Among the several online comics I read on a regular basis is the Saturday Bulletin. It’s a great comic that takes an old-timey picture and reinterprets the content. So today’s comic is of Santa tromping off over a hill in the snow, saying “mmm… venison.” Blitzen isn’t feeling so good about it. The thing that [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Dunder and Bliksem
Posted: 31 December 2007 in UncategorizedTags: christmas, comics, dutch, german, reindeer, santa's reindeer
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Be Courtious
Posted: 30 December 2007 in UncategorizedTags: bathrooms, humor, misspelt words, signs, west virginia
I found this in a bathroom of a Taco Bell near Sutton, West Virginia. Not only is it misspelt, but there is something wonky with the logic here. Why should I be courteous and lock the door? Isn’t the social norm that people knock before entering a bathroom? Granted, they would assume it’s a multiperson [...]
Toddler Bug
Posted: 27 December 2007 in UncategorizedTags: beagles, dogs, italian greyhounds, photos, puppies
While helping my mother with some pictures, I found a stash of old pictures of Daedalus from when he was a puppy. These were his “toddler” days. He was just insanely cute, wasn’t he? Nellie is the Italian Greyhound and belongs to my middle sister.
New Camera
Posted: 26 December 2007 in UncategorizedTags: christmas, digital cameras, flowers, photo-editing, photowalking, picasa, presents, roses
One of the things my mother got me was a nice, little digital camera. I didn’t want something super-high quality that would cost a fortune, but I wanted something good, small and that I wouldn’t have a heart attack if I broke. I wanted something that would slip in my pocket that I can (hopefully) [...]
Merry Christmas Tree Fractal
Posted: 23 December 2007 in UncategorizedTags: chaos, christmas, christmas tree, fractals
Courtesy of Chaotic Utopia:
Recommended Reading
Posted: 23 December 2007 in UncategorizedTags: code bloat, coding, java, programming, software, software engineering, steve yegge
I think this should be required reading for any novice programmer and probably even more so for established programmers. Agree with him or not, I think you’ll agree that Steve Yegge has some interesting things to say. My favorite quote: “Bigger is just something you have to live with in Java. Growth is a fact [...]
Polar Bears
Posted: 20 December 2007 in UncategorizedTags: climate change, endangered species, environmentalism, extinction, global warming, polar bears
Polar bears depend on the Arctic ocean habitat for their survival and things are looking pretty grim for them with global warming, toxins in the food chain, and disturbances due to oil and gas drilling. The US Geological Survey has said that they could be extinct by 2050 if we do not take steps to [...]
Fun with charts
Posted: 19 December 2007 in UncategorizedTags: bad graphs, crimean war, errol morris, graphs, math, statistics
I just saw a post on Statistical Modeling dealing with some of the worst use of statistical graphics this year. Be sure to check it out. I’d have to say I agree with that assessment. The case deals with two pictures of a road during the Crimean War. In the first picture, there is an [...]
Eminent Domination
Posted: 19 December 2007 in UncategorizedTags: clonetown, complaints, drew carey, eminent domain, robin hood, scooby do, tv
I knew what eminent domain is, but I didn’t know what cities are using it for now. How many made for TV, comedies, and kids movies have there been where the hero/heroine has to stop the evil developers from moving in and destroying the quaint hometown/small mom-and-pop store/diner/wildlife preserve? There were probably more than a [...]
