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May 29, 2007
Yes, I'm recycling 12-year-old memes. So sue me.
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If you find it necessary to know what all that means, here you go. And I apologize to all of you who are too young to know what a beast VMS is, or how OS/2 was supposed to rule the world and leave Windows in the dust, or all of that. But honestly, it's surprising how much of that code holds up...
(And every now and again, WWdN:iX is a nifty read.)
Posted by Chuck at 09:19 PM | TrackBack
May 24, 2007
Project Playlist
So this Project Playlist thing allows you to search for mp3's that are stashed on deep, dark corners of the web (disclaimer: legality of mp3s is not tested, this thing just harvests the raw data stashed somewhere...and there's enough raw data in the form of songs enough different places that something like this can work) and loads everything into a nifty playlist that looks something like this:
(Note: If you're on Facebook, you probably don't see the flash file there. You'll just have to go to the big-blog to see the thing in its glory.)
And yes, I picked all 26 of those songs. I won't promise you'll like everything there, but I hope you'll find something in there that's nifty to you.
Posted by Chuck at 08:31 PM | TrackBack
May 10, 2007
Why I love the quiz bowl game...
...from NINETEEN SIXTY SIX, people. (And the question format you'll hear is IDENTICAL to the much-maligned format used in College Bowl tournaments today.)
The matchup is Princeton University, whose reputation as an academic power in everything pretty much preceeds itself...
...and Agnes Scott College, which most people watching this match probably had never heard of.
(Shorter College people: please note the introduction of Agnes Scott's captain at about the 1:20 mark. Malinda Snow, REPRESENT.)
I'll go ahead and embed ALL THREE parts of the game, complete with commercials, and not give away the result if you've not seen this match. But if you don't have the time, go to the last embed (from the beginning if you like sung quiz bowl answers) and pick it up at about the 2:10 mark, at Agnes Scott 130-120 Princeton. The game is CLOSE. The game will get CLOSER.
(Permalinks for all three parts of the game.)