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Four Lit-tle Bytes of Ad-dress Code – an IPv4 song by Aaron Davies (after G&S)
From Lyrics – My Songs (songs.q-ist.com). Quoth Aaron* on the NANOG list: This is a song I’ve been working on on and off over the last couple years; when I sang it recently at a filk convention, I was told I should post it here. I hope it’s not too OT (or too technically inaccurate!).…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-04-19
If you use #AWS the way it is meant to be used, you'll want to read http://t.co/UvBttnp2 HT @adrianco 🙂 # If Twitter is the internet's "water cooler" then the #YesLordSugar gang are smokers, huddled outside the office, after a long liquid lunch. # I think this is my 6th oeufs en cocotte avec creme…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-04-17
New #OSX #Skype menu-bar status icons are black&white, not colour. It's far less obvious what status you're advertising. #fail # .@shortblue Eagles soar, but cats don't get sucked into jet engines. # RT @mjj122: Oh no. Skype icon has turned from green to black. My internet connection must be down… #
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Twitter Updates for 2012-04-16
@dakami @mikko Each new polymorph signature counts as new malware in at least one way: propping up #cyber threat stats: http://t.co/LkEFCyz8 # @Peston Selection bias. You're talking to the wrong audience. Dig deeper and off-twitter. # : I'd forgotten how much I enjoy my HD600 headphones; not the /best/ but they sound great… http://t.co/uJ6yU72t #…
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Could we replace marriage with incorporation of private limited companies?
So I ran across this sketch by Doug Stanhope and he makes a throwaway gag about marriage tax breaks: Marriage? … If you want tax breaks? Incorporate! …and over a mug of tea I wonder if he’s really got something there; in the UK the biggest hurdle would be IR35 and certain aspects of expense…
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ALMOST EVERY TIME SEAN BEAN HAS DIED ON FILM, EVER (WHICH IS A LOT OF TIMES)
Contains Sean Bean dying. Lots. Sometimes with farm animals. Via: Sean Bean Death Scene | The Mary Sue.
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TIL: one c*nt == 180 days in British law.
We really do need to crack down on those who are cracking down on obscene language. When the court reconvened after 2pm the judge found Olly guilty of a Section 127 offence under the Communications Act 2003. The defence’s request that sentencing take place immediately was declined and he was sent for pre-sentence reports at…
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I’d forgotten how much I enjoy my HD600 headphones; not the /best/ but they sound great…
…also they can be worn for hours; so now I have a splitter on my MacMini audio output, one going to small speakers for ambient, and the other going into the Sennheisers. Instant coding and presentation-writing bliss.
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Twitter Updates for 2012-04-15
: Warm but slightly cloudy. Rain may fall. Solution: hang laundry in greenhouse to dry. http://t.co/n6PxXuPM #