April 2011
2 posts
“As a reversed S, Ƨ was also used as a fractional Roman numeral, where it stood...”
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ƨ
2 tags
The Feynman Algorithm
Write down the problem.
Think real hard.
Write down the solution.
January 2011
1 post
1 tag
November 2010
1 post
“If I recall correctly, [Waldemar Horwat] began by specifying a very precise,...”
– Eric Lippert on Why is there a large difference in readability between the C# and ECMAScript specifications?
October 2010
1 post
May 2010
2 posts
“[P]eople only made money out of records for a very, very small time. When The...”
– BBC News - Sir Mick Jagger goes back to Exile
“I’m watching the news; Tupac Shakur was assassinated, Biggie Smalls...”
– Chris Rock
February 2010
2 posts
Project Habakkuk →
was a plan by the British in World War II to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete (a mixture of wood pulp and ice).
January 2010
2 posts
December 2009
1 post
November 2009
1 post
December 2008
2 posts
“In some ways programs are among the most complicated artefacts mankind ever...”
– EWD 1284
October 2008
1 post
August 2008
1 post
July 2008
4 posts
“Þú húðlita bjargráð, þú innyflum útfyllta sin;
undirlögð margræðum sósum, á...”
– Einar Ben
June 2008
5 posts
M.I.A. - Mango Pickle Down River (with the...
“Mathematics is not philosophy; mathematics is real. Being a philosopher is a...”
– Mark Hughes
April 2008
1 post
“Bush used to say about bin Laden that “he can run, but he can’t...”
– Douglas Crockford
March 2008
5 posts
There once was a vampire named Mable,
whose periods were really quite stable.
And every full moon,
she’d get out a spoon
and drink herself under the table. #
Woman Sat on Toilet for 2 Years →
Útópían Vestfirðir (ekki grín) →
“It should be possible to implement canvas support using the data:uri support and...”
– Simon Willison
Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange
February 2008
7 posts
Leif Rular!
“Það er mjög alvarlegt mál þegar stjórnmálamenn segja ekki satt og rétt frá. Ég...”
– Vilhjálmur Þ. Vilhjálmsson
Lifandi tunga →
“[T]he spec indicates that despite the invalidity of multiple elements having the...”
– David Smith
January 2008
11 posts
Schulze method →
“I for one am excited about the IE-version Meta tag, as long as I can set it to...”
– Jemaleddin Cole
YM2149 Programmable Sound Generator
$FFFF8800 r |xxxxxxxx| PSG register data
w |xxxxxxxx| PSG register select
Reg Bits Description
0 8 Channel A fine tune
1 4 Channel A coarse tune
2 8 Channel B fine tune
3 4 Channel B coarse tune
4 8 Channel C fine tune
5 4 Channel C coarse...
Mod Parent Way The Hell Up... →
“Staðreyndin er að íslenskir repúblikanar eru að gera fólki eins og mér ómögulegt...”
– Örvitinn
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mjög reglulega.
Rhotacism →
or whotacism if you happen to be afflicted by it.