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I am currently a software engineer at Google, where as a member of the Android platform team I build frameworks and user interfaces.

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Archive for January, 2003

I have a new word for you.

January 31st, 2003

I have a new word for you. First, some background:

typo
/tay·po/   Short for “typographical error” — historically, an error introduced by
the typesetting process; now, any spelling or orthographic error in
a text.
pasteo
/pes·to/   Neologism   Etymology: riff on
“typo”. A typographical
error introduced by careless use of Copy & Paste functionality
on a computer.

And now, my addition:

search-and-replaceto
/sərč ænd riplesto/   Neologism   Etymology: riff on
“typo” by way of rime with “pasteo”. An error introduced by
careless use of Search & Replace (or, in my case,
:%s/foo/bar in vim).

OED, are you listening?

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Clear Channel Sucks.

January 31st, 2003


Clear Channel Sucks.

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searchhi.js:

January 31st, 2003


searchhi.js:
a classy hack that will highlight Google search queries in your page
(using DHTML and the referring URL) from your document.onLoad() handler.
(originally from kyrogenix.org)

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When you just can’t get enough caffeine orally, get it transdermally with the many available varieties of Caffeinated Soap.

January 31st, 2003

When you just can’t get enough caffeine orally, get it transdermally
with the many available
varieties
of Caffeinated Soap.

And the reviews are in: “Holy crap, this stuff
works!” (The skeptics weigh in
as well.)

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Diesel fountain pens — priced, and built, for everyday use (as fountain pens go).

January 30th, 2003

Diesel
fountain pens — priced, and built, for everyday use (as
fountain pens go).

[15:42] <ctate> neat to see people treating fountain pens as a “current”
product, subject to current design ideas.

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Today’s Python finds:

January 30th, 2003

Today’s Python finds:

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An interview with Kurt Vonnegut on the State of the Union (not just the speech).

January 30th, 2003

An interview with Kurt
Vonnegut on the State of the Union (not just the speech). And also,
Law and Order.

Based on what you.ve read and seen in the media, what is not being said
in the mainstream press about President Bush.s policies and the
impending war in Iraq?

That they are nonsense.

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