programming
This is not a post about programming, or being a geek. In all likelihood, this is not a post you will enjoy reading. Consider yourselves warned. I don’t remember how I found this Moth video of comedian Anthony Griffith. It is not a fun thing to watch, especially as
markov chains
In Finally, a Definition of Programming I Can Actually Understand I marveled at particularly strange and wonderful comment left on this blog. Some commenters wondered if that comment was generated through Markov chains. I considered that, but I had a hard time imagining a text corpus input that could possibly
comedy
You may think of Steve Martin as a stereotypical family friendly comedian today – the center of saccharine movies like Parenthood and Father of the Bride. But it wasn’t always this way. Steve hit his stride in the early 80s. At that time, I don’t think there were any
humor
It’s funny because it’s true: A Software Engineer, a Hardware Engineer and a Departmental Manager were on their way to a meeting in Switzerland. They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened almost out of control down
retro
Yesterday’s post about code syntax color schemes got me thinking about what is perhaps the ultimate color scheme, Windows 3.1’s “Hot Dog Stand”: The truly funny thing about this color scheme is that all the other Windows 3.1 color schemes are surprisingly rational, totally reasonable color
programming languages
An oldie but a goodie, courtesy of Jeroen van den Bos: A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: “Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?