September 2009
28 posts
“Sen. Inhofe: Global Warming Isn’t Real: “God’s Still Up There”
– I seriously cannot wait for this Climate Change debate. You think we’re seeing a bunch of idiots now…
USB Standards Group Rules Against Palm →
Hah, suckers.
Giants Prospect Charged With Murder, Pleads...
Angel Villalona, the San Francisco Giants’ 18-year-old prospect (Top 50 prospect in the minors; signed by the Giants when he was 16), plead not guilty to the murder of a 24-year-old in the Dominican Republic.
He’ll spend the next two months in jail while the prosecution builds its case. This is the Dominican Republic we’re talking about here, so who knows what the hell is...
WatchMarc’s takeoff from the zipline known only as “Big Daddy.”
Big Nerd Ranch - Historic Banning Mills. Whitesburg, GA.
A Story About Health Care In Georgia
First and foremost, I won’t be using names since I was not given explicit permission to tell this story, but it’s one that I think should be told.
After returning from a few hours of zip lining in the forest, the few of us who that went sat around the couple of dining tables and ate the dinner that had been prepared by the staff of the Historic Banning Mills. As people slowly started...
Bill O'Reilly Supports The Public Health Care... →
I really don’t know what to say except “wow.”
Perry's 8th-inning Journey →
“Steve Perry, the former lead singer for Journey, will be at Dodger Stadium wearing his Giants cap as usual when the team plays there this weekend and he will leave before the eighth inning, as usual, but not to beat the traffic.”
(via Instapaper)
“On every major measurement, the Census Bureau report shows that the country lost...”
– I don’t really see how anyone, anyone, can actually think that history will vindicate George W. Bush. This says it all (via The Atlantic)
Big Nerd Ranch: Day 2-6
I am officially a fucking moron.
Big Nerd Ranch: Day 1
So much for the Giants beating the crap out of the Dodgers. I think it’s time to give up this “I’m In!” promotion because it’s simply not true.
Day 1 was filled with C, all the things one might need if you need to get down to the nitty gritty in your code. I don’t feel totally stupid yet, but whomever decided that so much math would be involved in programming...
“If your site has become so burdened with features that it’s cluttered,...”
– Marco
Big Nerd Ranch: Day 0
Like how I’m counting days like one lists array items in PHP? Yeah, I’m practicing.
Waking up at 4 AM is no easy task, but I am pretty certain going to sleep when you are simultaneously amped and frightened is much more difficult.
The Historic Banning Mills, location of Big Nerd Ranch, is simply stunning. The air is the cleanest air I’ve ever taken into my lungs, the people...
Big Nerd Ranch: Day -1
Tomorrow at 6 AM I leave on a jet plane to Atlanta, GA for Big Nerd Ranch. While the name sounds funny, it’s a six-day boot camp for developers who want to learn how to code for the iPhone.
Prerequisites:
Without prior experience in either a procedural programming language (such as C, Pascal, VB, or PHP) or another object-oriented platform (such as Java or C#) this class may prove to be...
“I’m on the pursuit of happiness and I know
everything that shine...”
Dead serious.
“Well, you’ve got to understand: They’re Republicans. They’re...”
– Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) to Huffington Post, discussing the behavior of the Republican members of Congress during President Obama’s address.
Set Your DVR, Folks
ATTENTION: The regularly scheduled start by Tim Lincecum of your San Francisco Giants will not be airing today. Instead, we will bring you a preview of the MADISON BUMGARNER show, live from AT&T Park.
Set your DVR, folks. As one friend once said to another, “This is going to be amazing.”
Lincecum scratched with back spasms: Giants bring up Bumgarner to replace ailing ace...
Groceries
If I’m the only one in this household who goes grocery shopping for 4+ people (spending $400+ in the process), please don’t show your appreciation by consuming as much food as possible in the shortest timeframe possible. Just because there are two containers of lemonade does not mean you have to drink one of those containers in a single day.
I hate people who write their name on the...