http://haven.loki.ws/blog Thoughts, ideas, feelings, musings, etc. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:27:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've moved back to LiveJournal. I thought I'd keep this blog around for silly meme's etc, but I haven't done any of those in a long time. If you're looking here, go look at my LJ instead :) http://haven.loki.ws/blog/2008/06/moving/ Meme Time! take the WHAT BAD BOOK ARE YOU test. and go to mewing.net. not as good as reading a good book, but way better than a bad one. http://haven.loki.ws/blog/2008/02/what-awful-book-am-i/ Yet more meme-age. I Am A: Neutral Good Halfling Sorcerer (4th Level) Ability Scores: Strength-16 Dexterity-17 Constitution-15 Intelligence-16 Wisdom-15 Charisma-15 Alignment: Neutral Good A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. Neutral good is the best ... http://haven.loki.ws/blog/2008/01/what-dd-character-am-i/ TAGGED! Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird, random things, facts, habits, or goals about yourself. At the end choose 10 people to be tagged, listing their names and why you chose them. Don't forget to leave them a comment (you're it) and to ... http://haven.loki.ws/blog/2007/10/tagged/ Jen and I are planning a trip to Ireland! We're going to go October 4 - 15, and we're planning to visit Connemara, The Burren, the Cliffs of Moher, and Galway City. This will be our second trip there, the first being in October of 2005, when we hiked the ... http://haven.loki.ws/blog/2007/08/traveling-to-ireland/ This is absolutely amazing. http://haven.loki.ws/blog/2007/08/postsecret/ Really, who needs it? Programmers don't. To be a good programmer you need to understand how to construct a good algorithm, and some basics of data structures: what they are, and how to use them. You don't need to be able to implement the 'classic' algorithms, as they're almost always ... http://haven.loki.ws/blog/2007/06/who-needs-a-computer-science-degree/ My employer just got me a new 20" iMac to replace my old "flowerpot" (aka Pedestal) iMac. I have to say, I'm impressed with Apple's migration tool. All I had to do was turn on the new machine, turn off the old one, connect a firewire cable---luckily I had one of ... http://haven.loki.ws/blog/2007/05/new-imac-upgrade/ I've been watching and enjoying the talks given at the Singularity Summit at Stanford. The talks are given by a group of very smart people who've been doing a lot of thinking about The Singularity. They're really quite thoughtful and often insightful. Wait, what's The Singularity? From Wikipedia: The Technological Singularity is ... http://haven.loki.ws/blog/2007/05/the-singularity-summit-at-stanford-part-1/ I just wanted to share with everyone this great book I'm reading. It's Kings of Infinite Space by James Hynes. It's sort of Office Space meets Stephen King. Filled with a dark humor, this book effectively satirizes the modern office while at the same time introducing a strong element of the ... http://haven.loki.ws/blog/2007/05/book-update/