall.
Another forum thread (I am mastensg):
http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/forum/index … opic=659.0
A video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOBSTP1F5d4
The code:
https://github.com/mastensg/fotosyntesefestival-public
Another forum thread (I am mastensg):
http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/forum/index … opic=659.0
A video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOBSTP1F5d4
The code:
https://github.com/mastensg/fotosyntesefestival-public
Awesome.
https://github.com/openfly/resume
wrote a python script to build a resume from linkedin api.
creates a tex output using mustache templates.
wrote a python script to build a resume from linkedin api.
creates a tex output using mustache templates.
bought a loveseat for my room. this is the best decision I've made in a while.
I told my Martyrdom & Antiquities professor (and most of the class) that I thought the focus on Christianity rendered the class 'silly' and compared it to fanatics doing close readings of The Simillarion.
i rearranged my furniture in my apartment and cleaned up a bit! here are some photos that i showed to my mom (she just bought me some new bedding items, thus the weird bed photos).
Nice, larz!
I got my FirePro card installed ... now downloading the ridiculously large ISV drivers for Premiere Pro.
I got my FirePro card installed ... now downloading the ridiculously large ISV drivers for Premiere Pro.
they have application-specific drivers? that seems nuts
The major DCC and CAD software has special drivers for workstation graphics cards (Quadro, FirePro, Matrox, etc) ... hence the ridiculous price tag on the cards. It's a scam, but hardware acceleration on these kinds of programs is necessary.
Oh! Fun thing about those ISV drivers--totally crashed Premiere Pro CC. Wouldn't even load. Had to take them back out and install the up-to-date generic ATI Windows drivers to get it to load. It's gonna be fun trying to figure that mess out.
Oh! Fun thing about those ISV drivers--totally crashed Premiere Pro CC. Wouldn't even load. Had to take them back out and install the up-to-date generic ATI Windows drivers to get it to load. It's gonna be fun trying to figure that mess out.
i hate driver messes. sounds like a pita.
They are. Since I don't do any 3D work, or medical imaging, I don't need the power-hungry cards... and hardware acceleration is way worth the hassle, but my computer as-is can handle almost all my needs without considerably slowing down. It's a small pita that I can deal with at leisure.
Doubled my system RAM to 16GB. Added two new WD 1TB drives and striped them (RAID0, baby) for my editing work. :D
Things are getting serious!
So what will you actually be doing with your fancy editing workstation?
So what will you actually be doing with your fancy editing workstation?
Yeah, but I'm having issues with the audio device now. *hrrmph*
I'm graduating this semester, so I won't have access to the editing suites on campus, so I built my own. Plus I'm going off to Austin this fall to shoot a movie with one of my friends, so I needed my own workstation anyway.
I'm graduating this semester, so I won't have access to the editing suites on campus, so I built my own. Plus I'm going off to Austin this fall to shoot a movie with one of my friends, so I needed my own workstation anyway.
i broke gmail.
Met and talked with Crispin Glover last night!
Cool. I had to look up who that is though.
nice!
props! that's pretty badass!
looks nice! did you move to brooklyn?
yep back again for a bit.
I visited the site http://mytailor.com/ !