March 2010
141 posts
My brain is melting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhBoY6s-Fhw via @xkcd
Sketching out ColorBind solver for fun.
Wrote part of a ColourBind solver in Processing in my lunch break
I really want to make a program for solving ColorBind puzzles.
Can save in Vim with ctrl+s now with “stty -ixon” in my bash profile and noremap <C-s> :w<CR> in my Vim. Muaha. 1 keystroke saved.
IKEA Yokohama is literally impossible to get to. 3000 yen for shinkansen, then bus, all because can’t order online. Ridiculous.
Sitting behind the monstrous MS4000 keyboard makes me feel like i’m driving a tank
Awesome @mongodb schwag arrived! Got it for helping with some translations. Thanks @mathias_mongo et al! http://yfrog.com/2po38ej
I love my new place, I get to ride a cute tram to work!!
First impressions of MS Natural Keyboard 4000: The space bar is shockingly bad, it sticks all the time :/ What am I doing wrong?
right, new ms natural key board here we go
6 of 16 boxes unpacked. Need to find kettle before I run out of steam. Confusing pun intended.
Giving all your worldly posessions to 2 guys with a truck and then watching them drive off is as disconcerting as it sounds.
Looking forward to creating a perfect environment for working in my new apartment :)
Packed away screwdrivers. Need them to put away other stuff. Duh… :(
Last day of packing up! Go Go GO!
Watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail and laughing my arse off.
What do you do when your hands hurt and typing is your only method of communicating with the outside world?
Favourite bit of Typography of the day 東亜重工 http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4225921597_0b17cfbe3e_m.jpg
バランスチェアを買おうかと思ってるけど、使ったことある方はいらっしゃいますか？
Do I buy from Ikea or Craigslist? I can’t find what I want on Craigslist but shelling out Y40,000 is painful
Rocket-powered planes on Mars!!! http://www.ted.com/talks/joel_levine.html
Bought Papers for iPhone for the hell of it.
Dr Strangelove, or “How I got RSI and learned to love Vim”
Today’s practical knowledge: Interacting with an event horizon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_horizon#Interacting_with_an_event_horizon
Is it a good sign when the telecomms representative has to ring you back because her PC has frozen?
The ultimate language ability challenge: getting through customer support and getting them to do what you want.
Should stuff that is already a medium, fairly heavy box, go inside a larger box with other stuff? I don’t know about moving etiquette.
Help me with my Packin’ Up, Movin’ House playlist! Add anything you like! http://bit.ly/aEfhfp
THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVER AND YOU ARE WRONG IF YOU DISAGREE: BUBI BUBI http://bit.ly/busIlK
Let the boxing up of stuffs commence!
I <3 deliveries in Tokyo. Ring the driver, he redelivers on the same day for you!
Opera for iPhone looks fast as hell, but I have a feeling it’s suck on my 3G. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpTCS3g-cBY
EVE wallpapers and music are the gateway drug to evil, evil MMO addiction.
I think I’m going to get all the VIM stuff I like that makes it usable and bundle it all on Github for quickstarting in the future.
My god, I’m turning into a Vim user. MacVim + tree stuff.
The main killer for Vim for me was always the entry cost. Not the shortcut stuff, just the required customisation to make it decent.
MessagePack: Efficient, Cross Language Binary Object Serialization: http://bit.ly/bzrT9t (via @yukihiro_matz)
Trying to map caps-lock to escape on a mac is a massive headache
I take that back, it takes 2 seconds: http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/extra.html
I stopped drinking bottled water years ago, and instead use a washable cup! We should ban this stuff. http://bit.ly/9GonHT
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Deep. http://bit.ly/cytQN0
Just remembered/found my old PC in the back of my cupboard. I guess it can still play the new-fangled ones.