Musings of a Mad Computer Scientist

just returned from a ride up and down the Columbia Gorge, up to The Dalles. forgot my camera, but it...

Sep 27th

Also, I’ve hooked up with two old friends this week, and still can have the same quality...

Sep 26th

reduced my Squeak mailing list subscriptions to just the daily digest of the main list, which I...

Sep 26th

[slate-language] http://bit.ly/RkYmh Brian T. Rice - 1 commits

Sep 26th

Belated meeting report: The PDX geospatial user group had a great talk about cave-mapping, GIS, and...

Sep 26th

Linus Torvalds is playing pool upstairs at this #linuxcon party. But I think they picked the wrong...

Sep 23rd

a commute that goes east in the morning and west in the evening is kind of painful on the eyes when...

Sep 22nd

Huh! Benadryl is listed as a valid #psoriasis treatment. which I kind of knew, but never guessed it...

Sep 22nd

is somehow the product of a damaged war veteran and a burned out white witch, and a lot of...

Sep 22nd

bored, and not interested in the major scheduled events tonight…

Sep 19th

Home Internet access out for 48 hours now. I might call Comcast tomorrow about it. @pdxfunc may have...

Sep 16th

back in pdx after a weekend in Seattle and a ride through Mt. Rainer and Mt. St. Helens parks. My...

Sep 14th

abhishek.geek.nz - Before you start learning...

Sep 9th

checked out Ground Kontrol tonight, watched gamers play RockBand Beatles surprisingly well, played...

Sep 9th

ɹǝʎɐls ɟo ʎɐp lɐuoıʇɐu *nod*

Sep 9th

"Anonymized" data really isn't—and here's why...

Sep 9th

SmallRuby

Sep 8th

Clamato: A Smalltalk Dialect for JavaScript

Sep 8th

The 3 key parts of news stories you usually...

Sep 8th

spent last night and this morning with returning friends and girlfriend from Burning Man, on their...

Sep 8th

technical manuals and howto’s should never use words like “obvious”, or omit...

Sep 8th

just replaced my stolen carbon fiber helmet with a slightly heavier, but quieter helmet (due to...

Sep 7th

Slate VM optimization work this weekend… using a new version of it in C++, and piping profile...

Sep 7th

the weather’s so crazy today. gusts at all times and heavy rain followed by beautiful...

Sep 7th

Dynamic Web Development with Seaside

Sep 7th

Tonight’s ADVrider meetup was quite good. I learned a lot. And wish TwistedEdge a great...

Sep 4th

My V-Strom is within a day ride of 20,000 miles on the odometer at 20 months old. Maybe I will go...

Sep 4th

Ugh. I exited a movie theatre to discover that my helmet and gloves were stolen right off of my...

Sep 3rd

the ride home was slow, circuitous, and extra scary. There’s a reason you want your head...

Sep 3rd

RT @ciphergoth:Brilliant - elliptical wing biplane. http://is.gd/2NBGN wings are smaller and firmer;...

Sep 2nd

At #pdxrb to learn some things about the Puppet DSL and maybe swap info with VM hackers

Sep 2nd

oops, no Luke and no Puppet tonight at #pdxrb

Sep 2nd

I’m not sure how CouchDB is a win for anyone not limited to “the cloud”

Sep 2nd