“Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.”
— Brian Kernighan
We desperately need the rain, but...
…couldn’t it have waited until after trick-or-treating? I may have a few tens of pounds of candy left over if the kids don’t brave the storm.
[Update: about 35 kids. Unfortunately, based on last year, I planned for at least 130, which means I’ve got over 50 pounds of candy left.]
This never works...
Steve lowered his voice. "Now listen to me. This thing is big. The two you ran up against yesterday were not good samples. We're dealing with some tough professionals. I don't know who they are, but from what I've seen I can tell you they're dangerous. So you two are to stay out of this case. That is an order. Stay on Clipper Cay and have fun."
(from The Wailing Octopus, a Rick Brant science-adventure story)
So the next HelloVenus single is about candy...
[Update: more teasers, or teasing; bit of both]
…or perhaps eye candy…
How sausage is made...
From TheWorstMuse:
If your alien culture isn’t a thinly veiled allegory for contemporary politics, what’s the point?
Not included: a text editor
From today’s Emacs 24.4 announcement:
Highlights of this release include: - A built-in web browser (M-x eww) - Improved multi-monitor and fullscreen support - "Electric" indentation is enabled by default - Support for saving and restoring the state of frames and windows - Emacs Lisp packages can now be digitally signed - A new "advice" mechanism for Emacs Lisp - File notification support - Pixel-based resizing for frames and windows - Support for menus in text terminals - A new rectangular mark mode (C-x SPC)
Looks like I’ll need to add a few more disabling commands to my .emacs file…
Not your usual title string...
Amusing QA error on a maid-cafe web site; the title and keywords section of the page header are error messages of the form: “Warning: mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /var/www/html/www_maid/S/wp-content/themes/maid2013/functions.php”.
This is the sort of thing that announces to the world, “Hi, we’re clueless PHP users; please try to crack our site”.
Also, I have to say that while I understand what they were trying for with the maidreamin.com domain, my initial parse of the URL was a bit… anal.
Sad attempt at a halloween costume
On sale now at Amazon: The Lame-Ass Samurai.
Badly-held sword and ninja socks not included.
This is far from the most cringeworthy “asian” Halloween costume available…
[Update: Sigh. Genghis Khan Samurai Costume (cosplaying for the other team?); Ninja Warrior Set (extra-shiny, to blind opponents when you fail your Stealth check). ]
