Take a little while and watch this YouTube video about Ada Lovelace. I had no idea she was the daughter of Lord Byron, and I didn’t know about her deep friendship with Charles Babbage. All I knew was that a computer language inherited her name.
I’m watching an episode of The Orville (title “Primal Urges”), and the writers threw in one of those random funnies just now, and I had to share.
What a dick!
Kelly Grayson
Eh. He’s a walking Speak & Spell. Screw him.
Ed Mercer
A thought that I just shared with a friend:
There’s a distinct difference between denotation and connotation, and I hate the “sledgehammer-like language” that I have to use when I’m forced to pretend that connotation doesn’t exist.
–Jeff McClure, 31 July 2023
At any particular moment, I could say I’m in either an “Up Mood” or a “Down Mood”. I need to stop wasting my “Up Moods”. It’s not useful (in this case) for me to try to figure out “the why”. I should, instead, be having fun during my “Up Moods”.
You know, it’s pretty obvious to me that for the 1986 model year, both the Chevrolet Monte Carlo and the Buick Regal (and, thus, the Buick Grand National) were built on the same GM platform.
The car I learned how to drive in was a 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Luxury Sport. 😉
Have you ever been so “taken” with a movie that you just had to write about it? On one hand, I realize that it’s pretty much so good of a story… so transparent, that plenty of folks are going to roll their eyes and dismiss it. Honestly, though, it just hit me really “hard in the feels”.
Wait until you have about 30 free minutes, and then watch (and listen to) this YouTube video. After that, read the rest of this post.
I just had a “déjà vu moment”. I’ve been catching up on the TV series “Eureka“, and I just finished watching the last episode. Trevor Grant (played by James Callis) asked Henry Deacon (played by Joe Morton) if he wants to “change the world”.
My mind instantly went back to the line that Steve Jobs used on John Sculley (“Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or do you want to come with me and change the world?”).
I made a post in my previous web log over 15 years ago, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. The post took even longer than usual to settle on the point. So, I’ve decided to copy just the relevant part into this post.