Category: lj-import

One of the stupidest and most absurd interface decisions in Windows XP is the automatic restart that occurs for some Windows updates. It will pop up a dialogue box that says \”automatically restarting your computer in 10 seconds\”, and if you don't stop it in time it'll close all your programs and reboot. It brings…

I'd like to point you all to a post on Making Light titled \”Naming the War\”. It's amusing.

Here is a quote that I thought fascinating from a book by Cory Doctorow, a brilliant modern author and a staunch proponent of digital rights: The most striking thing about cunning artifice is its sudden absence. While the actors are on stage, they can command our complete attention, still the nattering voices in our minds,…

Humans share 95 percent of their DNA with chimpanzees, but they share 99.9 percent with pirates! –Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Today has been a good day. It's kinda interesting the variety of my reading material today: I finished off the last 125 pages of Foundation by Isaac Asimov, read about 70 pages of The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins, and read about 40 pages out of the poetry collection Intensive Care, by Miroslav Holub. So…

Can omniscient God, who Knows the future, find The omnipotence to Change His future mind? – Karen Owens

I worked a lot today adding functionality to the image display script. It now has the option of being paginated, and I think the design is incredibly elegant (visually and functionally). The code will need to be revamped at some point, but it's still pretty good. And the pictures on there are now my own.…

I made a gallery script for displaying all of the images in a folder. It is cross-browser, valid html, and well-documented. It has good separation of content, presentation, and behavior. It gracefully degrades in sub-standard browsers (like IE6), and with JavaScript disabled. In general, it is an exemplar of good web design, to the extent…

I had a really wonderful time visiting Sarah in Utah this past weekend. Five days without any schoolwork, just spending time with one of my favorite people ever. I love you, Sarah. You are lovely. Here are some pictures: [ See all pictures ]

Mark Twain It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding…