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amuse-cerveau for September 3, 2010

dalvenjah — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:03:54 +0000

Things which amused or interested me today:

Sony Walkman dethrones the iPod in Japan
September 3, 2010 – Outsold in terms of monthly sales. Very nice.

And in video game quotes today…
September 3, 2010

Pass it along
September 3, 2010 – Helpful owl is helpful.

In the spirit of John Hurt…
September 3, 2010

Short version
September 3, 2010 – When it all blurs together…

amuse-cerveau for September 2, 2010

dalvenjah — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:55:44 +0000

Things which amused or interested me today:

Airport Installs 40-Foot-Tall Twister Slide
September 2, 2010 – I want this in a US airport!

amuse-cerveau for September 1, 2010

dalvenjah — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:36:29 +0000

Things which amused or interested me today:

YouTube – PANDA FUNNY ADS – SUPERMARKET اعلان باندا اعلانات بانده

September 1, 2010 – A friend showed me a gif from this ad. I’m quite amused.

Report: Bay Area counties give so rural counties can receive – San Jose Mercury News
September 1, 2010 – Yeah, somehow I’m not surprised.

amuse-cerveau for August 29, 2010

dalvenjah — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:08:49 +0000

Things which amused or interested me today:

Teravolt.org – Laser Microscope
August 28, 2010 – Once you get bored of making your cat chase the laser, try this. Watch the video; not only is the cat fascinated, *I*’m fascinated!

amuse-cerveau for August 29, 2010

dalvenjah — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:08:47 +0000

Things which amused or interested me today:

Teravolt.org – Laser Microscope
August 28, 2010 – Once you get bored of making your cat chase the laser, try this. Watch the video; not only is the cat fascinated, *I*’m fascinated!

amuse-cerveau for August 28, 2010

dalvenjah — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:05:48 +0000

Things which amused or interested me today:

Mel Brooks!
August 27, 2010 – Werewolf?

amuse-cerveau for August 28, 2010

dalvenjah — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:05:41 +0000

Things which amused or interested me today:

Mel Brooks!
August 27, 2010 – Werewolf?

amuse-cerveau for August 27, 2010

dalvenjah — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:00:25 +0000

Things which amused or interested me today:

YouTube – Future Rock Band
August 26, 2010 – From the future!

amuse-cerveau for August 26, 2010

dalvenjah — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:01:15 +0000

Things which amused or interested me today:

Chewie and Han
August 25, 2010 – A friendship that goes way back…

amuse-cerveau for August 25, 2010

dalvenjah — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:05:11 +0000

Things which amused or interested me today:

Ninjabread Men Cookie Cutters
August 25, 2010 – I may have to invest in some cookie cutters.

Deed The Inky – Homeopaths Are One In A Million
August 25, 2010 – Yeah….

Visa Testing NFC Memory Cards for Wireless Payments
August 24, 2010 – Now this is interesting; a tiny addon for your existing (non-iPhone) phone to enable payments. Not a bad idea.

Infographic: The Geosocial Universe
August 24, 2010 – Highly interesting…

Now HP Wants 3PAR, Will Pay $1.6 Billion
August 24, 2010 – Yow. I have more confidence in HP being able to do something useful with 3par than Dell; either way, it’ll be interesting.

Greatest road trip sign ever
August 24, 2010 – I could have used this so much as a kid.

why GNU grep is fast
August 24, 2010 – Yes! Every good programmer should know this; as Mike (author of this e-mail) says later on, “The key to making programs fast is to make them do practically nothing. ”

(Also, for big files, adding –mmap to grep’s cmdline may not be a bad idea.)