things from months ago

[jazzfish]

State Bird Improvements: "I am finishing this post the next day because I had to go buy a new computer after I threw my last one out the window when I read that Florida's state bird was the northern mockingbird. I cannot think of a more pathetic choice for one of the most bird-rich states in the nation. What's their state beverage, a half-glass of warm tap water?"

Donglegate: Why the Tech Community Hates Feminists: "'Lewis's Law' (coined by journalist Helen Lewis) holds that 'the comments on any article about feminism justify feminism.'" QED.

What happens when pirates play a game development simulator and then go bankrupt because of piracy?: "Is there some way to avoid that? I mean can I research DRM or something?"

Antonia Laroux Obituary: possibly the best thing to ever appear in the NYT obits. "Waffle House lost a loyal customer on April 30, 2013..."

IT Security in a Nutshell: per theweaselking, why IT security is so damn hard, in 65 words.

Sand Won't Save You This Time: "[Chlorine trifluoride is] also a stronger oxidizing agent than oxygen itself, which also puts it into rare territory. That means that it can potentially go on to 'burn' things that you would normally consider already burnt to hell and gone, and a practical consequence of that is that it'll start roaring reactions with things like bricks and asbestos tile." There's also "a video made by some French lunatics."

Christopher Lee Set to Unleash a Metal Album Next Week: note that this is actually Sir Christopher's second metal album.

Fast Food Strike Wave Spreads to Detroit: "Some workers brought in as strikebreakers ... chose to join the strike instead." Awesome.

Free Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft in various ebook formats.

RFC for the 7XX Range of HTTP Status codes - Developer Errors: "743 - I thought I knew regular expressions"

Imagery: A complete game of Snake (animated, lengthy)
Beating Tetris (animated, lengthy)
Invincible cat (animated)
CBS logo, front and side views.

Comments

[centuryplant]

I'll agree with the State Bird Improvements guy about Florida, but fuck him for wanting to replace the Cactus Wren as Arizona's state bird. It nests in cholla and saguaros! You couldn't ask for something more iconic. It's not a bit boring, either -- it's fine and spotty and has tons of personality.

Okay, I'll also agree with him that Minnesota's Common Loon is a fine choice. Especially appropriate as the logo of the state lottery.

[rbandrews]

Are you saying that the comments on the Wired article you link to are bad? Because I think they're pretty reasonable.

The comments on the fast food article on the other hand...

About those Lovecraft ebooks...

[merseine.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I want Lovecraft on my e-reader...because my e-reader is my smartphone. Who knows what will happen to all the other apps I have?


This just begs for a Call of Cthulhu joke, but I can't seem to write a funny one this morning.

Waffle Haus

[zargon.livejournal.com]

So what you're sayin' is that if you want your obituary done right, better get it done sooner rather than later?

[candle.livejournal.com]

Have you seen Dan Simmons' "Writing Well" posts? If not, I think you'd enjoy them. (I'd provide a link but LJ wants to mark it as spam if I do..)