Monday, October 4, 2010

Going Like Sixty

Going Like Sixty

Geeky Animated Gif Monday

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:35 PM PDT

Frog-scratching-eye-rubbing-belly animated gif

Translation via Kermit The Frog, who for the longest time I thought was named Kermithy Frog.

Eye nose I need something in my belly.

The Social Network

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 04:01 PM PDT


We saw The Social Network this afternoon.
First, $7 for a matinee? So that means $8.50 for an evening movie? Wow, no wonder Netflix is so popular. We go to movies this time of year because we aren’t football or golf on tv fans… and it was too cool to sit outside and watch the world go by.

I really liked The Social Network story. From what I have read, it’s pretty close to accurate. I don’t know that anybody knows Mark Zuckerberg’s personality type, but it’s easy believe that he would act in real life as portrayed in the movie.

The fact that Micheal Cera looks like Zuckerberg was a bonus. I like Justin Timberlake as an actor.

A couple things amazed me.

First: that there are parties as out of control as shown… probably right here in Smallburg! (But that’s a whole ‘nother rant.)

Second was the realization that there are people in the world that can write computer code as fast as the movie showed.

Not just a few people, but millions of people write computer code faster than I can type! And one misplaced “>” or “!” means the thousands of lines of code will just render a blank screen.

I know some coders visit here… so some elementary questions:

  • is there spell check for coding? like a “forgot closing tag” hint for example?
  • can sections of code be tested to see if it functions as it should?
  • what is the hot language?

On a scale of 1 – 10 how stupid are those questions?

If you are a Facebook user and interested in how one guy changed the way the world interacts, I think The Social Network would interest you.

Sunday Stealing: Running Into Myself

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 08:00 AM PDT



Sunday Stealing: The Time Traveler Meme

Emily’s Rules:

1. Depending on your age, go back 10, 15, 20, or even more years.
2. Tell us how many years back you have traveled and why.
3. Pretend you have met yourself during that era, and tell us where you are.
4. You only have one “date” with this former self.
5. Answer these questions.

Okay, as we start, what year is it and how old are you? 1970, 23

1. Would your younger self (YYS, from here) recognize you when you first meet? Nope, not a chance, he would think he was seeing my dad.

2. Would YYS be surprised to discover what you are doing job wise? Nope, same shit, different town.

3. What piece of fashion advice would you give YYS? Ditch the leisure suit.

4. What do you think YYS is most going to want to know? Am I rich?

5. How would you answer YYS’s question? Are you nuts? Look at the career you picked.

6. What would probably be the best thing to tell YYS? Switch jobs, keep in touch with your acquaintances and make them friends.

7. What is something that you probably wouldn’t tell YYS?  You’ll make compromises that you will regret

8. What do you think will most surprise YYS about you? How snarky (some would call it cynical) I’ve become.

9. What do you think will least surprise YYS? That I still lust after a car that will do 0 -100 in a quarter mile

10. At this point in your life, would YYS like to run into “you” from the future? Not really.
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