I'm working on getting my Linux computer talking to a Lego Mindstorms NXT brick for my Real-Time Systems Development class, but I'm having a little bit of trouble getting over the final hurdle of actually being able to upload compiled code to it. In one of the howtos that I've sought out, I came across the following gem:

You MAY or MAY NOT have ( Read more... )

I'm working on my final project, which is due on Friday, but took time out to say goodnight to gipsieee. We snuggled in bed for a bit and talked about Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken. As I climbed out of bed to return to my project, I told her I'd be back in an hour or so unless I got really caught up in things, which got me the following in response ( Read more... )

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R: Why do they call it a syntax?
R: I mean, why apply a tax to syns?
T: Because if you don't pay your syntax, horrible things will happen to your grammar, and I assume you care enough about your relatives that you wouldn't want that to happen.

If you haven't yet, you should go meet CADIE. She seems nice, and I think she'll fit right in ^_^

W I N

And in related news, I've finally figured out what I'm going to do with the USB drive whose case broke. Just as soon as I work out how to dremel a rock.

"All right then, what do you have here?"

"Ha! You'll like this. Have a look!"

"What, you mean this little pebble here?"

"Precisely! Oop, careful though, under no circumstances do you want to set it off accidentally!"

"Oh? What is it?"

"I call it 'Solid Phlogiston'!"

"Oh come now, the theory of phlogiston was disproven a few years ago ( Read more... )

Moby Dick II: Whaling and Gnashing of Teeth

From an exchange between myself and gipsieee a few days ago during which she was attempting to convince me to knit myself a hat instead of buying one, and I was offering protestations as to why this was probably not a good plan for me ( Read more... )

Amused at this quotation from TigerDirect regarding an AMD Athlon 42 X2 4200+ CPU:
"Dual-core technology is like having two processors, and two working together is better and faster than one working alone."

Today's Source: Girl Genius

( Cut for slight spoilerage--it doesn't actually give anything away, but it works EVEN BETTER in context ^_^ (and speaking of context, if you're just joining us, they're in the middle of a non-canon Steampunk Cinderella story arc) )