Super Duper Pooper

thane March 15th, 2008

Stuart pooped on the potty! Twice in two days! Today he announced ‘poop’. Johanna said ‘Stuart, do you want to poop on the potty?’ He got all excited, jumped out of bed and came downstairs. To the bathroom where dad got him up there and, low and behold, he pooped! And there was much rejoicing.

Kids Say the Damdest Things

thane March 10th, 2008

We arrive at the Relativelies, and Stuart catches sight of Clio

Stuart: cl-LOO-LOO! cl-LOO-LOO!
Me: That’s right! There is Clio.
Stuart: cl-LOO! cl-LOO!

We get inside and Clio shares some news with me.

Clio: Uncle Thane! You want to know something sad?
Me: Sure.
Clio: Our cat died.

It died a while ago, but she tells me about it every time I see her.

Me: That is sad.
Clio: That means we can’t kill it, and that’s a problem.

Cue laughter.

Can’t Talk

thane February 7th, 2008

Apologies to everyone about not posting. I have had some stuff going on that I don’t want to blog about which is pretty much occupying my entire brain.

New Day For Data?

thane February 2nd, 2008

Much like apenwarr, I had heard about git and effectively ignored it. As he, I watched Linus’ video and was skeptical. He, however, took the time to analyze it and came to an interesting conclusion.

Git was originally not a version control system; it was designed to be the infrastructure so that someone else could build one on top. And they did; nowadays there are more than 100 git-* commands installed along with git. It’s scary and confusing and weird, but what that means is git is a platform. It’s a new set of nouns and verbs that we never had before. Having new nouns and verbs means we can invent entirely new things that we previously couldn’t do.

He then produces a litany of difficult projects that he has worked on which git makes trivial. He points out that git moves files faster than cp, and does it checksummed. That git can be used for backups, or for a distributed file system, or for package distribution, or installers, or or or. If it had been written by anyone but Linus Torvald, I would continue to be skeptical. However, he has a track record of writing quickly things that change the face of software. I am going to have to take a closer look at git.

Idle Hands

thane January 9th, 2008

from Noodlesoft

It can be annoying to get an alert about a new version when you are working. A new version is not a “drop everything and deal with this now” type of alert. With this patch, when a new update is found, it will check the user’s idle time and hold off showing the panel until a certain amount of time has elapsed. This minimizes the chance of the user being in the middle of something when the alert comes up.

This is someone who gets it. What a wonderful idea for notifying the user. Nod to Daring Fireball for the link.

8th Grade Science Test

thane January 3rd, 2008

JustSayHi - Science Quiz

Political Daughter

thane December 30th, 2007

My daughter is training to be Attorney General of the U.S. of A. When asked where a particular member of a nondescript class of objects might be, she responded thusly:

I don’t know what you are talking about, and whatever you are talking about, I don’t know where it is.

Utilikilt Mocumertials

thane December 29th, 2007

How awesome is this:

http://www.utilikilts.com/?page_id=10

Ultimate GF Bread Machine Recipe

thane December 29th, 2007

We have a GF (Gluten Free) bread recipe that is so good that no one in the house eats glutenous bread anymore. Additionally, it is really simple. This all started by finding a recipe over at the GF Guru. We had some problems with consistency, so we started playing with the instructions almost immediately.

Mix well

  1. 1 2/3 c Milk: This changes based on the type of milk and the type of flour. Offhand I would say use 1/6 c less if you use brown rice flour, and 1/3 c less if you use rice milk. YMMV.
  2. 1 egg

Place mixed liquid into bread machine pan. Add, in this order

  1. 1 T Oil (We use olive)
  2. 4 t Caster Sugar (aka. superfine sugar)
  3. 3/4 t Sea Salt
  4. 2 c Rice Flour: Best flavor and texture seems to be half white rice flour and half brown rice flour
  5. 1 T Bob’s Red Mill All Purpose Gluten Free Flour: It makes the loaf brown better and rise better. Feel free to leave it out.
  6. 2 t Xanthan Gum
  7. 1 t Bread Machine Yeast

We cook it on the longest setting our machine has. The stuff has some trouble browning.

Biblical Law

thane December 29th, 2007

I saw this cartoon about christians, and it shows the problem with taking the bible too literally. It also gave me an idea. Anyone who wants to pass legislation founded on their reading of the Bible should have to pass the tests of Mark 16:17-18.

Passage Mark 16:17-18 (New International Version)
“17And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

I am willing to forgo most of these tests, however, you must drink a glass of the following:

  1. 500 ml water
  2. 5 mg tetrodotoxin
  3. 10 g potassium cyanide

After you have finished the glass, if you can read the text of your bill, I will vote for it.

P.S. It should be noted that I hold no grudge against legislation inspired by the Bible (or any book). However, if you cannot back up your arguments with something stronger than “because it says so”, then I think that this rule should apply.

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