Various amusing or interesting topics, or things that shock and appall me. Kind of a miscellaneous bin.
Yesterday was trash-pickup day for our street. Our trash collectors aren’t too careful, so we sometimes get pieces of wind-blown garbage lying around. While walking to our local store for some cat-related supplies, I saw such an item. It was a 5.25″ floppy disk labeled “Turbo C.” That’s C, not C++. The copyright date in …
Looks like Microsoft is going to save the world, yet again. Yes, I’m cynical about anything Microsoft does that supposedly benefits anyone else. They didn’t get where they are through altruism. But a closer look shows that that cynicism might not be justified here. It is a real improvement to their product, and a valid …
A bonus post, in honor of the day.
I was quite surprised, a few days ago, when my official Apple “iPhone Apps” RSS feed came up with something called “InstallerApp 1.0,” because the description says that it’s a way to put iPhone apps that currently require jailbreaking on your unjailbroken iPhone: InstallerApp is a native Mac OS X application that allows you easily …
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Tom Foremski offers an interesting take on the usual advice about putting stuff on the ‘net, and one that I have to agree with: While being careful about what you post is still good advice, I have even better advice: be very active on the Internet — anything bad will be diluted into the long …
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A tongue-in-cheek rating system for C programmers. (For what it’s worth, I don’t think I’ve ever used three asterisks together in one of my programs. And since I moved to C++, I’ve rarely even needed to use two. I’m always using single asterisks though. I guess I’m only a one-star programmer these days. 😉 )
Oh great… a penis-lengthening system that might actually work?! The spam level is going to go through the roof now. 🙁
According to a Microsoft-employed psychologist, I’m a “shy and retiring type” (because my computer’s desktop uses a plain blue background) “who likes to feel in control” (as shown by the neat rows of icons there). Thank goodness Microsoft is around to provide these insights. I’d never have known otherwise. 😉
Darn, and I was really looking forward to moving this blog to www.geek.god…
I have to admit, it ranks pretty high on the things I’ve seen too. I’m not sure I’d employ him though.