http://pigsflew.com Realization of a Dream Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:46:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1) I like interesting photography. 2) I am a stumbler. 3) Most websites allow comments now. 4) The internet is filled with goons and other silly people. As I was stumbling through the internet a moment ago I came across an interesting photo of an underwater restaurant that is enclosed entirely in glass such ... http://pigsflew.com/archives/546 A lady just called me on my work phone asking if I was an engineer or an IT person. "I'm an engineer," I said, thinking perhaps it was someone else in Newton looking to contact IT. She then asked if I could give her the number of one of the ... http://pigsflew.com/archives/531 I was writing a quick script and needed to modify a url quickly to change the fields on a url. def url_get_field ( url, field ) m=/.*[&?]#{field}=(.+?)(&.*)/.match(url) n=/.*[&?]#{field}=(.+)/.match(url) if !m.nil? return m[1] elsif !n.nil? return n[1] else ... http://pigsflew.com/archives/526 John FX Gaquin wrote at 2:47pm I'm posting this from a browser running on a live cd image loaded in a virtual machine running on my desktop that i'm using through RDP from the VM image running on the linux machines at work. http://pigsflew.com/archives/495 In the current presidential campaigns, the energy crisis always receives top billing in debates, interviews, and pundit musings--but few people ask exactly why it is imperative that we handle this now, and nobody talks about why we should handle it without oil at all. The problem of oil is multifaceted. As ... http://pigsflew.com/archives/492 Dear Senator, I read in the paper the other day, yet another voter remarking their impression that "A vote for Hillary is just another vote for Bill, and he's had his chance." This common logic must be absolutely infuriating for you. Over the years you have shown yourself an incredibly intelligent, ... http://pigsflew.com/archives/488 Us. Television Viewers. Now in reality, I watch exactly two television shows that have not been cancelled, and two television shows besides. The two that aren't over yet are Heroes (NBC) and Battlestar: Galactica (Sci-Fi). The two that are were Firefly (FOX) and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC). Given this ... http://pigsflew.com/archives/482 I want to walk you through something I read a while ago and have been stewing on since. From October 18th in Wired Magazine, a robotic cannon killed nine people and wounded fourteen others. They wrote that these machines are supposed to select and aim at a target, and "[wait] only ... http://pigsflew.com/archives/480 Don Reisinger of CNet News.com wrote an article appearing on Slashdot today that talks about linux and its place in the consumer market. He illustrates a dichotomy between two different types of linux developers, but his conclusions are off-base. According to Reisinger, linux has either three directions from here: 1. Become ... http://pigsflew.com/archives/479 When the day came, I went to the spot and waited. And I seriously pity anyone who didn't go. They had jugglers. Live music. The best jungle gym ever. There were playpen balls and random toys. There was a mattress that got signed by Randall and I jumped off the jungle gym ... http://pigsflew.com/archives/478