Monthly Archives: February 2009

My monkey typing resonates

Posted on 27 February 2009 by tychay

“We’ve all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.”
—unknown

Your humble author at work writing this article.

I love to … Continue reading →

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Kindle Clippings 2009-02-27

Posted on 27 February 2009 by tychay

Kindle saver
North Beach, San Francisco, California
Panasonic DMC-LX1
1/5sec, ƒ2.8, iso 100, 6.3mm (28mm)
No, this is not a sticker. This is the Kindle when it’s asleep. That’s the magic of e-Ink.

I found that you can’t clip from sample chapters Major … Continue reading →

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Quants

Posted on 24 February 2009 by tychay

The Wired cover article this month is worth a read but brings me on a big rant. The article covers how people trained in theoretical physicists migrated into Wall Street over the last 30 years and created the math that … Continue reading →

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How much for that Mary Jane?

Posted on 23 February 2009 by tychay

A friend sent out this article about legalizing (and taxing) pot in California.

I must confess, that I’ve never smoked a joint in my life. It’s strange because I used to steal nitrous tanks in college and I have inhaled—one cannot … Continue reading →

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The Nimble and the Nerdy

Posted on 19 February 2009 by tychay

On my way out of the office the other day I happened to glance at the front desk to see a stack of MaximumPC magazines. Curious I flipped through a couple issues and noted:
Why doesn’t the cover of MaximumPC have … Continue reading →

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PHP is a dying language

Posted on 19 February 2009 by tychay

Friend: http://twitter.com/markscrap/status/1228353533
Me: 10 to 1 whatever kid wrote that is a ruby developer
Friend: haha
I’m just stating the obvious. When the first computer was invented, the legendary Grace Hopper created the first compiled programming language. That language is still around and … Continue reading →

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A Net Effect

Posted on 17 February 2009 by tychay

Zak Greant, who I owe big time because for allowing me to couch surf when I got locked out partying one night in Vancouver, is starting a new Mozilla Foundation program called Net Effects.
The idea is pretty simple. Just record … Continue reading →

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Dustbin of history

Posted on 10 February 2009 by tychay

“Couldn’t care less about George Bush, he’s just a gutless spoiled brat asswipe that belongs in the dustbin of history. A Wiki entry a hundred years from now beginning with ‘GW Bush elected 43rd president of the United States. WTF … Continue reading →

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Firestarter

Posted on 9 February 2009 by tychay

Well the Kindle 2 came out today so I preordered it.
This morning two people IM’d me about it so I decided to give the first my Amazon referral bucks. I give Amazon bucks semi-randomly to various friends and he asked … Continue reading →

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The next one against the wall

Posted on 4 February 2009 by tychay

One of the most enjoying things is reading the comments to the columnist Tom Friedman in the Times. As many of you, that one-man libertarian junket is a pet peeve of mine. But recently he’s been taking a lashing on … Continue reading →

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