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Thought

Will there be a time when data transfer technology is so advanced that transfer rates will be fast enough that most of our server farms will be outsourced physically?  Will this bring up property/nationalistic issues?

Will nations need to protect their sovereign datacenters?

Nostalgia

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Food For Thought

Always argue to find out what is right. Never argue to find out who is right.

Brooklyn Snapshots

I took these walking home from Sunday brunch with my favorite first cousin, once removed.

Violinist

This guy was amazing; the music he was playing was hauntingly beautiful. From the quality of his playing, I’m sure he’s classically trained, but it was clear he’s still trying to make it– his bow was frayed and some of the hairs were sticking to his ‘fro. I gave him a dollar.

New York is Dead

This picture is pretty self explanatory.

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Performance artist. His sign reads: “Lighten up! I’m a Chicken!”

Sunday Morning Photoshop

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Simpsons-Themed Grade School Problem

In the Simpsons episode “Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk”, Homer is told by his stock broker that he owns stock at 25 cents a share, and that if he sells all of his stock, he will make twenty-five dollars.  Homer decides to sell all of his stock immediately.

How many shares did Homer own?

Answer after the break.

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Coolest Const Ever

This line is from one of the Silicon Graphics’ GLU tutorials — and is probably one of the most awesome C preprossesor lines ever written:

#define NUM_SHARKS 4

Triple Click

Did you know that there is such a thing as a triple-click?  I had been doing it for years in the Firefox URL bar without really noticing it to highlight the entire URL.  It turns out that in most text display contexts, triple-clicking a line will highlight it.  Go figure!

Home Sweet Home

Hi! You are reading this, which means you’ve found the new location of my blog.

Did you find it by accident? Or did I push this on you? Are you wondering what this will do to your life now, having to skim through long, uninteresting rants out of a vague sense of obligation to a guy you don’t really hear from? Just know that others have gone through the same experience, and that you are not alone. I hear that a support group will be forming soon, with monthly potlucks and plenty of tissues.

Apache Logs in Leopard

In case you were wondering, O wayward Googler, you can find the apache logs for Leopard under /var/log/apache2. You’ll probably be interested in:

/var/log/apache2/access_log
/var/log/apache2/error_log

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