Doop de doo...

Jun 12

Google I/O Conference Videos

Videos of every talk given at Google’s I/O conference (Google’s developer conference, equivalent to Apple’s WWDC) from a couple weeks ago.

Apr 28

The Writing on the Wall

Seen on a whiteboard in a hallway at Google:

You are in a twisty maze of offices, all alike.
You have
Laptop
Backpack
> I want to cast Magic Missile
You do not have a wand in your inventory
> Summon flying armadillo
The flying armadillo is here, flapping its scaly wings
> Polish armadillo
Nope, it’s from Germany
> Serve armadillo
Armadillo gets served
> Am I at Microsoft?
You see a long, dark hallway with no light in sight (Yes)

Mar 17

My location in the bay area over the last three months.

Mar 13

Feb 27

A Note

So, why so little out of my dump of web activity is actually written by me instead of click-of-a-button shared from other systems:

My arms hurt.

Mac keyboards are bad for my muscles.

Feb 16

Dogs chasing dogs

So, this is something I wrote up to answer an itching question about four dogs in a field. After a figuring out the question, I kinda went nuts and had fun with this.

Click anywhere to reset the simulation.

What’s happening?:

There are a bunch of dogs.
Each dog is chasing one other dog (and thus, each dog is being chased by a dog).
Dogs move at a constant speed.
Dogs have a small tendency to move towards the center of the screen.
Dogs move toward the dog they’re chasing as quickly as possible unless the dog that is chasing them is too close.
Dogs get very frightened of and run away from the dog that’s chasing them when they get too close.

Feb 13

Nuclear weapons are always terrifying.

Feb 8

Jan 16

Want.

Thanks Jeremy!

Jan 14

Carla Bruni

I’m profoundly jealous of ever French man, woman, and child that they live in a country where Carla Bruni will likely be the president’s wife.