LCP and I went to the Maker Faire yesterday. They had a lot of the same stuff as a couple years ago, but this time I'm actually uploading the videos I took ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Apple released Mac OSX 10.5.7. This is the largest, most comprehensive update since 10.5.6.

L'Aquila is the closest large town to Italy's underground national laboratory. Visiting scientists frequently stay in either L'Aquila or the smaller, nearby town of Paganica when working at the lab ( Read more... )

I've decided to bury this code deep into all the simulations I write for others:

if( rand() < 0.1 ) {

cout << endl << "Bus error" << endl;
for( int i=0; i<10000; i++ ) {
fstream HAHA;
HAHA.open("HAHA");
HAHA.close();
system( "rm HAHA" );
}
exit( 0 );

}

I'll then claim the code works just fine on my

Apple today released MacOSX 10.5.6. This is the largest, most comprehensive update release since 10.5.5.

I posted a couple months ago about doing Many Breakfalls for Aikido. At the time I did about 540 breakfalls ( Read more... )

When guys take a solid hit to the groin, they usually fall to the ground, go fetal, and roll back and forth grimacing and yowling. Sure, the stones hurt too, but more pain is actually higher up, just inside the hip bones. The nerves at the hip joint explode, and the knees give out ( Read more... )

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What is is about Pacific Standard Time that causes residents of the Bay Area to forget how to drive?

I enjoy watching Mad Men ever since I realized I'm happier than every last person on that show.