http://paulgoscicki.com Random pieces of code, thoughts and movie reviews Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:38:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First, there was cellphone monster. Now there's popcorn too: What will come next? (via Ma.tt) http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2008/06/cellphone-popcorn/ Scary! http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2008/06/cellphone-monster/ One minute video that irreversibly changes you forever. Don't watch it. Ever. If you do, however, remeber to videotape your reaction. http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2008/05/2girls1cup/ - A bit tight under the arms, don't you think? - Traditional fit, sir. One can't raise one's arms above one's head. It tends to inhibit any impulsive acts of surrender. I was laughing very hard. Quote from The Bank Job (2008). http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2008/05/on-tradition/ It's been 1,5 years since the release of v1.4 of WP Movie Ratings plugin. Actually, there are not that many changes in version 1.5. Following the tradition, odd minor version numbers are more or less maintenance releases, witout any big features. Here is the changelog: added option to add movies without rating ... http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2008/05/wp-movie-ratings-v15-released/ The above picture comes from Steve Yegge's Egomania. There's also his great post Dynamic Languages Strike Back. Both recommended reads. http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2008/05/on-static-typing/ It kind of reminded me of one particular monkey... http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2008/05/drunkn-sex/ Some minor problems: /etc/default/locale has been deleted (wtf?). Needed to be recreated. Both /etc/timezone and /etc/localtime have been deleted. Needed to recreate the links. /etc/updatedb.conf has been deleted. Needed to be copied from another machine. and one major one: klogd now takes 5 minutes to start, which means I have to wait 5 minutes after ... http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2008/04/upgrading-ubuntu-to-804-hardy-heron-ugh/ Donald Knuth: Premature optimization is the root of all evil. Ezra Zygmuntowicz: Postmature optimization is the root of all hosting bills. (via) http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2008/04/on-optimization/ Think you could help? http://paulgoscicki.com/archives/2008/04/stop-global-warming/