Ian Gowen

Friday evening.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:09:31 -0700

Friday evening.

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Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:17:00 -0700

"The main idea of “Inception”: if you run a VM inside a VM inside a VM inside a VM,..."

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:14:36 -0700

“The main idea of “Inception”: if you run a VM inside a VM inside a VM inside a VM, everything will be very slow”

- @myzt

Dancing Plague of 1518

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:10:00 -0700

Dancing Plague of 1518:

The Dancing Plague (or Dance Epidemic) of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, France (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518. Numerous people took to dancing for days without rest, and, over the period of about one month, most of the people died from heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion.

cows & cows & cows

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:53:00 -0700

cows & cows & cows

The Mountain Goats — This Year

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:00:32 -0700

The Mountain Goats — This Year

I spilled coffee on my notepad today.

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:48:12 -0700

I spilled coffee on my notepad today.

Today’s exceptionally refreshing beverage: a dark &...

Sun, 16 May 2010 16:46:28 -0700

Today’s exceptionally refreshing beverage: a dark & stormy.

Radiohead — Karma Police

Sat, 15 May 2010 11:32:13 -0700

Radiohead — Karma Police

de·bug·ger·y. n.

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:20:00 -0700

Sometimes you debug the code, and sometimes the code debugs you.

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Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:09:44 -0700

It’s a beautiful day for scotch.

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:02:08 -0700

It’s a beautiful day for scotch.

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Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:10:42 -0700

A Turing Machine

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:23:00 -0700

A Turing Machine:

Incredible— check out the video.

In Alan Turing’s 1936 paper on computable numbers, he presented a thought experiment. Turing describes a machine that has an infinitely long tape upon which it writes, reads and alters symbols. He further shows that a machine with the correct minimal set of operations can calculate anything that is computable, no matter the complexity.

My goal in building this project was to create a machine that embodied the classic look and feel of the machine presented in Turing’s paper. I wanted to build a machine that would be immediately recognizable as a Turing machine to someone familiar with Turing’s work.

Ninja robbers on rampage in Oregon

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:59:49 -0700

Ninja robbers on rampage in Oregon

(via inky)

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:25:10 -0700

(via inky)

Mr. Scruff — Sweet Smoke I dare you to listen to this...

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:19:20 -0700

Mr. Scruff — Sweet Smoke

I dare you to listen to this without tapping your foot.

Sweden: Black Cobra gang steals selection of small cakes

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:41:01 -0700

Sweden: Black Cobra gang steals selection of small cakes:

“We have conducted raids at a number of addresses and have confiscated cakes,” police spokesperson Charley Nilsson told local newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad.

"Turn your cat over. If there is a zipper, DO NOT OPEN IT. Your cat is an armadillo in a costume...."

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:01:33 -0800

“Turn your cat over. If there is a zipper, DO NOT OPEN IT. Your cat is an armadillo in a costume. Discard.”

- David Malki !

Baked goods banned at bake sales

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:14:00 -0800

Baked goods banned at bake sales:

Nine months after effectively banning most fund-raising food sales in [New York City] schools, a city panel will vote Wednesday on an amended regulation that will allow student groups to sell items like Pop-Tarts and Doritos during the school day, but not brownies, zucchini bread or anything else homemade.

The new regulation is meant as a compromise between the city’s concerns about childhood obesity— which they cite as the reason for the restrictions — and the fund-raising needs of student and parent groups […]

Emphasis mine.