How to Talk Like a Pirate
Posted by Qrystal on September 18, 2008 at 14:50.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: humour, 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++
Posted by Qrystal on September 17, 2008 at 18:39.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: humour, programming.
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, [...] Continue Reading…
Small Talk Fail
Posted by Qrystal on September 16, 2008 at 0:04.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: humour, personality.
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
Posted by Qrystal on September 15, 2008 at 15:07.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: humour, science.
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 [...] Continue Reading…
If I Was to Meet a Star…
Posted by Qrystal on September 10, 2008 at 11:33.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: celebrity, humour, twitter.
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 [...] Continue Reading…
Dreaming of a Six Hour Startup
Posted by Qrystal on September 9, 2008 at 11:56.
Category: Life. Tags: future, thesis.
It didn’t take much to get [it] up and running. Just an initial idea — which [he] couldn’t get out of his head — a domain name, and a few smart people. All told, about $30 was invested in the project, including the snacks … purchased to fuel developers [...] Continue Reading…
Fun with Doppler Shift
Posted by Qrystal on September 8, 2008 at 17:54.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: humour, physics.
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
Posted by Qrystal on September 8, 2008 at 11:46.
Category: Miscellany. Tags: buddhist, humour.
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, [...] Continue Reading…
Electron Spin Visualization
Posted by Qrystal on September 5, 2008 at 20:20.
Category: Concepts. Tags: physics, spin, thesis.
Air on the Dirac Strings, by EVL: Electronic Visualization Laboratory, and posted by evltube on YouTube.
Electron spin is definitely a weird property, especially because of the fact that it requires two full rotations to return to its original orientation, instead of just one. This video has some excellent visualizations [...] Continue Reading…
Riding the Chrome Bandwagon (A Personal Account)
Posted by Qrystal on September 4, 2008 at 13:53.
Category: Tools. Tags: browser, Chrome, Google, review.
It’s all shiny and new, and I had to get it: Google’s new web browser, aka Chrome. In fact, when I heard about it and its features, I was completely agog. But I’m a geek, I must admit, and as I explain myself it will only become more [...] Continue Reading…