ASBH 2007 Pictures
Actually, just some pictures of the flower decor in the hotel lobby. But damn, was it a pretty display…
Actually, just some pictures of the flower decor in the hotel lobby. But damn, was it a pretty display…
Author: Kelly
Actually, just some pictures of the flower decor in the hotel lobby. But damn, was it a pretty display…
can I claw my eyes out yet?
It’s days like today I really miss my office at the UW. I miss the extra monitors where I could run a movie or TV show in the background to keep the idle bits of my brain occupied, and have background noise. I miss having another computer I could use exclusively for how to and help guides, and I really miss having Bennett around to B.S. with about what I’m working on, the movie or TV on in the background, or whatever else. There are some aspects of coding that are extremely solitary for me, and then there are the days like today where the best thing in the world would be having someone two feet to my right, dealing with his own headaches.
It sounds like misery loves company, but it’s really just a lot more fun when there’s someone around to talk to and entertain when you lose it and yell at the computer/FAQ/non-existent user guide.
I acknowledge being unusual, but not THIS unusual!
Can I just say that there are only 100 people on the planet who understand the works of Jacques Derrida, so do you think they’re all bongos?
“No! He has balls and is well hung?!”
It must be great to be a philosopher. None of us could sit there and count the testicles on a buzzard. I mean, how do you explain it, justify it? ‘What are you doing?’ ‘I’m counting the balls on a buzzard.’ ‘Well don’t you have bette-‘ ‘I’m a philosopher!’ ‘Oh well then, go ahead.’
fun in misreading
I’m reading the QI archives over at the Telegraph, and in reading about humans and three’s, read the following:
Fish have three pairs of lumps, called otoliths, in their heads that help them to balance. The largest of these can be used to work out how old the fish is: it contains rings, like the trunk of a tree. Scientists have three hearts: two are used to provide blood for the gills and the third is for the rest of the body.
And let me just tell you, it makes ever much more sense if you read what was intended, “squid” instead of what I saw, “scientists”.
And on the subject of QI, if you’ve never seen the show – or, even if you have – you should really click this link and watch the video. For those who’re apprehensive, I point out that it’s 10 minutes of Stephen Fry and guests, doing running improv comedy on a variety of intelligent subjects. If that’s not enough, I offer you this snippet, about the moonwalking Mannequin bird: