sorting algorithms and the decay of a science

Today at work, Pratik was practicing a theory he had by asking me a series of computer science and mathematic riddles. The mathematical ones I did great at. The computer science ones involving sorting algorithms were embrassing to me. I just can’t remember much about the algorithms, or at least matching name to algorithm. This [...]

a moment of silence

On August 18th, Dorre’s almost six year old dwarf rabbit, William, died. He and his hutch-mate, Pooh, spent the day in the exercise pen. That night when we went to put them away in their hutch. William was dead inside his box. Pooh looked very upset and was laying against him. The puppies knew [...]

imagination ain’t kind on us tonight

So I have become obsessed with Spoon’s song “Anything You Want” from the Girls Can Tell LP. I am writing Spoon asking for a unmixed copy of the song on a CD or DAT so I can remix it. I think I want to get back into that hobby. I checked on ACIDPlanet.com to get [...]

the appeal of a smoking character

There is a mystique to the smoking charecter. The social influence of the tobacco companies still effects people like me, despite that for most of my life they have been illegal. But still if I make any charecter that is either mysterious, hardened, or cool. They always smoke, usually chain-smoking too.
In other news, [...]

why I hate hardware

It seems as if I am cursed with hardware. I have broken more devices by sheer bad luck than probably anyone else. I’ve killed five printers, an Apple IIe, a 20mb harddrive for a IBM PS/2, Three cellphones, a Handspring Visor and much more. But to make matters worse, my Archos spontaneously started freaking [...]