A Geek, Observed

Linux pickup lines

Fingers that beautiful shouldn’t have to type on a keyboard like that. Come back to my place, I have an Extended II.
I’d like to emerge -auNDv my package on your command line.
Let’s get dirty and segfault together.
Is that emacs in your pocket, or are you happy to see me?
Let’s scan each other’s ports, then watch the sun come up after a sleep cycle.
I’d love to see your boot process.
I’ve checked your dependencies, and we call the same libraries. What do you say we try a little interprocess communication?

Used an online tool to rough out what I “should” be saving to put both kids through college & retire at 60. It says: save 3.5× my income.

Just stumbled across the blog of one Dan Hallock, from Washington. He’s a born-again youth pastor. [Headdesk.]

“Destroys odors instantly!” + “Fresh Scent!” So why doesn’t it self-immolate?

Last month: 5th coldest June on record. Today: 88 degrees. WTF Gaia?

Over lunch, flipped off another driver for only the second time in my 12 years of driving. I am a patient man, but he deserved it. :-P

RT @wilw: I mark the occasion of my 10,000th post on Twitter with a small and simple request: please, be honest, honorable, and kind to …

RT @gknauss: I love this country, not because it’s perfect but because it isn’t. It’s constantly changing, and anyone can be the source …