In Other News
I played my real guitar through my GT-8 for the first time in a long time last night. It was awesome.
I played my real guitar through my GT-8 for the first time in a long time last night. It was awesome.
… to go help her sister give birth. Good luck Margy and Dan!
No “Best Picture” nomination for The Wrestler. Grr. WFT is Forrest Gump doing up there anyways?
I should not have seen this (via. BoingBoing. I especially love how much time (about half the video) the creator spends elaborating on why freebase caffeine is “completely legal”. Note: This post should not be interpreted as suggesting that freebasing caffeine is a Good Thing To Do. If you want caffeine I suggest you consume [...]
I’m a longtime fan of Consumer Reports and a big proponent of sticking up for your own rights when it comes to interactions with various retailers, service providers, etc. I like The Consumerist a lot too – they provide nice real world tips for negotiating problematic situations as a purchaser of goods. Sometimes, however, their [...]
The (almost) always entertaining Daily WTF has an article today about my favorite pair of standard C functions, setjmp and longjmp: If goto is considered harmful, then longjmp() should definitely be considered dangerous. As in, thermo-freakin-nuclear bomb dangerous. Fortunately, its complexity and frequency of use seem to be on par with that of a nuke, [...]
Andrew pointed out today that I get a large amount of indie rock cred for pushing Fleet Foxes as the best band/album of 2008 way before Pitchfork did the same thing. So how do I redeem these points for cash?