Archive for May, 2007

Noisy Neighbors

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Don’t you hate when your neighbors keep you up at night with their frenetic sounds of sexual bliss? It’s 2:00am and you’re laying in your bed, wide awake, with the sounds of labored squeaks emanating from your walls from somewhere outside. I mean, really! The backyard, under the house, the bushes; is [...]

Quandries of the American English Dialect

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

ar·chi·tect (är’kĭ-tĕkt’)
n.

One who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures.
One that plans or devises: a country considered to be the chief architect of war in the Middle East.

[Latin architectus, from Greek arkhitektōn : arkhi-, archi- + tektōn, builder.]
At some point (I believe within my lifetime), the noun architect has been transmuted [...]

LOL Code

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Script Kiddies beware. Adam Lindsay has begun an effort to replace your l33t speaking ways with a rudimentary development language (lolcode) using the same coded phrases you disrespect your mothers with (you text your mom with that hand?). As a demonstration of his awesomeness, Lindsay offers this example of a simple count loop:
HAI
CAN [...]

Pope *Hopes* for the Best, Pagan Babies Okay

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

It’s a bit late getting to my attention, but I was made aware recently of the Pope’s exoneration of pagan babies in limbo. The documentation on this subject is actually quite lengthy; I had to follow a couple of citations to other fascinating topics regarding in vitro fertilization and other immoral acts of life [...]

Scientific Study

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

“AA” battery acid tastes like burning. I had imagined it would be sour.

WP Plugin: Notify on Draft Post

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

I contribute to a few other blogs out there as I’m able, all of which are WordPress-based like this one. A seemingly simple function has been lacking in my mind, and the community seems to agree with me. But for some unknown reason, the answer has not been produced until now.
My first WordPress [...]

Life’s a Beach

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

I see two things that really remind me I’m having a good beach vacation: I didn’t pack any socks and I don’t know how many times I’ve showered. Time is also of little importance. We haven’t kept track of the time very much except by the heat of the sun. We’re winding [...]

Florida Vacation, Round 2

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

News from Pensacola Beach, Florida: The weather is beautiful and so are we.

Emily Yoffe Learns ‘The Secret’

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

Emily Yoffe at Slate.com recently wrote a piece for the Human Guinea Pig column regarding The Secret. I haven’t read the book myself, but I did read The Power of Intention which I am to understand is a similar concept. Emily retells her two month account of following the book’s advice and finds [...]

Raquy Danziger Workshop

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Saturday I took a workshop with Raquy Danziger of Raquy and the Cavemen. She’s touring for her latest album release, “Naked.”
I’ve been looking forward to this workshop since before it was actually being offered with her busy touring schedule. Perseverance paid off and the schedule was finally updated to include Atlanta as a [...]