Sarah's out for this week, so I plan on catching up at work.

Also, Forza Motorsport II is awesome.

A cat that comes and sits by your side as you're about to die... quite an amazing pet anywhere. The fact that Oscar lives at an old folk's home just makes it strange and fairly ironic.

When death calls, so does Oscar the cat

Sarah got me a new Xbox 360 and Gears of War as an early birthday present! Alongside my some upcoming dates with the RSX-S, this will ensure that my productivity reaches a low point...

It occurs to me that if one module (out of 1,400) is responsible for 50% of your bugs, you should probably re-write it. Mind you, it's one of the biggest three or four modules. Nonetheless, working on it is like surfing in spaghetti.

Ugh. Soon, I hope. Maybe soon.

No, this isn't a rant about how I'd like to spend several hundred thousand dollars (daily!) on a car. Instead, I'm going to discuss the humble wallet ( Read more... )

We've heard about how terrible the trouble Detroit is in. Let's have a quick recap:

• Plummeting house values...
  
• GM gasping for its very life (they just sold Allison Transmissions, heard about that? Look it up, it's a fun[ny] story)...
  
• Chrysler about to be devoured for its finance arm and dealer network (they'll be importing China's Cherys soon! ( Read more... )

So...

#ifdef UNICODE
#define FULL_OF_HATE
#endif

...to which the response came:

#ifndef FULL_OF_HATE
#define FULL_OF_HATE
#else
#define FULL_OF_HATE 2
#endif
Heh ( Read more... )

...and today I was not shocked at all to learn that Michael Bay, director of Transformers, is a PsiU from Xi at Wesleyan.

It did make me grin, though.

Actual code:

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I saw the Transformers movie yesterday.

Simply put, it was by far the most entertaining movie I have seen in decades. Here's why:

Transformers is a wet dream for fanboys, with vehicles that whiz and whir into alien robots, spectacular sci-fi stunt chases, glistening military hardware, overheated computer software and brainy, hot girls who love ( Read more... )