November 2009
20 posts
Lego space toys through the ages. →
Also, lol @ very serious Wikipedia collation of Lego Space canon.
Archaeology win. →
In url-format the name of this blog is a little too easy to misread.
Zomg. →
It’s… so easy!
Did I mention that Jefferey Rowland is one of my... →
Library of Standards and Practices, No. 017: Wave... →
The Labour government's true colo[u]rs are... →
That’s it boys, do it the American way: cower before your corporate overlords!
Figures. →
Library of Standards and Practices, No. 015:...
Are why I love Firefox so. Sure, it can be slow, and yes it fucks up color in absolutely inane ways (my favorite is rendering two colors with the same hex value a teensy bit differently when they sit on top of each other) and washes out all of your images, but! Behold: CSS that allows you to use any font you want: https://developer.mozilla.org/index.php?title=En/CSS/%40font-face
Stereoviews of Meiji Japan →
I often forget how old some photographic techniques are. Like these early color photos of Russia, that predate the end of the Czarist state. It’s mind-boggling to see such vivid color from images that were taken before Metropolis was made.
It just gets better and better. →
On the hunt
For a Google Wave invite. If you can help, drop me a line: petronius1125@gmail.com.
Library of Standards and Practices, No. 014: Good...
[In Terminal:]% emacs then,[esc], [x]
[type at the ‘M-x:’ prompt] tetris then [return]
Library of Standards and Practices, No. 013: % cat...
Funny Unix csh/sh commands:
% cat “food in cans”
cat: can’t open food in cans
% ar t God
ar: God does not exist
% ar r God
ar: creating God
% [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
Missing ].
% sleep with me
bad character
% got a light?
No match.
% !:say, what is saccharine?
Bad substitute.
% \(-
(-: Command not found.
$ PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense
no...