Just build this glove. Stick it on your hand. And Bob, as they say, is your uncle. The glove will learn how you play, and tel you what it thinks will beat you.
Some changes
Well, by pretty popular demand I have killed IntenseDebate. It’s back to no-frills commenting. Hopefully that brings more of you out of the woodwork.
Facebook is trying to take over the internet – they announced some new toys for web developers and bloggers last week – I’ve included one (though haven’t quite got it working yet – it should be fixed by the time you read this though…) that allows you to “like” a post both here and on Facebook with the click of a button.
I’ve also finally (and I’m pretty ecstatic about this one) managed to rewrite the code of my blog so that if you go to page 2 you don’t get page 1’s “Curiosities” you get the next ten. That was really annoying me.
If you think this post is largely pointless be sure to check out the tags (on the site) and you’ll see why I’ve posted it.
You know what’s sad…
Staying awake until 2am writing website code trying to fix a little bug that nobody will notice anyway.
Sadder still is posting to tell you all about it (and to clear my cache so that the changes will happen).
Font of font knowledge
A font flow chart for every occasion – though it doesn’t include Helvetica. Sadface. Click to make bigger.
Via Lifehacker.
Update – as Gav points out, Helvetica is there. I just missed it.
YouTube Tuesday (almost): Balloon alien robot
Optimus Prime in balloon sculpture greatness. Need I say more…
I hooked one
Long time readers will be familiar with my scambaiting efforts from last year. I’ve been trying to get a photo of a Nigerian Scammer holding a bible verse. I got one. Finally. Not the John 3:16 reference I was after, but I’m working on that. Meet my friend Kenny. That’s what I call him.
Stay tuned for the story – I don’t want to blow it yet, I’m still hoping for that elusive John 3:16 poster. I’m pretty sure other scammers have googled themselves and ended my game because of what they found.
Here’s his favourite Bible passage:
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
5And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
Transform(er) your church
I would really like to slip these windows into a church. Just to see how long it would take an eagle eyed child to notice. Given the amount of time I spend looking at the windows, while preachers studiously try to make eye contact with me, I reckon it’d take less than five minutes.
This is Spinal Tape
Really. It is.
Shirt of the Day: c0ffee
Hexadecimal colours have just opened up a whole new world to me – colour code humour. This shirt features the word c0ffee printed in the colour (#c0ffee). Clever.
No more passive aggressive notes
Tired of sending passive aggressive post-it note messages to your colleagues? Get actually aggressive with this post-it note machine gun (which is currently only a concept – nay – a figment of the cubicle dweller’s imagination).
Food Nirvana
Caffeine. Check.
Bacon. Check.
Maple Syrup. Check.
Lollipop. Check.
All in one delicious morsel. Check, check, check, check this out…
Caffeinated bacon and maple flavoured lollipops. For sale. For real.
I’m a Millennial
Did you know? And if you’re born after Gen X then you are too.
Some demographer has decided to make things very confusing for Christians. By using the label “Millennial” to describe people in Gen Y. I guess that makes all you Gen Xers pre-Millennials, and people who choose to bag out age based demographics must be pan-Millennials.
This article was the source of my confusion: Pastor Mark Driscoll: Millennials are Honest on Faith
I thought it was somewhat misleading.
IntenseDebate
So I’ve been using IntenseDebate for my comments for a while now. And while it allows cool features like giving you the ability to post YouTube Videos and pictures, to log in using various online accounts (like Facebook or Twitter) or as a guest, a pretty good spam filter, and the ability to vote comments up or down – it can be a little bit slow and annoying.Plus, nobody uses those features anyway.
I’m thinking about canning it. What do you reckon? If you’re hanging around wishing you could comment but put off by complexity just “like” this post and I’ll assume that’s your indication that I should kill the system.
While you’re telling me what you think of that system feel free to raise any other things that annoy you about the design or technology behind this blog… I’m always interested in fixing those issues because it gives me a chance to play with code and design stuff.
Over to you.
April 28, 2010