http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/ get dan'd Copyright 2005 Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:23:51 -0700 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.15 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Things are good. Alex and I had some troubles recently, but things are back to being awesome again. :) She’s gotten me many birthday gifts and actually kept a few of them secret. Last week she gave me the Herzog/Kinski... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/08/did_you_hear_da.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/08/did_you_hear_da.html Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:23:51 -0700 “The Jester” - Mekong Delta My favorite Mekong Delta song, apparently, considering how often I play it. Strangely, it’s one of their simpler songs, but it has a great feel. Also strange that it comes from their oft-maligned The... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/06/six_favorite_so.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/06/six_favorite_so.html Sun, 05 Jun 2005 21:00:56 -0700 In response to Alex’s poll: What would you change about the government given any means that you desire, outside of murder… What about your government truly offends you? There are three things about our American government that really, really offend... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/05/about_politics.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/05/about_politics.html Thu, 26 May 2005 22:57:53 -0700 Thought experiment from Michael: Any algorithm that can be executed by a machine can be executed by a person, on paper. (It will just take a lot longer). AI algorithms are not exempt from the above If a person “runs”... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/05/thought_experim.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/05/thought_experim.html Fri, 13 May 2005 22:16:43 -0700 It’s nice that Bill is talking about retaking Algorithms after incompleting it. I have to say, Mazumdar was completely right: most days, you don’t use it at all, but on some days, it’s the difference between night and day. I... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/04/algorithms.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/04/algorithms.html Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:04:00 -0700 Ebony pukes Lllama eats it Lllama grows hair Ebody eats it Goto 1... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/04/observational_i.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/04/observational_i.html Thu, 21 Apr 2005 19:53:34 -0700 Alex has been generally unhappy since she got an IUD on last Thursday. The doctor, this hairy, acne-laden hagdyke from another dimension, has a number of flaws, not the least of which are her appearance and demeanor. Anyway, she decided... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/04/towards_the_eas.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/04/towards_the_eas.html Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:29:07 -0700 On Sunday Night, Alex and I stayed up all night scared shitless because we thought we heard tapping on our windows. We still don’t know what or who it was. Monday rolled around, and since we just started selling Spamfire... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/04/wow_that_sucked.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/04/wow_that_sucked.html Fri, 08 Apr 2005 22:16:17 -0700 On the subject of credit, thanks to everyone who posted with your tips. Basically, I want to be able to buy a house in New Zealand sometime around age 30-33 when I’m a legal permanent resident there. This is going... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/more_credit.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/more_credit.html Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:18:47 -0700 Alex wants us to get a credit card so that we can get a positive credit rating. What do you guys think? How important is having credit and/or a good credit rating?... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/credit.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/credit.html Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:37:09 -0700 Bill asked what talks I attended. Here’s what I remember: Getting the Most from REALBasic 2005 Understanding Text Encoding Demystifying Declares Mac OS X User Interface Design Powerful yet Underutilized Features Debugging Techniques Getting the Most out of RBScript Managing... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/realworld.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/realworld.html Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:26:15 -0700 I’m in Albuquerque at Joe’s. Tomorrow Michael and I are flying out to REALWorld. My business cards came in today, and I have a few hundred in the backpack to take to the conference. Michael’s lending me his spare powerbook—so... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/going_to_realwo.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/going_to_realwo.html Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:58:36 -0700 Paul Graham, Summer Founders FAQ: “Getting rich is hard but doable. Getting a fun job is hard but doable. Trying to solve both problems simultaneously approaches impossible.” Schlake: “Um, you only have to sort something once in Python to hate... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/some_quotes.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/some_quotes.html Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:58:09 -0700 Alex and I did some cleaning today around the house. I attacked the cat bathroom and now it’s a lot less skanky, the bathtub drains, I mopped, and we took a bunch of trash out to the dumpster which had... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/cleaning.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/cleaning.html Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:29:25 -0700 This is a conversation between Justin Dressel and myself, about Ruby and Python. I thought it had some value, so here it is. in particular, list comprehensions work well with the functional techniques like anonymous functions mapped across a list... http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/ruby_advocacy.html http://www.clanspum.net/~fusion/blog/archives/2005/03/ruby_advocacy.html Languages Fri, 18 Mar 2005 23:10:41 -0700