Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Update: It was cute to have the two articles together, but this will be better for googleability and notwastingtimeability. Added information about typing breaks and getting Twhirl. This is also booring, but might be vaguely useful for someone out there. … Continue reading →

For no particular reason I’ve grouped a bunch of movies I’ve seen fairly recently (all in the last year, most in the last few months) into sets of three. Here’s the first set. Zombies! I watched 3 zombie films recently: … Continue reading →

This is another boring tip in case you have to construct a form to send to Rails, and I’m sure it’s documented everywhere: Rails-generated checkboxes return a value of 1 when they’re clicked. That is, the parameters will contain the … Continue reading →

I’m going to share some wonderful things with you now. I’ve saved them up, although my one reader has probably seen them all through my del.icio.us account. I think Christopher Hitchens getting waterboarded is fairly noteworthy. Zadie Smith writes about … Continue reading →

Continuing with the theme of wholesome outdoor athletic activities, Amy and I went to see the Pittsburgh Passion playoff game on Saturday night. It was fun; there was a good crowd; the tickets were $5. The Passion have gone undefeated … Continue reading →

Amy and I rode our bikes in Critical Mass for Pittsburgh, which I didn’t realize is a monthly thing. We didn’t know what to expect at all, but it turned out to be a very mellow and pleasant affair. Some … Continue reading →

Pale bearded guy wants girl. His woman-savvy friend advises him to ditch the beard and get a suntan. “She’ll look at you in a totally new light, man. She’ll be all, who’s this guy?” Guy takes his advice and lays … Continue reading →

The following code requires Alexandria trunk. For more information see Cathal’s article. You can get this file here or as a full gem source package through svn: svn co http://alexandria.rubyforge.org/svn/alexandria/trunk/readinglist . $:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__)   =begin   This is a sample … Continue reading →