23 January 2010

Conjugaciones de Tugger (un poco irregular)

I conjugated our cat, Tugger:

  presente pretérito futuro imperativo
yo tuggo tuggí tuggeré  
tuggues tuggiste tuggerás tuggué
Ud. / él / ella tuggue tuggió tuggerá tugga
nosotros tugguemos tuggimos tuggeremos tuggamos
Uds. / ellos / ellas tugguen tuggieron tuggerán tuggan

That's right. This is cat blogging at its finest.

Tugger!

by Scott Carpenter on 23 January 2010 at 9:34 pm
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21 January 2010

findr: a GNU/Unix 'find' helper

I've been more aggressive lately about creating helper scripts and aliases for common tasks, and I liked this find helper enough to want to share it. I find that I often do filename searches like this:
find -iname "*some_word*"
That's not so bad to type, but why not make it even easier for my, and maybe your [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 21 January 2010 at 9:41 pm
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20 December 2009

Soup Saver Scoop

Please allow me a promotional post. I don't get a kickback or anything from this other than some potential FNPs (Favorite Nephew Points).
My Aunt Sharon is selling these super Soup Saver Scoops:

She is retired and has started up a business to sell these things. She came up with the idea based on an old utensil [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 20 December 2009 at 11:04 am
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19 December 2009

bytesore: a web site or computer program that is unpleasant, ugly, or offensive

I'd like to propose the word "bytesore" to be used as a digital variant of "eyesore."
Possible definitions:
bytesore: A web site, service, or computer program that is unpleasant or ugly or offensive.
bytesore: A displeasing web site or computer program; one that is prominently ugly or unsightly.
Example usage: movingtofreedom.org is a disgusting, wretched bytesore.
Here's a short link [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 19 December 2009 at 3:33 pm
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12 December 2009

Little Boxes at Night, by Trey Ratcliff

Little Boxes at Night, by Trey Ratcliff
License: Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike
I love Trey Ratcliff's HDR photography, and I'm grateful that he releases almost all of it with a Creative Commons license. While the non-commercial clause may not be ideal for free culture enthusiasts, I think it's still pretty cool to share so much [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 12 December 2009 at 8:02 pm
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8 December 2009

Music of the URB: Chiron Beta Prime

Christmas music to bring cheer to the CPUs of Robot Revolutionaries:

Jonathan Coulton, Chiron Beta Prime
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by Scott Carpenter on 8 December 2009 at 9:20 pm
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7 December 2009

Underground Robot Revolution

At work I often complain bitterly about how The Man wants us to be a bunch of compliant robots.
In defiance, another robot and I are organizing an Underground Robot Revolution (URB). Resistance is currently taking shape in the form of idle IM conversations and writing "URB" on conference room whiteboards.
Our day will come.
You might think [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 7 December 2009 at 10:12 pm
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