Ian Gowen

Spring.

Wed, 02 May 2012 12:16:12 -0700

Spring.

"Palmer wore a full beard when he moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1830 and was abused for it and..."

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:54:00 -0700

“Palmer wore a full beard when he moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1830 and was abused for it and told he “should be prosecuted for wearing such a monstrosity.” One day a minister refused him communion, so he took a drink of the communion wine himself. A few days later, a group of men seized him and tried to shave his beard. He cut two of them with a knife while preventing them from shaving him. … Palmer died in 1875, by which time beards had become widely fashionable. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in North Leominster and his grave marker bears a portrait of him bearded with the inscription “Persecuted for Wearing the Beard”.”

- Wikipedia

"I believe your skills like C++, Java, and programming would be an excellent fit to our engineering..."

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:09:39 -0700

“I believe your skills like C++, Java, and programming would be an excellent fit to our engineering team.”

- From an actual recruiting message I received from LinkedIn on LinkedIn (yo dawg).

“It was Barbara, there’s no such name as...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:13:00 -0700

“It was Barbara, there’s no such name as ‘Brahbara’”

(☃ ckolderup, I think)

Photo

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:47:24 -0700

Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory, Ontario, Canada

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:39:00 -0700

Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory, Ontario, Canada

Photo

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:57:08 -0800

Does your workplace have a life-size TARDIS?

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:12:37 -0800

Does your workplace have a life-size TARDIS?

Mmmmm squid.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:55:04 -0800

Mmmmm squid.

Our office’s most awesome dog.

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:32:15 -0800

Our office’s most awesome dog.

Someone suggest some pseudomeaningful text to put on this photo

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:21:00 -0800

Someone suggest some pseudomeaningful text to put on this photo

Great sunset tonight in the ‘Burgh.

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:15:55 -0800

Great sunset tonight in the ‘Burgh.

11/22/2011

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:16:02 -0800

11/22/2011

“Allan and Dinah Procter with their white wyandotte bantam...

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:52:00 -0800

“Allan and Dinah Procter with their white wyandotte bantam hen which won first prize for its breed at the Poultry Club’s 2011 national show in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire” (h/t)

I love the internet.

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:36:20 -0800

I love the internet.

Um, guys? I think we bought a car or something.

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:24:29 -0700

Um, guys? I think we bought a car or something.

R.I.P., the movie camera: 1888-2011

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:20:44 -0700

R.I.P., the movie camera: 1888-2011

cf.

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:39:00 -0700

cf.

why GNU grep is fast

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:50:00 -0700

why GNU grep is fast:

The key to making programs fast is to make them do practically nothing.

My wife was Googling my name and we discovered that I have an entry on IMDb. That means, if you...

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:33:38 -0700

My wife was Googling my name and we discovered that I have an entry on IMDb. That means, if you allow video games as connections, that I have a Bacon Number of 3 (via Ben Stiller).