December 2009
28 posts
Words You Won't Find In The Entire Tumblr Codebase
Factory Design Pattern: Solving non-problems by adding ridiculous layers of overcomplexity to your code.
marco:
Factory.
“The combination of the Captain’s incompetence and the decision of Hernando...”
– Galapagos - Kurt Vonnegut
“More and more people back then, and not just *Andrew MacIntosh, had foun d...”
– Galapagos - Kurt Vonnegut
WatchSpeaking of “The Black Pirate”, the internet seems to have this up in a full version as well (hooray for films slightly out of copyright!).
Alas, it is not the Alloy Orchestra score which I previously mentioned having had the pleasure of seeing performed live, and additionally it is a weird sepia-toned print rather than the also weird but correct two-color early technicolor that it...
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Cinematic Orchestra do a pretty good score here, but if you are a music nerd of my type, then you should check out Alloy Orchestra and their version of the film’s score.
Alloy Orchestra, of course, is the film scoring project out of Boston that includes Mission of Burma guitarist Roger Miller on keyboards.
I almost saw them perform this live at the Three Rivers Film Festival last...
“As for myself, I had come to the conclusion that there was nothing sacred about...”
– Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
merlin:
Any chance you like that English guitar playing, singing guy I keep raving about? Even hypothetically? Yeah, I figured not. Still.
I like Thompson a lot, but mostly save this level of severe crush for David Byrne.
Speaking of which, here are the two playing ‘Dirty Old Town’, from a concert with a widely circulated bootleg I really need to track down.
*hits like*
*hits like*
*hits like*
WHERE IS MY FUCKING FOOD PELLET?
merlin:
How do you know when you’ve had “enough?”
Not everything, all the time, completely, forever. Just enough. Enough to start, finish, or simply maintain.
Unfortunately, foodbabies only appear after it’s too late. And, if your satiety’s gauged solely by whether the buffet’s still open, you’re screwed. Like the...
“In the meantime, I have decided to rebrand myself, inspired by Philip Morris...”
– David Byrne (who friends of mine are quite right to say I am somewhat unhealthily enamored of)
“Almost all the messages which were sent and received in his country, even the...”
– Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
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And also...
Since I had never used iMovie (or pretty much any movie editing software) before, I am kind of impressed at how easy it was to make this stupid-ass video.
One Point to Apple, I suppose.
Benny Hill, Evanescence, and self-harm diaries...
I was kind of confused about the connection between Benny Hill and Evanescence, so I made this video to help me piece it together:
Makes much more sense now.
merlin:
Guys. Relax. You’re not made of papier-mâché. People fight about things that matter to them.
If the internet were all Benny Hill, Evanescence, and self-harm diaries, we’d still be on fucking LiveJournal.
And, I, for one,...
“Just grab ‘em in the biscuts”
– H Hump
Jenny and I are Awesome in Different Ways
Jenny: i just changed into my "go to the gym" outfit and came to a crushing realization.
Me: dare I ask?
Jenny: i look like a chunky ninja.
Me: Now, I would like to stress here that I am laughing at your turn of phrase and not you, as that seems like a crucial distinction in this case
Me: and with that said
Me: bwahahahahah
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Me: I'm generally in all black on my way to the gym also, but it's sweatpants and a hoodie so it's maybe a chunky ninja who gave up on life.