tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298863232008-06-05T10:42:18.561+01:00Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-69954010648531800482008-06-05T10:42:00.001+01:002008-06-05T10:42:18.592+01:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ERbvKrH-GC4&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ERbvKrH-GC4&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-30919063688116690052008-05-25T16:48:00.002+01:002008-05-30T11:57:13.326+01:00<p><a href= http://biggestdrawingintheworld.com/">Biggest Drawing in the World</a></p> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/irDEzQovftM"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/irDEzQovftM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <p>Update: in retrospect, it <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2038701/'Biggest-drawing-in-world'-revealed-as-hoax.html">was rather far-fetched</a></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-33092374506890420272008-04-08T23:20:00.002+01:002008-04-08T23:20:58.439+01:00<blockquote> Now that I am a full-time Ruby developer, I have found The One True Way. I will take everything that DHH says as gospel. I will take every opportunity to heap scorn upon .NET and Java programmers. I will never admit that Ruby or Rails have any flaws. I will listen to Kraftwerk, read Manga and drink café lattes on the train. I will polish my MacBook daily and queue up to buy any new iterations of the iPod. I will watch Apple WWDC videos the very millisecond they become available on the web. Any time someone shows me a code example I will later send them a rewrite in Ruby to show how elegant it could be. This is the Ruby on Rails oath. </blockquote> <p><a href="http://clintonforbes.blogspot.com/2008/04/self-examination-of-masochistic.html">Clinton Forbes</a></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-10989484618994392352008-03-13T12:01:00.001Z2008-03-13T12:03:35.437Z<p><a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/254-ludacris-rap-map-of-us-area-codes/"><img width="400" src="/img/finalareacodesbig.gif" alt="Area Codes In Which Ludacris Claims to Have Hoes" /></a></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-29558184996040418032008-02-02T23:29:00.000Z2008-02-02T23:30:13.164Z<p> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yoN6XfyQsr4&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yoN6XfyQsr4&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> </p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-71658069571514268842008-01-21T00:02:00.001Z2008-01-21T00:08:38.477Z<blockquote>PHP takes the worse-is-better approach to dazzling new depths</blockquote> <p>-- Larry Wall</p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-58938593749787240472007-10-24T11:25:00.001+01:002007-10-26T22:57:33.607+01:00<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yL_-1d9OSdk&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yL_-1d9OSdk&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <p><a href="/s6.pdf">Chicken Chicken</a></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-10875115770028707532007-10-22T20:45:00.000+01:002007-10-22T20:46:55.513+01:00<p>' ... the question "Can machines think?" is regularly raised; we can - and should - deal with that by pointing out that it is just as relevant as the equally burning question "Can submarines swim?"'</p> <p><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD09xx/EWD936.html">prof. dr. Edsger W. Dykstra, Austin, 23 September 1985</a>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-54356505168066312822007-10-19T14:59:00.000+01:002007-10-19T15:00:00.019+01:00<p><a href="http://beautifulcode.oreillynet.com/2007/10/writing_your_last_forloop.php">When did you last write a for loop?</a></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-74169612651061463702007-10-11T10:50:00.001+01:002007-10-11T10:50:52.891+01:00<p><a href="http://freeshells.ch/~revence/par.txt">Write Me A Small Program</a></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-64046311373873188492007-09-21T19:28:00.000+01:002007-09-21T19:29:24.546+01:00<p><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2T5_0AGdFic"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2T5_0AGdFic" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lRZ8iq6sukA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lRZ8iq6sukA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-25414706525713406062007-09-19T20:10:00.000+01:002007-09-19T20:12:57.223+01:00<p>Oh yah, <a href="http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3458764513820561204">LOL is a word now</a>. Not an abbreviation. I told you.</p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-54043715392168279122007-09-19T11:34:00.000+01:002007-09-19T11:37:18.489+01:00<p><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Jfcpa_x4Lg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Jfcpa_x4Lg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p> <p><a href="http://www.blublu.org/">blublu.org</a></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-38944924881031177622007-09-15T01:15:00.001+01:002007-09-15T01:15:45.356+01:00<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault_tolerance">“Byzantine generals” redirects here. For actual Byzantine generals, see Category:Byzantine generals.</a></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-25531430925706976042007-08-29T19:44:00.001+01:002007-08-29T19:44:42.169+01:00<p><a href="http://alarmingdevelopment.org/?p=79">Ugly Code</a></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-30596993965290091522007-07-27T16:46:00.001+01:002007-07-27T16:48:01.658+01:00<p><a href="http://www.traintimes.org.uk/map/">traintimes.org.uk/map</a></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-11481314057362815132007-07-24T00:53:00.000+01:002007-07-24T00:56:47.859+01:00<p>The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.</p> <p>It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.</p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-32381276198212164052007-06-20T11:39:00.000+01:002007-06-20T11:41:05.881+01:00<p><a href="http://www.extate.co.uk/">extate</a></p> <p>Very nice. Programmed by Imperial College grads. <a href="http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~dvd03/publicExtate/extate.pdf">Paper</a>.</p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-2603423803992677172007-06-15T17:40:00.000+01:002007-06-15T17:43:28.744+01:00<p><a href="http://www.adverbox.com/bbc-2/"><img src="/img/bbc-world-america.jpg" alt="BBC World American advertisement" width="400" /></a></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-54814701160870490772007-06-11T21:49:00.000+01:002007-06-11T21:50:20.335+01:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s-DqZ8jAmv0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s-DqZ8jAmv0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> <p>Seadragon and Photosynth</p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-9607330443999606242007-05-25T22:33:00.000+01:002007-05-25T22:34:32.512+01:00<p><a href="http://www.lost.eu/4d253">www.lost.eu/4d253</a></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-64925943693255401172007-05-25T01:03:00.000+01:002007-05-25T01:05:05.347+01:00<p><img src="/img/avit-spirit-levels.jpg" alt="Picture of spirit level advertising" title="As accurate as spirit levels; three times the price" /></p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-68290958379871290502007-04-21T20:47:00.000+01:002007-04-21T20:50:26.198+01:00<blockquote> I took one from Thom Yorke<br /> And another one from Bj&ouml;rk<br /> And please I need publicity - take me to court </blockquote> <p>(<a href="http://bluebones.net/NoSurprises-TheRealRiffRaff.mp3">No Suprises</a> - <a href="http://myspace.com/therealriffraff/">The Real Riff Raff</a>)</p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-27233362981135073972007-04-05T00:01:00.000+01:002007-04-21T20:51:50.982+01:00<p>Playing poker online at pokerroom.com I "overheard" two French people typing in the French equivalent to Txt Spk. "c" for "c'est" and "oci" for "aussi". And "dsl" for "je suis desole".</p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29886323.post-84467875378978565342007-03-28T16:04:00.000+01:002007-03-28T16:06:42.892+01:00<p>My fianc&eacute;e sent me a message ending in "xxxxxxxxxxxx" (for kisses). Gmail's adsense says:</p> <p><img src="/img/ebay-gaysex.png" alt="eBay Gay Sex Xxxx Feed Your Passion" width="228" height="134" /></p> <p>Nice.</p>Thomas David Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02695359291235608929noreply@blogger.com