It's amazing what turns up when you're cleaning up for a move. We just found (in the office) a book from 1978 that explains how to program in FORTRAN, on PUNCH CARDS.

"Zipporah Farnsworth"

Nothing much to add to that, really.

I hardly talk about this stuff any more, without much reason. I know there's only one other person that might care, and she already knows this stuff. But whatever ( Read more... )

In my ire over the podcasts yesterday, I completely forgot to mention something that made me laugh.
Woman Charged with Running Prostitution Ring. An excerpt:
Elizabeth A. Harrison, 35, was charged with engaging in prostitution and other offenses, police said in a statement. The operation, which police broke up last week, advertised "sexual ( Read more... )

I forgot some Jason quotes from last night!

[Introducing our supplemental musicians for "Phantom of the Opera"]
"We have our harpist, Meredith, on synth bass, our trombonist, Randy, on real bass, and Greg, our percussionist, playing the laptop."

[Talking about The Edge, U2's guitarist]"The Edge once said they had to be the tightest band, because ( Read more... )

Greased-up naked streakers, that is! Or URLs with "naked guy" in them. Or excuses to use the "pants" icon.

"That prank went a little farther than he intended, I guess," [Lt. Jeff] Gaylor said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/30/naked.guy.ap/index.html

During the second movement of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony: "The babbling brook needs to be more roll-y and less rock-y."

Describing a section of Roumain's Harlem Essay with a rock beat: "I'm going to make this part molto pimpioso."

The guy should've been a stand-up comedian ... who only tells jokes to musicians.

Quote from Jason at last night's rehearsal, to the cellos and basses during Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony, The Storm: "Beethoven knows that part is impossible to play. Just make noise."

Quote from Jason during Saturday's Young People's Concert: "This is a piece called "Hoe-down", from Aaron Copland's Rodeo. It's a ballet about... cowboys who ( Read more... )

We seem to have bypassed Spring and gone straight into Summer. It's gotta be 80° outside.

Yep, WBAL is reporting 83°F at BWI. 50s tomorrow, on the other hand.

In other news, RumbleBox is a hell of a lot of fun, even though it's pretty hard to figure out which way your guy is pointing. I wasted too many hours this weekend playing and trying to ( Read more... )