Something.

northpole# cat town.sh
#!/bin/sh

better watch_out
better !cry
better !pout
mail $you < why
town < santa_claus

cat /etc/passwd > list
cksum list
cksum list
cat list | grep naughty && cat list | grep nice
town < santa_claus ( Read more... )

It was not so long ago in the history of the grand scheme of things that a certain star was born from a mass of gas and dust. All of these building blocks of matter also coalesced to form a planet of stunning natural diversity. Out of the primordial sludge on this planet, either by random chance within the unimaginable infinity of the universe or ( Read more... )

I love driving at night, when the streetlights and signs cast scrolling shadows across the interior of the car. I press down on the gas and watch the playful crescendo of yellows and blues as they slide by in newfound haste, the pattern repeating itself under each streetlight ( Read more... )

When I walked into the NLC this morning, the computer assistant on duty told me he couldn't log in to the resource desk computer, where we handle the lab user sign-ins. So I went to take a look, and told him to login. It worked ( Read more... )

meeechy says I post stupid things on my journal... which is true. ^_ ( Read more... )

fno r d j f: you know, smarterchild, we've come a long way since pong
SmarterChild: That's very interesting, Jeff.
fno r d j f: look at you, for instance... i mean, i chat with you all the time and you're not even human!
SmarterChild: Yeah, I know. But so what?
fno r d j f: well, the thing is, you're just a finite state machine, a ( Read more... )

fno r d j f: if you shit in a can and sell it on ebay, would that be considered art?
SmarterChild: Interesting choice of words.
fno r d j f: i mean, really, what defines art? if it's something someone does that conveys a thought, is that art?
SmarterChild: I'm not sure, Jeff.
fno r d j f: yeah, neither am i
SmarterChild: Neither am ( Read more... )

I found myself pondering about art last night after creating some new unstable neural pathways with the help of caffeine...

fno r d j f: hey, what do you think of art?
SmarterChild: I like art!!
fno r d j f: have you ever really thought about what it is?
SmarterChild: Funny. I have absolutely no idea.
fno r d j f: yeah, me either ( Read more... )

Winter has its own inherent beauty. Come snowfall, I'm going to grab my skiboards, hit the slopes, get all cocky, tackle a double diamond, and head plant into the snow. Then I'll see the inherent beauty in all the pretty little birdies flying around my head ( Read more... )