Aaron Bockover » humor http://abock.org Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:10:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Government Security System http://abock.org/2010/07/09/government-security-system http://abock.org/2010/07/09/government-security-system#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:12:46 +0000 Aaron Bockover http://abock.org/?p=405 High security in Boston

As seen near the Boston Common.

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As seen near the Boston Common.

]]> http://abock.org/2010/07/09/government-security-system/feed 2 Plugins, Addins, Extensions, oh my! http://abock.org/2007/11/14/plugins-addins-extensions-oh-my http://abock.org/2007/11/14/plugins-addins-extensions-oh-my#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:05:09 +0000 Aaron Bockover http://abock.org/2007/11/14/plugins-addins-extensions-oh-my/ Plugins in our UI. We use Mono.Addins in trunk now, and I have been thinking about renaming Plugins in the UI to something else, such as Extensions. My first thought was, "what does everyone else use?" That wasn't so helpful:
  • Banshee, Totem, gedit: Plugins
  • F-Spot, Epiphany, Firefox: Extensions
  • Tomboy: Add-ins
While this is just a small sampling of GNOME applications I thought of in 30 seconds, by far I think Tomboy loses. Add-ins, especially hyphenated, is weird. Note that Firefox seems to mix Extensions and Add-ons. Extra weird. So the vote is between keeping it Plugins or switching to Extensions. I don't care either way, but it would be nice to settle on some consistency within GNOME. Or maybe it doesn't matter. Just a thought. Some other names we have thought of include: Plugstensions, Bundleups, Snap-Ins, Snap-Ons, and snorp even recommended Butt-Plugs, but I don't want to think too far into that one. I am sure Strap-Ons was in the running at some point too. This is where you leave your €0.02. I hope it gets philosophical. UPDATE: It seems like Extensions wins. Bugs filed against Totem, gedit, Rhythmbox, Tomboy, MonoDevelop, and Banshee. Other applications I've run across are already using Extensions, like F-Spot and Epiphany.]]> Plugins in our UI. We use Mono.Addins in trunk now, and I have been thinking about renaming Plugins in the UI to something else, such as Extensions. My first thought was, "what does everyone else use?" That wasn't so helpful:
  • Banshee, Totem, gedit: Plugins
  • F-Spot, Epiphany, Firefox: Extensions
  • Tomboy: Add-ins
While this is just a small sampling of GNOME applications I thought of in 30 seconds, by far I think Tomboy loses. Add-ins, especially hyphenated, is weird. Note that Firefox seems to mix Extensions and Add-ons. Extra weird. So the vote is between keeping it Plugins or switching to Extensions. I don't care either way, but it would be nice to settle on some consistency within GNOME. Or maybe it doesn't matter. Just a thought. Some other names we have thought of include: Plugstensions, Bundleups, Snap-Ins, Snap-Ons, and snorp even recommended Butt-Plugs, but I don't want to think too far into that one. I am sure Strap-Ons was in the running at some point too. This is where you leave your €0.02. I hope it gets philosophical. UPDATE: It seems like Extensions wins. Bugs filed against Totem, gedit, Rhythmbox, Tomboy, MonoDevelop, and Banshee. Other applications I've run across are already using Extensions, like F-Spot and Epiphany.]]> http://abock.org/2007/11/14/plugins-addins-extensions-oh-my/feed 38 Stay Classy, Debian http://abock.org/2007/10/10/stay-classy-debian http://abock.org/2007/10/10/stay-classy-debian#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:01:17 +0000 Aaron Bockover http://abock.org/2007/10/10/stay-classy-debian/ post today about Internet Explorer sucking, he recommends dropping Windows and instead switching to Iceweasel and Debian. I may be a little behind on the times here, but it was in his post that I first saw the Iceweasel logo. While it's graphically hideous, I kept thinking, "That weasel is humping the earth. I feel soiled." So I went to the Iceweasel web site, a fine marketing tool for this revolutionary browser, and nearly fell out of my chair when I read the introductory text to the project:
In the spirit of the dancing kame, if you were running Iceweasel, the weasel would be humping!
But it gets even better. Stay. Classy. Debian. The l33t terminal display is hawt too. Nice touch with the blinking cursor. ]]> post today about Internet Explorer sucking, he recommends dropping Windows and instead switching to Iceweasel and Debian. I may be a little behind on the times here, but it was in his post that I first saw the Iceweasel logo. While it's graphically hideous, I kept thinking, "That weasel is humping the earth. I feel soiled." So I went to the Iceweasel web site, a fine marketing tool for this revolutionary browser, and nearly fell out of my chair when I read the introductory text to the project:
In the spirit of the dancing kame, if you were running Iceweasel, the weasel would be humping!
But it gets even better. Stay. Classy. Debian. The l33t terminal display is hawt too. Nice touch with the blinking cursor. ]]> http://abock.org/2007/10/10/stay-classy-debian/feed 8 AmeriCone Dream – OR ELSE http://abock.org/2007/09/20/americone-dream-or-else http://abock.org/2007/09/20/americone-dream-or-else#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:55:53 +0000 Aaron Bockover http://abock.org/2007/09/20/americone-dream-or-else/ Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream. AmeriCone Dream is now the only ice cream I won't feel guilty about eating. I'm eating for freedom and you should too!
The flavor, Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream™ is a decadent melting pot of vanilla ice cream with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and a caramel swirl. It’s the sweet taste of liberty in your mouth.
Do your part! Don't let the terrorists win! ]]> Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream. AmeriCone Dream is now the only ice cream I won't feel guilty about eating. I'm eating for freedom and you should too!
The flavor, Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream™ is a decadent melting pot of vanilla ice cream with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and a caramel swirl. It’s the sweet taste of liberty in your mouth.
Do your part! Don't let the terrorists win! ]]> http://abock.org/2007/09/20/americone-dream-or-else/feed 2 Only in America http://abock.org/2007/09/12/only-in-america http://abock.org/2007/09/12/only-in-america#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:15:40 +0000 Aaron Bockover http://abock.org/2007/09/12/only-in-america/ Patron: Is this pretty healthy?
Waitress: Yeah, it's pretty healthy -- it comes with fries. Stay classy, Boston.]]> Patron: Is this pretty healthy?
Waitress: Yeah, it's pretty healthy -- it comes with fries. Stay classy, Boston.]]> http://abock.org/2007/09/12/only-in-america/feed 0 I Care About the Issues! http://abock.org/2007/09/04/i-care-about-the-issues http://abock.org/2007/09/04/i-care-about-the-issues#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:54:37 +0000 Aaron Bockover http://abock.org/2007/09/04/i-care-about-the-issues/
  • Stevey's Tech News, Issue #1
    • Unfortunately, MyTube, which is implemented entirely in Ruby on Rails, is hitting a scaling barrier at peak usage hours, which are reportedly between midnight and 2am PST. An insider at MyTube tells us confidentially that they get up to 100 users before the system slows to a crawl, causing bored users to delete random files from their servers by requesting well-formed URLs like http://mytube.com/database/delete and http://mytube.com/debugger/start. "It's just so rude", MyTube engineers were overheard saying in their Atlanta office. "Some of our users are just plain wankers.
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  • Stevey's Tech News, Issue #1
    • Unfortunately, MyTube, which is implemented entirely in Ruby on Rails, is hitting a scaling barrier at peak usage hours, which are reportedly between midnight and 2am PST. An insider at MyTube tells us confidentially that they get up to 100 users before the system slows to a crawl, causing bored users to delete random files from their servers by requesting well-formed URLs like http://mytube.com/database/delete and http://mytube.com/debugger/start. "It's just so rude", MyTube engineers were overheard saying in their Atlanta office. "Some of our users are just plain wankers.
    ]]>     http://abock.org/2007/09/04/i-care-about-the-issues/feed 4     On Miguel, the Part-Time Vegetarian http://abock.org/2007/08/29/on-miguel-the-part-time-vegetarian http://abock.org/2007/08/29/on-miguel-the-part-time-vegetarian#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:27:02 +0000 Aaron Bockover http://abock.org/2007/08/29/on-miguel-the-part-time-vegetarian/ As one of your meat-eating and discriminating friends, I believe in you! (and I respect your strong convictions)

