iamcal.com Since May 2000

happy christmas

su points out the meaning of personals acronyms.

aaron recommends the emacs wiki, but who really wants to learn emacs?

an excellent guide to assembling ikea desks [via (void)]

it's a DISASTER. our coffee shop is CLOSING. it's a sad day :(

the microbe plushies at thinkgeek rock very hard. maybe i need a set for my desk.

e points out this excellent little musical.

wigu is finishing at the end of the year. words cannot describe how sad i am :(

bash of the day: "puff da magic hard drive lived near drive B: sorta near the power sply in a tower owned by me". err, yes, i'm reading bash alot again :)

bash of the week: "I think shes finally lost it...she sitting in the corner going beep beep and pretending shes a computer in the hope I will pay attention to her...."

mcsweeny's tackles the pirate interview very well (form 2000). mcsweeny's rocks so hard.

the world needs more britney rock covers. yay for localh.

savant seems like a good idea, but basically just sucks. php is too syntax heavy for templating. a six character sequence to open a tag? ffs

canada is so friendly. i love this site.

tom points to a wonderful study of cartoon characters' skeletal systems. including the power puff girls (yay!)

pricenoia seems kinda cool, but without factoring in custom/import tax it's mostly just a pointless exercise, right? but anyway, buy webb's book!

merriam-webster announces the top ten words of the year. number 1 is blog, ffs. 7. peloton : noun (1951) : the main body of riders in a bicycle race.

word of the day is unkempt: not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.

Any Way the Wind Blows is awesome. very odd.

tinyapps is a great repository of floppy-portable applications.

dlint is really really useful for tracking down dns bugs.

matts points out this nice christmas card. let's hope you all get it ;)

an almost-complete english translation of the french ocaml book is available for free online.