http://jonathanryan.org Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:14:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I recently added Stumble to my browser...  and by recently, I mean yesterday.  I promptly spent four or five hours just clicking that little button and finding new corners of the internet.  Just yesterday, I bookmarked a dozen interesting new sites.  So, you know what that means.  Linkdump! http://www.anxietyculture.com/contents.htm This is ... http://jonathanryan.org/2008/03/26/stumbleupon-consumes-my-soul/ jon@jon-desktop:~/greptest$ echo "test" > blah jon@jon-desktop:~/greptest$ echo "foo" > "-v" jon@jon-desktop:~/greptest$ grep foo * test jon@jon-desktop:~/greptest$ grep test * jon@jon-desktop:~/greptest$ echo "foo" > bar jon@jon-desktop:~/greptest$ grep test * bar:foo jon@jon-desktop:~/greptest$ grep foo * blah:test Now try fixing it.  -v is the verbose flag for pretty much anything. http://jonathanryan.org/2008/02/29/oops-i-broke-grep/ I found this receipt today: I have no memory of buying any of this, but I think it is the most amusing receipt I have ever seen. http://jonathanryan.org/2008/02/14/i-bought-a-baby-at-the-dollar-store/ Tonight Hal suggested I make a Pandora station of nothing but artists with foods in their names.  Here is the result: Food Radio The bands: A Taste Of Honey An Emotional Fish Artichoke Black Grape Blind Lemon Jefferson Blue Oyster Cult Bowling For Soup Bread Cake Casper & The Cookies Cherry Poppin' Daddies Chuck Berry Cookie Galore Cream Electric Prunes Fiona Apple Goldie & the Gingerbreads Green Jelly Hall & ... http://jonathanryan.org/2008/02/14/food-radio-on-pandora/ I read XKCD, a brilliant web comic, regularly. Recently I decided to write a simple simulation based on one of his older comics. Here is an excerpt showing exactly what I simulated: I threw the simulation together in JavaScript rather quickly, so it isn't at all elegant and ... http://jonathanryan.org/2008/02/08/raptor-attack-simulation/ There's a place in Kalamazoo we like to go to.  I used to describe it to people by saying: "It's like a bunch of computer students built a little shop for themselves to chill out in.  Electrical outlets all around the walls, wired in stereo system, tables all over, arcade ... http://jonathanryan.org/2008/02/04/rocket-scrabble/ Today at work I've been reading a book online instead of working. It is Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge, and so far I haven't been able to stay away from it for more than a few minutes. You can find a copy online here, but it is definitely ... http://jonathanryan.org/2008/01/23/rainbows-end/ One of my favorite puzzle games is online at Random Good Stuff!  You can also get it for the DS, which is tempting even though I don't have one.  I'd just have to steal my girlfriend's. Link http://jonathanryan.org/2007/12/09/play-picross-online-yay/ Over Dinner Fiction by Hal Wierzbicki Glasses clinked and plates clattered, adding to his tension. He wondered if he’d be able to do it tonight. “So ... http://jonathanryan.org/2007/10/28/late-night-story-posting/ Via Neatorama http://jonathanryan.org/2007/10/23/bruce-lee-vs-chuck-norris/