August 2007
2 posts
July 2007
7 posts
How to Use a Bidet →
“If you’re traveling through Europe, Latin America, Japan, or the Middle East, chances are, you’ll probably encounter a bidet in the bathroom. It’s traditionally a basin near the toilet that’s used to clean the genitals and anal area after using the toilet or whenever a “freshening up” is needed. While your first encounter with a bidet can be a little...
““Don’t close this window or your file will explode!””
– file uploading message @ pownce.com
The. Best. Article. Title. Ever.
Dangerous Java Flaw Threatens ‘Virtually Everything’
Fact #1
The opportunity to create and transform becomes weakened in a world in which creation requires permission and creativity must check with a lawyer.
“there are about 1.2 billion e-mail users and 1.8 billion active e-mail accounts...”
– in Why E-Mail is Bankrupt, Business 2.0, July 2007 Issue.
June 2007
6 posts
LOLHANDS
I’M IN UR PANTZ, SCRATCHIN UR BALLZ!
“Screw the cheerleader, destroy the world”
– in My Name Is Earl, Episode 39: Foreigh Exchange Student
May 2007
45 posts
Where would we be without Akismet?
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A first class implementation of the full Ruby... →
Martin Fowler discusses why Microsft should be more attentive to alpha geeks and their “open source, agile thinking, and lightweight solutions”.
“IBM shits patents like God waters flowers.”
– via Dive Into Mark
/me slaps you around with a large trout
WHY WOULD ANYONE THINK OF SLAPPING ME WITH A FISH?! I think it originated on the Woody Woodpecker show in the Chilly Willy bit where characters often slapped each other with fish. I also vaguely remember Warner Brothers characters doing this act every once in a while. Another theory brought up by fellow noders is that it comes from Monty Python’s The Fish Slapping Dance. - in Trout...
google it!
Properly leveraging Internet search utilities (Google, forum searches, and so on) requires three things: You have to know the right words You have to know how to recognize the answer You have to know how to work a search engine
“(…) monkeys decided that talking got them into trouble, so they evolved to...”
– in Why Monkeys Can’t Recite Shakespeare
“Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last. Every...”
– in Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig.
“Only talk to your immediate friends.”
– Law of Demeter
Twatter →
is twitter++! PS: pay attention to the background of the site :)
“I’m so emo i wear square contacts.”
– http://bash.org/?654840
WatchMagical smokey fingers of DOOOOOOOOOM!
“There’s a lot of porn piling up on the internet — (It) doesn’t...”
– Gregory House, on House MD, Season 3, Episode 20
define: troglodyte mode
Programming with the lights turned off, sunglasses on, and the terminal inverted (black on white) because you’ve been up for so many days straight that your eyes hurt. Loud music blaring from a stereo stacked in the corner is optional but recommended.
those who can't do, teach
teacher: ajax is a new technology for enhancing the web user experience...
student: can you provide an example web site?
teacher: sure, google uses it, yahoo, flickr, etc
student: what about portuguese websites?
teacher: i don't know of any portuguese site that uses ajax...
“Actually, Linux users and atheists have a lot in common. At least, in my mind....”
– in bash.org
“Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OS’s is like saying that...”
– in bash.org
Photoshop Rebels Rip Great HD DVD Clampdown →
geek wedding vows
I, TheGeek, subscribe to your feed, to read and to refresh, from this day forward, for memes, for videos, for quotes, for pictures, at work or at home, to comment and to rate ‘till unsubscription do us part.
“In Google Reader, it all just comes into you.”
– Chris Wetherell, in Google Reader Getting Started Video
“If somebody can make a map like that of the whole school, I mean, it does kind...”
– Jordan Schlafer, when asked what she thought about her school being used as a backdrop for a Counter-Strike map.
“Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to...”
– Alan Kay
“If your vehicle bursts into flames, try driving it out of the tunnel.”
– Security pamphlet regarding the new Marquês tunnel