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Odometer == 1000 0000 0000 0000 (base 2)
This evening, a major milestone was reached in the life of my Ford Taurus:
Our odometer just rolled over to 216 = 65536 miles. Rolling over to 1000 0000 0000 0000 (base 2) miles is much more exciting than reaching a mere 100,000 (base 10) miles.
Heard in the office today
“I have a comment. In my code. That says ‘Uh oh.’ And I don’t know why.”
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky
Ooof. Jennifer just looked up our duplex on Google Maps. We live in one of these “little boxes, all the same.“
We live in… that one!
Stupid things thought on a cruise ship
We just got back from our 5-day cruise on the Carnival Holiday. One of the highlights for me was when the cruise director, Steve Cassel, read his list of stupid questions that cruise directors get asked. I must add my own foible to the mix:
After dinner on the final sea day, I saw two people walking down the stairs wearing heavy winter coats. I said, “Hmm… they must be getting off the ship early!” Then I realized that they weren’t wearing wetsuits.
Strangest Search Engine
Who says that Microsoft doesn’t have a sense of humor? Well, pretty much everyone – but apparently they are wrong. Enter Ms. Dewey, the strangest search engine to date. This is the first and only search engine that I have actually watched, as opposed to used. In the past five minutes, I have been heckled, treated to disco dance moves, and been ‘lasso’d’ by this megalomaniacal woman.
Beyond the eye-candy factor, this is just a wrapper around Windows Live Search – and a pretty useless one at that – so this has got to be proof that Microsoft does in fact have a sense of humor!
Want! Me Want!
Cory Foy happened upon what is, quite possibly the coolest toy ever. It’s too bad he didn’t buy it for Anabelle – just imagine the fun! “Oh no! The nasty wormies are attacking the mail server! Ahhhh!”
Plus, because it’s for ages 3+, it’s fun for the whole family… especially for those of us who have computer science degrees… nevermind.
Scientific proof that students procrastinate
This graph, from our new release of SAGrader at work, is proof positive that students wait until the last possible moment to complete their assignments. This is the average load on the server for an assignment that was due at 11:00pm on Sunday, December 3. And, happily, we weathered the onslaught with nary a hiccup!
Reverend Fun
We were talking in ACTS tonight about funny cartoons, and one of my favorites is Reverend Fun. There are archives going back to 1997, and through their voting system, they have a list of the highest-rated cartoons. If you get a few minutes, check it out.
Prosthetic Dog Testicles
But not just any artificial dangly bits. According to NPR this evening on the way home, “Neuticles” are (and you can’t make this stuff up) “the Cadillac of Prosthetic Dog Testicles.” Apparently some men are so completely insecure about neutering their pets that they are willing to spend as much as $1000 to replace their pets missing nuts with the equivalent of silicon breast implants.
Grow up, man up, and do like Bob Barker. Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered.
And don’t feel the need to replace what you remove. They won’t miss them. Promise.
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