July 2011
39 posts
“Errors in the Story:
On day 16 it says
“On the sixteenth day, Rani was...”
– errors in “One Grain of Rice” ::
http://www.exploringbinary.com/1073741823-grains-of-rice/
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signs indicating a bottle of wine has been heat...
extreme acidity.
tastes too alcoholic due to lack of other flavors (one dimensional).
sometimes tastes bitter or sour.
sometimes has a granular consistency (usually with older wines).
swelled or cracked cork (often misshaped after removal).
after a trip out of the country i returned home to find that a bottle of wine had been heat damaged while in our apartment. you should be able to see...
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12 hours until Mexico and google maps can’t find our villa…
Tumblr Engineering: Staircar: Redis-powered... →
Well said and of course, well done.
engineering:
Soon after I started at Tumblr all the way back in May, I was tasked with reworking our aging notifications system. A notification is the item that shows up in your dashboard, interleaved with posts, that tells you that another Tumblr blog reblogged or liked one of your posts or started following…
HANDSOME CODE: On Project Management →
handsomecode:
I had a conversation with Tyler about project management software the other day, because I invited him to start using Asana to start keeping track of features and ideas for our app.
Tyler was vehemently opposed to any kind of project management software.
Having used a number of tools…
NPR Music is on Tumblr now →
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aws ruby sdk →
thirdygarcia asked: yow. what's up?
/geek: mschenck: codingjester reblogged your post:... →
this is why we can’t have nice things.
mschenck:
codingjester reblogged your post: david: I have no fucking idea what to do when I…
Or scream in complete terror. Possibly falling into a fetal position.
C’mon buddy, it’s not Emacs … the worst you can do (with out a hello of a lot of bad luck) is ruin that one…
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Tumblr Engineering: Welcome, Fellow Nerds →
tumblr engineering blog!
engineering:
Tumblr grew tremendously in the past year. In the last twelve months, the number of pages we serve daily has more than quintupled, while our small team continues to roll out huge new aspects of the platform. The story of the humbling growth of our creative communities has been well told. Up until…
google bought postrank →
“Microfortnight
One unit derived from the FFF system of units is the...”
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measurement#Microfortnight
Watchyou really have to watch out for those haboobs.
whetheritmatters:
The haboob that recently moved through Phoenix on video.
haboob |həˈboōb|
noun
a violent and oppressive wind blowing in summer, esp. in Sudan, bringing sand from the desert.
“I’m the original author of MMM and I completely agree with you. Every time I try...”
– what’s wrong with mmm? (via intertubz)
testing ruby logger output using rspec →
