Okay, so I’ve hit my “slacker” section of my posting. There’s actually a good reason for it, too.
Privacy.
How much does one say on a public blog? And can I make posts about work? Probably not. I’m sure there’s plenty of things I do at work that I’d love to blog about. All the little programming bits and pieces would make for interesting reading. But I get paid to do that. It’s technically not my code to share. I can only share my own code that isn’t used for work. (Or is no longer used at work due to updates/upgrades). I rarely code outside of work anymore (the whole “working with what you love makes it just another job” attitude really does work in this instance)
Then there’s the stuff at home that I could blog about. Sometimes I would have to make it seem very vague just to keep a measure of privacy, not only for myself but for my family and friends.
Ack! So what can I blog about that would be interesting and yet maintain a measure of privacy?
It’s something to think about over the next few months. Is it even worth keeping one if I can’t share it with others without fear of being fired or harassed? I’m sure the one or two of you who actually read this thing probably don’t care all that much.
Infectonator! World Dominator …what an addictive game. You’re essentially a zombie creator, spreading the Z-Virus far enough to kill everything in the world. Very simple, easy to learn and relatively long for what it is.
Didn’t get a huge score, but I did complete it.
All the world's a zombie, and I am without my popcorn!
Poor Leo Laporte! This is one of the funniest tech support calls I think I’ve ever heard on “The Tech Guy“. I wonder what that woman was thinking? “I’m just going to go onto a talk radio show broadcasted the world over and tell everyone I’m stealing my neighbor’s internet, and I think I have the right to do it because an internet connection for myself is just too expensive!” Wow. Just… wow.
Doctor Who’s David Tennant is no longer playing the roll, but he shall be remembered as (I think) the best actor to play the roll ever. I’ve taken a look at the older (pre-reboot) episodes, and could not find anyone else who had his range.
And in the spirit of seeing him move on, I thought it was appropriate that I post this video from io9, where he finds 120 ways over the episodes of his tenure to say, “I’m sorry.” It’s actually quite interesting how many different ways he says it.
This video doesn’t need much of an explanation if you’re a fan of Monty PythonIt’s adapted from the skit, “The Parrot Sketch“.
From the notes on the YouTube Page:
Right! Stop that! It’s SILLY! Dear friends, if you’re not familiar with the timeless genius of Monty Python then this one might be a bit over your head. It’s an adaptation of the following classic sketch:
I got the idea for this from, unsurprisingly, reading Richard Dawkins’ The Greatest Show On Earth. Particularly the chapter which deals with the enormous amount of evidence pointing to life having NOT been designed by an intelligent agency, given all the incredible design flaws that can be seen throughout all of biology. The vertebrate eye is a very good example of this, for the reasons you can hear herein.
I usually like to give detailed references where I can, but the research for this one was just a wild goose-chase around the net picking up bits of info here and there, mainly from Wikipedia. So tough, you’ll have to take my word for it.
Yes, yes, its all a bit exaggerated. I am very grateful for my eyes and am in fact one of the lucky ones who cannot complain of any eye weakness of any kind.
ONLY MONTY PYTHON PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO DMCA ME ON THIS ONE. AND IF YOU DO, GUYS, CAN I GET THE COURT PAPERS AUTOGRAPHED?! I definitely wont put an ad on this one, its definitely NOT exclusively my own material!
Saw this the other day, though I do not remember how I came across it (It’s possible that it was shared on Digg.com orFacebook).
I am not a fan of rap music (and have never been, nor will anyone ever convince me that talking straight with background music should ever be considered singing) but I did find that this little video had enough little gems to be worth a listen or two.
Plus, come on, who talks about Super Mario Land anymore? That game was seriously awesome! (of course, I played it on the original Gameboy, back when a grey brick, monochromatic screen was considered top of the line portable game design)
When I got home yesterday, noticed that the road I live on, which is a rural one, had been plowed. This is a nice change, where often the only time we get a clear road is when the snow finally melts. Over (what looked like) 8 cm of snow had fallen in the last two days, which of course makes getting in and out of my driveway difficult when there’s no time to shovel.
When I pulled into my driveway, I was surprised to see that my driveway had been cleared. I know my wife and I hadn’t done it. After I pulled in to my garage, I walked back out to see what had been done. It was obviously done by someone with a snow blower (the edge of the drive was a sharp 90 deg angle, with a small area for the first row off to the side), but I had nothing obvious anywhere that gave me a clue as to who had done it. Well, I did find one clue, but it won’t really help me find out who it was.
A footprint of a good person
A single, well-formed footprint. That and a bunch of less clear footprints gives me all I need to know that someone out there deserves a ‘Thank You’.
So, whoever cleared my driveway, again: “Thank you.” If you come around again, leave a note or something telling me who you are, so that I might pay you something, anything, for taking time out of your day to snow-blow our driveway without asking for anything in return.
