Archive for March, 2005

Patterns of Software…

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

Patterns of Software by Richard P. Gabriel is available at his site.

As an aside, this is the second book I’ve seen from New Riders that is “open sourced” with the first being The VIM Book by Steve Oualline. Self: Look up links to this.

If I ever get around to writing a book, I’ll have New Riders publish it.

Madame Lee

Sunday, March 27th, 2005

Madame Lee is up to no good.

As a public service…

Friday, March 25th, 2005

…Antoine Mechelynck provides the binaries of The Vim Editor which include the latest patches.

Daddy, what’s an album?

Friday, March 25th, 2005

Sit down, my child, and I will tell you a tale of 33 1/3s, 45s , and 78s…

Museum of bad album covers: the worst album covers ever!

NuonSoft :: ShellEnhancer

Thursday, March 24th, 2005

NuonSoft’s ShellEnhancer is pretty handy, but the last time I tried it, it had “issues.” It’s now in 2.0b stage, so I’ll have to check it out again.

Clip Art

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005

The gratuitous use of clip art just pisses me off.

It doesn’t add value, dilutes the message you’re attempting deliver, and it’s (quite frankly) inane.

There’s a time and a place for a clip-art bunny. Say, orientation for your pre-school program.

I’m sure there’s a 12-step program if you have a problem — think of this as an anonymous intervention.

Starting Day 3

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005

I’ve had one cigarette in 57.3 hours. Yay, me.

Topical Words: Chav

Monday, March 21st, 2005

Chav: the Brit’s answer to “trailer trash.”

B3ta v. David Sullivan

Monday, March 21st, 2005

I’ve been lurking over at b3ta for some time now.

…and, for the last five minutes I’ve been attempting to describe it. Wikipedia, as always, does an excellent job.

Anywho, David Sullivan is a rather unsavory chap (think Larry Flynt without scruples) who reprinted a number of b3tan’s pics without permission or credit. That just pissed me off.

So, in hopefully true b3ta form, I present my crap attempts to show how trully reprehensible Sullivan is.

I’ll be able to post them to b3ta on Tuesday. Woo, yay!

583d Ordnance Company

Sunday, March 20th, 2005

I’ve been out of the service for nearly 15 years, and I often think back to my time with the 583d Ordnance Company in Handorf, Germany.

There’s a guy who runs a site for the 27th Ordnance Company at http://www.geocities.com/mmitsuda/, and I was thinking of setting up something similar for the folks who served at “Happy Handorf.”

I sent an email to a couple of the guys I served with, and I’m waiting for a response back.