I explain technical hoo-hah for a living, so if you’re a mite confused by Yahoo! Pipes (which the tech world is currently going on and on about), go take a peek at the article I just wrote — Pipes Explained — on Global Nerdy.
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Yet another pic courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
I should probably go post this photo on the Catmas blog.
This one’s for the programmers: I’ve started a one-man project to write libraries of PHP wrapper functions for the Tucows APIs called “Project Ash”. It’s named after “Ash” from the Evil Dead series of movies; he was one guy with a chainsaw trying to make a difference. If your eyes haven’t yet glazed over, go check out this article on the blog I’m paid to write for: the Tucows Blog.
Speaking as the owner of “The Taint” — that’s my name for the laptop given to me by Microsoft — I can say that this Mac ad is only a mild exaggeration of the “Cancel or Allow” dialog boxes that you’ll often see when running Windows Vista:
(This article was cross-posted to Global Nerdy.)
This is the number one Google Image Search result for “bris”.
I’ve just come from the bris of Gabriel David Maxwell Stevenson, Deenster’s and Chris’ son. I would have to say that there are two major differences between a bris and a baptism:
- Less screaming from the baby. I was expecting more! My guess is that thanks to the modern miracle of local freezing anaesthetic, the incision’s less of a shock than having cold water poured over your head.
- More wincing from the attendees. There wasn’t a guy in the room who didn’t wince a little, and I could’ve sworn I saw a few castration revenge-fantasy smirks on the faces of the womenfolk in attendance. But maybe that’s just because of Freudian peni– er, I mean fixation.
The ceremony was lovely, and the Ginger Ninja and I would like to thank Deenster and Chris for allowing us to be part of the mitzvah. Mazel tov!
So now I’m at work in a vest and tie, and people are wondering if I’m interviewing for another job. I’ve explained that if I did dress up for this morning’s ceremony, my mother would’ve sensed that I entered a house of worship improperly dressed and would’ve used her mental powers to smite me from a distance. Besides, it’s nice to dress up once in a while.
Congratulations, baby Gabriel!
Related Reading
Judaism 101’s “Birth and the First Month of Life”.
The script for the Seinfeld episode “The Bris”. Do not watch this episode before a bris.
The Suit Rant. An article I wrote back in August 2002: “This is going to sound superficial, old-fashioned and judgemental, but I’m going to say it anyway: Gentlemen, you need to own at least one suit in order to be a grown-up.”
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Not Your Everyday Road Signs
Here’s one of a set of interesting joke road signs that some designers in Reno came up with:
Click the picture to see more signs!
Want to see more? They’re here.
Here’s a picture that’s getting a lot of “up” votes on Reddit:
I find it very heartening that there’s a Mexican cantina where friendly security guards help people having troubles with their self-identity.