The Oscar nominations were released today.
Jamie Foxx is nominated for best actor and best supporting actor. As far as best pic goes, The Aviator is a bit too frantic to win, Clint Eastwood is depressing, I’m assuming Ray is a character piece, if the voters are in a sappier mood they’ll go with the feel-good Finding Neverland, otherwise they’re likely going through a midlife crisis and will go with the lighter Sideways.
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Free Radio Linux
Free Radio Linux
A radio station broadcasting an audio version of the Linux kernel.
Johnny Carson dies at 79
Johnny Carson dies at 79
NBC said Mr. Carson died of emphysema at his Malibu home.
Death From Above 1979
Went to the Death From Above 1979 show at the Grad Club last night. It was pretty solid, they sounded even heavier live, the building was shaking. When you look up at the tiny stage, it’s hard to believe it’s just two guys making those sounds.
I took a bunch of photos, most of them aren’t that great, but I put up a few of the better ones. It was nice to get out to a show, I don’t think I had seen any good live music in awhile.
Update: A better review of the show. Apparently, the lead singer for Nassau (one of the openers) was a former GBV drummer, although they’ve been through enough of those.
3-Column CSS Layouts
Man, it’s not easy to do 3-column css layouts. There are a bunch of guides and stuff around, I decided to go for the hack method. Basically, I just created a second el-sidebar-grande div, through the old sidebar and the flick bar as floats into that. Anyway, that’s my solution for now.
A Simple Book Repair Manual
A Simple Book Repair Manual
Guides for repairing books.
Enthusiast compositions of the Huygens images
Enthusiast compositions of the Huygens images
Apparently amateurs processed the raw Titan data faster than any of the major agencies.
Hackjob
Did a little hackjob on the site, although it’ll change again soon enough. It seems like all I do is post saying I’m working on the site design. That and quicklinks. Quicklinks are my crutch right now, I should break them off onto the sidebar again. Or not. Blah.
On a separate note, I must express my utter disdain for web-based educational software packages. Namely Knowledge Forum and WebCT. For now, I leave you with this WebCT screenshot. Learning without Limits provided you’re using the right software.
Why Cryptic crosswords are civilization
Why Cryptic Crosswords are Civilization
No-one teaches you how to do crosswords. It is passed on – often within families – from generation to generation.
Elegy for the humorist
Elegy for the humorist
“A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason. Laughter is how we express the anxiety we feel at this knowledge.”
Haggisclopedia
Haggisclopedia
The most common mistaken belief about the haggis is that it is some kind of pudding made from sheep innards.
Redesign soon
This is a hacked-up version of the Kubrick theme that meshed with my old layout. I need to change things up a bit and implement some of the neato things in WordPress. I was getting a lot of comment-spam, so I installed a plugin called Trencaspammers that generates a code that you have to enter (prevents a lot of the robots).
Now I just have to get rid of the spam in my referer logs, riz has provided me with his hacked together script, i just haven’t tried running it yet.