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Random gas price observation
I remember, back when gas prices were well under $2/gallon, that gas stations used to display a huge digit for the dollar, smaller digits for the cents, and then the obligatory 9/10 at the end. For instance:
129 9/10
I also remember prices approaching $2/gallon: the gas stations had to order huge 2s for their price displays, because they *didn't have ( Read more... ) -
Astronomically adorable
calculusdude16: omg cute! NASA found a tiny black hole
calculusdude16: 3.8 solar masses, 15 miles in diameter
goonlord: kawaiii! -
Sleepless musings, part 2
Yeah, I can't sleep again. *grumbles at flu* *hacks up a lung ( Read more... ) -
Silly sleepless musings
I can't sleep. *grr ( Read more... ) -
Cirque du Soleil in SF/San Jose, anyone?
Koozå will be in San Francisco until the 20th, and then it'll be in San Jose from Jan. 31 to Mar. 16. I definitely want to go. Anyone want to come with me?
(I won't be back in the area until Tuesday, Jan. 8th, and I probably can't go to a show before Friday, Jan. 11.) -
Holy crap.
Terry Pratchett: "I have been diagnosed with a very rare form of early onset Alzheimer's, which lay behind this year's phantom "stroke"."
O.O
"I know it's a very human thing to say "Is there anything I can do", but in this case I would only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry." -
Sweeney Todd in SF
Sweeney Todd! San Francisco! There will be performances through October 14. I definitely want to go. Who's in the general vicinity and wants to go with me? -
New apartment!
Yes, I've moved. The new place is entire *yards* away from the old place, in the same apartment complex, and nearly identical to the old place; I had to move because the building I was in was being renovated.
My mailing address has not changed. (If you don't have it, look for a friends-locked post from a while back. Or just ask me.) -
Making sense of monads
I've been attempting to comprehend monads in Haskell, and I've run into the following problem ( Read more... ) -
Christmas light pictures!
Gaze upon the splendor: http://www.flickr.com/photos/estebanme/sets/72157594483689118/Read more... )