Honestly, I don't know what this is. But I like it:
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Virginia Tech Incident
So some guy at Virginia Tech killed a bunch of people and wounded a bunch more. And everyone calls this a tragedy. Bullshit.
I remember, during my time in high school I remember lots of stories in the news about school shootings. Columbine is probably one of the most memorable. I believe that was the work of the trench coat mafia? Anyways, these kids who were shooting up highschools are in college now, and nothing has changed. There's no emotional or social education in schools, we still have the same groups of pricks hanging out, although we call them frats and sororities and that makes it ok.
This isn't a tragedy. Shit, I'd say it was predictable if it was something even worth predicting. It's common sense. And I won't be surprised when more if it happens, and I won't be shocked and traumatized because of the senseless loss of life. This is how things are. Period. If it's such a big deal to you, do something about it. Until then, I'll be watching my own ass.
I remember, during my time in high school I remember lots of stories in the news about school shootings. Columbine is probably one of the most memorable. I believe that was the work of the trench coat mafia? Anyways, these kids who were shooting up highschools are in college now, and nothing has changed. There's no emotional or social education in schools, we still have the same groups of pricks hanging out, although we call them frats and sororities and that makes it ok.
This isn't a tragedy. Shit, I'd say it was predictable if it was something even worth predicting. It's common sense. And I won't be surprised when more if it happens, and I won't be shocked and traumatized because of the senseless loss of life. This is how things are. Period. If it's such a big deal to you, do something about it. Until then, I'll be watching my own ass.
Monday, April 16, 2007
You, my friend...
I participate in several online consumer research groups, and was taking a survey today which asked me questions about my friends. One set of questions presented me with some adjectives, and asked me how well I thought they represented my friends. This made me do some thinking...so here are the results. If you are my friend, you are:
Not dope
Fairly cool
Somewhat sexy
Not fly
Sorry. The truth had to come out sooner or later though...
Not dope
Fairly cool
Somewhat sexy
Not fly
Sorry. The truth had to come out sooner or later though...
Saturday, April 14, 2007
vi vs. Eclipse
I have a beef. The beef is as follows:
There is nothing wrong with vi. It's a good editor that has withstood the test of time, provides an effective and efficient interface, and it's very universal and reliable. But this is not the 1970's. Actually, it's not the 1980's either. Or the 90's. And we're well past the year 2000. And vi is not enough for me.
When I code, I use Eclipse. I love it. I use it for Java, of course, and I have plugins for Ruby, C++, PHP, and general web development. I've also got a plugin for SVN, so if I'm working on a group project, bang! Everything is right where I want it.
Now, you might say, 'But Dave, you could write a script to do all of that, and vi has support for things also'. Ok, again, I have nothing against scripts. I like em. They do nice things. But I write scripts, when I want to write scripts. I don't want to write scripts most of the time. I want to get my work done. Code completion, outline views, jumping to different tidbits of interest...these are Eclipse things. And they're very nice.
Even basic things! If I'm working with a file that has lots of long lines of code, I double click a tab in eclipse, shift minus, and I have a fullscreen view with a 10pt font. You just can't do that in vi. And while it's nice to know how to do everything the basic, hardcore geek way...you don't always know how to. If I have a GUI staring me in the face with a button that says 'revert', I can pretty much figure out what to do with it.
I guess my real feeling is that modern editors like Eclipse shouldn't be requirements, and they're not. I can write in notepad, vi, whatever. But they're nice, and there is nothing wrong with using them. They make things better, faster, cleaner, and if I ever find a transparency plugin for eclipse...sexier!
There is nothing wrong with vi. It's a good editor that has withstood the test of time, provides an effective and efficient interface, and it's very universal and reliable. But this is not the 1970's. Actually, it's not the 1980's either. Or the 90's. And we're well past the year 2000. And vi is not enough for me.
When I code, I use Eclipse. I love it. I use it for Java, of course, and I have plugins for Ruby, C++, PHP, and general web development. I've also got a plugin for SVN, so if I'm working on a group project, bang! Everything is right where I want it.
Now, you might say, 'But Dave, you could write a script to do all of that, and vi has support for things also'. Ok, again, I have nothing against scripts. I like em. They do nice things. But I write scripts, when I want to write scripts. I don't want to write scripts most of the time. I want to get my work done. Code completion, outline views, jumping to different tidbits of interest...these are Eclipse things. And they're very nice.
Even basic things! If I'm working with a file that has lots of long lines of code, I double click a tab in eclipse, shift minus, and I have a fullscreen view with a 10pt font. You just can't do that in vi. And while it's nice to know how to do everything the basic, hardcore geek way...you don't always know how to. If I have a GUI staring me in the face with a button that says 'revert', I can pretty much figure out what to do with it.
I guess my real feeling is that modern editors like Eclipse shouldn't be requirements, and they're not. I can write in notepad, vi, whatever. But they're nice, and there is nothing wrong with using them. They make things better, faster, cleaner, and if I ever find a transparency plugin for eclipse...sexier!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Senior Capstone
A snippet of a conversation between myself and one of my senior project partners. This is how we roll:
Sheena: i guess we'll look at our time interval
me: You are failing to acknowledge that we have a memory problem
Sheena: maybe jon was doing something with the db
Sheena: what about blaming kyle
Sheena: he had to want db access for something.. he wanted revenge
Sheena: i guess we'll look at our time interval
me: You are failing to acknowledge that we have a memory problem
Sheena: maybe jon was doing something with the db
Sheena: what about blaming kyle
Sheena: he had to want db access for something.. he wanted revenge
Steve Irwin and the New Intern
Embarassingly, I'm not sure exactly how to embed this, but this is a clip of Steve Irwin when he was still alive. He was a giant among men:
http://www.youtube.com/v/pa_7P5AbUww
http://www.youtube.com/v/pa_7P5AbUww
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Monday, April 09, 2007
White Chicks And Gang Signs
Sorry I haven't been updating much lately. It looks like the last three weeks of this semester are going to be seriously tough. I don't even have time to procrastinate. Anyway, here are a couple videos, courtesy of Amber:
I'd love to post a picture of Amber making a gang sign as well, but time doesn't permit.
I'd love to post a picture of Amber making a gang sign as well, but time doesn't permit.
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