Wow. I just saw an actual, tangible copy of Mike’s book, Skip Intro. It’s
really an accomplishment — the man is a published author
now! (The book contains a really nice head-shot of Mike, taken by
this guy, who does some really
awesome work too.)
Archive for April, 2002
100 km, 1 liter, Volkswagen style.
The thermostat is at 70° and the thermometer reads 63°. Why
doesn’t our heater stay on? “Hey! You in there! I don’t hear you
running, bitch! Do you see what temperature it is in
here? Huh? I think you should be god damned heating this
apartment right about now!”
16 Apr
2002
This Dan Bricklin article has been getting a lot of buzz recently, and with good reason:
≡ 11:02 am
This Dan Bricklin article has been getting a lot of buzz recently, and
with good reason: it’s a wonderful, in-depth account of his Segway
experience.
All about the
opening credits for Panic Room.
Chuck Palahniuk on
memory: “That’s why, the moment I saw Guy Pearce in Memento, I
knew finally someone was telling my story. Here was a movie about the
predominant art form of our time: Note taking.”
Wired: A Top-Secret, One-Of-A-Kind Mac.
Damer popped the lid to reveal the GS’ motherboard. “It’s a classic Woz design,” Damer explained. “Few chips. Lots of slots. Open.”
He gestured to the original Macintosh, the brainchild of Steve Jobs, sitting on a bench nearby. “The Mac is from the same time but is the total opposite,” he said. “Jobs closed it up. You need a special screwdriver to open the case. No slots. Closed and proprietary. There’s the two cultures of Apple right there. One open, one closed.”
Why is this information so hard to find? (My CodeWarrior external-editor string is now c:\progra~1\vim\vim61b\gvim.exe +%line “%file”.)
“Get up, Amy! Get the fuck up, bitch!” I
guess the grandparents (the actual tenants) aren’t home this weekend.
[11:17]
<em> “what part of 0xVfffffff don’t you understand?”
<em> “what part of 0xVfffffff don’t you understand?”
More slashdot stories: The LA Times reviews Neon Genesis Evangelion, in time for the full DVD release.
Argh. My diary-submitter has been broken for a couple of days, so none of my posts have been saved. Then again, you can’t reach dsandler.org anyway, so who cares?
11 Apr
2002
So, someone at the office was recently heard making fun of “The Scorpion King” by calling it “The Eye of Argon”.
≡ 2:48 pm
So, someone at the office was recently heard making fun of “The Scorpion King” by calling it “The Eye of Argon”. I foolishly asked him, “what’s ‘The Eye of Argon?’” It was then explained to me that a story by that name had been submitted to a sci-fi/fantasy fiction competition in the Bay Area something like ten years ago, and it won the Worst Fiction award that year. It has not ever been submitted again, but it has continued to win the Worst Fiction award every year since. Apparently, they now have contests to see how much of this thing can be read aloud before the reader dies of laughter. It seems to be quite a legendary piece of fiction.
It’s awful. But what’s even more hilarious is this MST3K adaptation of “The Eye of Argon” (adaptation written by a prominent interactive-fiction author). I have to stop reading it — it’s sending me into hysterics!
