November 2005

TextDrive Sold to Joyent

Posted by Stephen on November 28, 2005 in Internet

TextDrive, the company that hosts this site and FOMPS.NET, was recently sold to Joyent. Is this a good thing? I guess we’ll find out.

Discovering Ruby

Posted by Stephen on November 28, 2005 in Computing, Stuff

I’ve been meaning to learn Ruby for a few years, but never got around to learning. Recently, on an airplane, I started reading the Pickaxe book and was really surprised at how elegant and powerful Ruby is. As an example, here’s a factorial function: def factorial(n)     return (1..n).inject(1) { |x,y| x * y } end All of […]

The Greatest Website Of All Time

Posted by Stephen on November 18, 2005 in Stuff

That than which no greater website could possibly be conceived: Killer Japanese Seizure Robots.

The Collosal Death Robot Test

Posted by Stephen on November 16, 2005 in Egomania, Stuff

Which Colossal Death Robot Are You?Brought to you by Rum and Monkey

Incommunicado

Posted by Stephen on November 9, 2005 in Egomania

I’ll be out of town from Thursday, November 10 until Monday, November 14, and while I’m away I won’t have access to e-mail or a telephone. Just wanted you to know…