2014-07-01 : Random Geekery

Activity Log

Happy Canada Day! As a special present, you can have Hobby Lobby! No really. Take it. Please.

Headphones on. White Stripes playing. Making stuff.

Well the wasps are out in force. Too bad I don’t have window screens. Or A/C so we can close the windows.

I am as Canadian as a beaver. Sorry about that. Find out how Canadian you are at

via @mtlgazette

Breathe.

Primus “To Defy The Laws of Tradition” plays at coffee shop and I am overwhelmed by nostalgia. Then they switch tracks & I’m fine now.

83F in the apartment at the moment. Probably no time to visit the pool, but perhaps later we can swim in the lake.

He made his Python tests pass with this ONE WEIRD TRICK.

No really. Don’t forget to cast your Python variables before making that assertEquals() call.

What do I miss most when not using Perl? I was going to say “lexical scoping,” but actually “useful error messages.”

I’m told the secret to great comedy is timing.

Ice cream break.

Ice cream break is over.

Rinsing myself under cold water because I started sticking to the table. Sweat. Yay?

We’ve hit the #pantsoffforproductivity stage of the day.

I’ve C-s’d enough times in my life that I finally remembered C-q makes it stop.

First make some tests pass. Then refactor. Doing it the other way around always screws me up.

ok no more copy pasta im full refactor now pls.

Break time. Go walkies.