Entries from January 2009 ↓
January 26th, 2009 — brain-candy, the web-wide world
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and DUFF WILSON 8:39 AM ET
The deal creating a pharmaceutical behemoth is the first big merger backed by Wall Street in months.
From the New York Times’ “Extra” box on the Pfizer-Wyeth merger. Times Extra “links you to coverage from other news sources and blogs, directly from our home page.”
January 7th, 2009 — impolite company
Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry.
Porn industry seeks federal bailout « - Blogs from CNN.com
January 7th, 2009 — ear-candy
Talking Heads, 1977 (via jstn via frangry via alexagray)
January 6th, 2009 — brain-candy
Most modern programming languages do not consider white space characters (spaces, tabs and newlines) syntax, ignoring them, as if they weren’t there. We consider this to be a gross injustice to these perfectly friendly members of the character set. Should they be ignored, just because they are invisible? Whitespace is a language that seeks to redress the balance. Any non whitespace characters are ignored; only spaces, tabs and newlines are considered syntax.
From the statement of purpose by the inventor of the programming language Whitespace
(via 10 Most Bizarre Programming Languages Ever Created – NETTUTS)
January 6th, 2009 — why, daddy?
Who knew there were so many kinds of screw heads?
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January 5th, 2009 — eye-candy
January 1st, 2009 — time-wasters
bigskate
We’ve been passing this thing every time we went to visit our friends in Virginia over the past 6 or 7 years. Finally pulled the car over on a gorgeous New Year’s Day afternoon and snapped a couple of shots with the phone-cam.
