email chains making the rounds

Someone once forwarded me this “advice” that is purportedly from Bill Gates. Do you think Bill Gates said these things? Is there any evidence of this “speech” he gave to high school students, or is this a made-up email-forward-thing?

Spot the Octopus at the farmer’s market

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! special thanks to suzanne for being amenable to taking pictures after i unceremoniously thrust my camera into her hands =D set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/judytuna/sets/72157624783860782/with/4916864427/ we are the MOST EXPRESSIVE A CAPPELLA GROUP EVER

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So … like … I’m on page 254 of 477 of the ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book-2.3.8 right? And I’m trucking along creating a signup form for my little sample app, and I see this:  There are links sprinkled about the whole book (for example, to define things like “automagically“) so I clicked on it hoping it was some kind… Continue reading wafer-thin

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I’ve been falling down a lot. I fell down the office stairs at Eudo (no injuries) last month, and three Fridays ago I sprained my ankle and lost my phone. I got a replacement sim card and used my dad’s old phone, but then I lost it (yes, I lost my replacement phone) on Saturday… Continue reading Untitled

Blizzard and Real ID

Blizzard is under fire for their announcement that starting with the release of Starcraft 2 on July 27, the only way to post on the offical Blizzard forums is with your REAL NAME. They have a new thing called “Real ID” that’s tied to your real name (which is part of your account+billing information and… Continue reading Blizzard and Real ID

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i rarely look at livejournal without being logged in, and since i have a paid account, i never see ads. even when i’m not logged in, i use an ad blocker. of course i forgot to install an ad blocker on my mac (though i did remember xmarks… can’t live without my bookmarks haha) and… Continue reading Untitled

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doing way too much at once: learning how to get around on my mac in the first place, figuring out wtf growl is, throwing myself at this ruby on rails tutorial, learning markdown for funsies, testing code (i have never written tests for code, ever), and downloading 100 billion little nifty things. currently i have this… Continue reading Untitled

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My ankle still hurts, and I twisted it last Friday (June 18). So it’s been ten days. I’m going to try to sign up for Healthy San Francisco to see a doctor.