April 2009
21 posts
March 2009
13 posts
Making shit up
I read this fascinating bit on Facebook from TechCrunch today. It read something like this:
eMarketer projects Facebook revenues of $230 million in 2009. Our sources say this is way low, and that Facebook will hit at least $300 million in 2009 revenues. But the costs of running this ginormous company are staggering. Facebook may be burning though $20 million or more per month, even on top of...
America is Fucked
There’s something that’s been bothering me lately. Well, more than lately, but it’s gotten particularly annoying lately.
It’s the fact that Americans are really stupid. Really stupid.
Most Americans have problems naming our Vice President, describing the Second Amendment, or even naming all three branches of our government. I don’t even think it’s a civics...
On the subject of talking about someone on twitter
Talking about someone on twitter is simple. You are either talking about someone or not. If they are on twitter, you use an @ sign pointing to their account — like @kneath. If they are not on twitter, you use their name — like Kyle Neath.
Some people are prone to use every form they can to “tag” a person while talking about them. An example would be: “Hanging out with Kyle...
court3nay: hey git commit messages should say WHY not WHAT
court3nay: the WHAT is obvious from the code
mattly: rather "why the fuck did you change this?"
kyle: so I should change all my commits to `git commit -a -m "Fuck you, I'm right and you're wrong"`
