This morning (Tuesday the 7th), my fiancée's maternal grandmother passed away. It hit us pretty hard. Early in the day, I could not stop crying, mainly from my weird brand of sympathy ( Read more... )

It's released! It's the first version of SciTE that actually autoindents Python well, and the first one in which I appear in the credits! (If you download the program and run it, you will also see me in the "About SciTE" pop-up, accessible from the Help menu.)

It's all very exciting! Now it will be even harder to get me to switch editors.

From a fuel consumption standpoint, SUVs are horrible compared to small cars when it comes to their typical load (one or two people, including driver). And some people complain that drivers of hybrid SUVs are like dieters who drink a sugar-free Pepsi with their bacon cheeseburger. These complainers may argue that what we need are more small ( Read more... )

Way, way back, I wrote about my fiddling with SciTE. To recap: It's a text editor for programmers; it didn't autoindent Python code very well; I made a crude fix to the editor which satisfied my needs; and I felt a nice sense of accomplishment from it ( Read more... )

I'm trying, I really am. And I have found plenty of things I like about Macs. I just keep running into things that I very much don't.

One small thing Apple could do to vastly increase its chance of converting me is to allow the key repeat rate to be much, much higher; at least for the damn backspace... oops, I mean delete key.

When I first saw the title, I thought maybe someone had taken a single 24-hour-long exposure. I had no idea whether such a photo could possibly be interesting... and I still don't. Because that's not what this is:24 hour shot!
Eye candy, yes. But also a nice piece of photography, science, planning, stamina, creativity, and more. Impressive.

Recent weather events have reminded me of one specific tremendous advantage traditional manual transmissions have over automatics: They make the rocking technique easy ( Read more... )

I recently re-realized one of the most important features of e-mail that is lacking in most other mediums of communication today: the ability to express a thought as completely as one desires, without being cut off ( Read more... )

It's a day late for Christmas, but still worth the read. (After all, there's not really a bad time for genuine Christmas spirit in my book. Whether or not you're Christian.)
just suppose I'm juxtaposed with you

One of the innumerable reasons my girlfriend is so spectacularly awesome: Around quarter to 3 a.m., she comes into my computer room to remind me to get to bed soon. Then shortly after 3, she pops her head in again to make sure I know what time it is. Finally, after another 20 minutes or so, I hear her approaching again... but instead of calling ( Read more... )