i rarely miss being in school, as opposed to 'having a job'. when i was taking classes, i was usually in the lab 40 or so hours a week, on top of going to lectures, holding down a job, etc. got about 3-4 hours of sleep most afternoons. spent a ridiculous amount of time learning / memorizing completely useless information. unless that magical ( Read more... )

oh goddammit.
sitting at work today, and it hit me, again, that there's never going to be another book by vonnegut, hunter s. thompson or bukowski. if i didn't have a beer on my desk i would be moved to break things.

spent last 15 hours straight writing code.
i finally have a working, decent looking menubar.
i will probably spend another 2 tomorrow / this morning figuring out WHY THE FUCK IT IS SHOWING UP AS 20 PIXELS LARGER IN INTERNET FUCKING EXPLORER.

on the upside, the rest of the site is working quite well.

oh god, did i forget yesterday was valentine's day?
the ability to do that feels fucking awesomemy complete lack of regard for the most hallmark of holidays is mirrored by the 'oh, how shocked am i that he is now divorced' louis ck: "A man will rip of your arm and throw it into a river, but he will leave you as a human being intact. He won't mess ( Read more... )

today's bit of flash nonsense:
MUST EAT BIRDS.
you have a slingshot. you fling a little monster who MUST EAT BIRDS. you are rewarded for devouring birds with MAXIMUM BAKE. i really don't think any more explanation will help.

if you ain't sharp, don't talk to strangers.
i'd like to thank the jackoff at hosed wearing the fdny shirt. he thought it would be a good idea to start shit about my i [plane] new york hoodie when he was trying to pick up a couple med students. guy, you got to go home alone, and those girls gave their numbers to scotta visual representation, ( Read more... )

really?it is with no trace of irony or surprise whatsofuckingever that i notice they do not inscribe exodus 20:13 on any of their products ( Read more... )

oh fuck yes.stuff like this leaves me simultaneously never wanting to write another word again, and furious that i haven't done something this cool already ( Read more... )

i don't really care if stories and nonsense are flying around, but is it too much to ask that the rumors be at least a little more, i don't know, interesting or creative?
give me some credit, people.

end of 2k9, and i am ok with that.
resolutions are silly, what to do with the next year is left as an excersise for the reader.*

*every tech book ever will have that fucking sentence in it, usually where something useful / interesting is discussed, but not demonstrated.