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kthxbye

“kthxbye” is the pinnacle of English’s advancement, shortening “All correct, Thank you, God be with you” into seven lowercase letters. Humanity is doomed. From the kthxbye entry at Urban Dictionary. This is actually one instance of Internet Slang that I don’t find repulsive… in fact, I think it’s kinda cute. It reminds me of one [...]

Keyboard for Pirates

Arrrrrr and Avast, all ye scurvy dogs! ‘Tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day, across the Seven Servers of the Interweb Sea! Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

How to Talk Like a Pirate

How to Talk like a Pirate (via blunderboss on YouTube). Tomorrow is International Talk Like a Pirate Day: are you ready? This video may help.

How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot in C++

How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot in C++: You accidentally create a dozen clones of yourself and shoot them all in the foot. Providing emergency medical assistance is impossible since you can’t tell which are bitwise copies and which are just pointing at others and saying, “That’s me, over there.” See How to Shoot [...]

Small Talk Fail

I totally feel like this sometimes. “Small Talk” – xkcd – by Randall Munroe. NOTE: There is more to this comic than meets the eye… you must go to the site to hover over the comic and read the punchline!

Returning to Science from Insanity

A man who had been in a mental home for some years finally seemed to have improved to the point where it was thought he might be released. The head of the institution, in a fit of commendable caution, decided, however, to interview him first. “Tell me,” said he, “if we release you, as we [...]

If I Was to Meet a Star…

Choking Hazard  » Blog Archive  » On Meeting Wil Wheaton This would totally be me if I met Wil. I restrained myself from following him on twitter for awhile when I started, only to peek in on him occasionally to see why some of my followees were replying to him with interesting things. Eventually I [...]

Fun with Doppler Shift

IF THIS STICKER IS BLUE, YOU’RE DRIVING TOO FAST! – CafePress Bumper Sticker. A snarky physicsy bumper sticker… what’s not to love? :)

One With Everything

A Buddhist monk, visiting New York City for the first time in twenty years, walked up to a hot dog vendor, handed him a twenty dollar bill, and said, “Make me one with everything.” The vendor pocketed the money, and handed the Buddhist monk his hot dog. The monk, after waiting for a moment, asked [...]

End of a PhD Candidate’s Day

Brilliant! Jorge Cham from PhD Comics did it again: he got inside my head, and made a comic of what life’s like as a grad student. It’s so nice to think that I’m not the only one going through this!