    Miguel, the part time vegitarian
    Miguel eating a beef and barbecue sauce slathered burger. I think it had bacon on it too.

    ]]>     As one of your meat-eating and discriminating friends, I believe in you! (and I respect your strong convictions)

    Miguel, the part time vegitarian
    Miguel eating a beef and barbecue sauce slathered burger. I think it had bacon on it too.

    ]]>     http://abock.org/2007/08/29/on-miguel-the-part-time-vegetarian/feed 4     Yay, Creationism! http://abock.org/2007/07/11/yay-creationism http://abock.org/2007/07/11/yay-creationism#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:26:48 +0000 Aaron Bockover http://abock.org/2007/07/11/yay-creationism/ I must visit this museum in the very near future.
    We then venture into the recreation of the Garden of Eden, where we get to meet the Beastmaster himself. Here, a creatively covered up Adam pets the friendly animals of the garden. Oh, and there’s no need to be afraid, because all of the animals at this time were like Disney cartoon characters. They did not bite, sting, or even defecate for that matter. Even the T-Rexes were playful and gay. Adam even gave them all names! How cute!
    The hilarity! Thanks, Alan, for pointing me to the best laugh of my day. ]]>     I must visit this museum in the very near future.
    We then venture into the recreation of the Garden of Eden, where we get to meet the Beastmaster himself. Here, a creatively covered up Adam pets the friendly animals of the garden. Oh, and there’s no need to be afraid, because all of the animals at this time were like Disney cartoon characters. They did not bite, sting, or even defecate for that matter. Even the T-Rexes were playful and gay. Adam even gave them all names! How cute!
    The hilarity! Thanks, Alan, for pointing me to the best laugh of my day. ]]>     http://abock.org/2007/07/11/yay-creationism/feed 9     Solids on a Plane http://abock.org/2006/09/04/solids-on-a-plane http://abock.org/2006/09/04/solids-on-a-plane#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:49:06 +0000 Aaron Bockover http://abock.org/2006/09/04/solids-on-a-plane/ this little personal fridge can be modded to freeze liquids. It looks to be of acceptable carry-on size. Or maybe frozen-solid liquids are allowed to state change while in flight - the liquids can be flash frozen immediately prior to boarding. Perhaps some clarification is needed on the state change potential by the TSA. Are plasmas allowed? Thanks!]]> this little personal fridge can be modded to freeze liquids. It looks to be of acceptable carry-on size. Or maybe frozen-solid liquids are allowed to state change while in flight - the liquids can be flash frozen immediately prior to boarding. Perhaps some clarification is needed on the state change potential by the TSA. Are plasmas allowed? Thanks!]]> http://abock.org/2006/09/04/solids-on-a-plane/feed 1 Snakes in my muthafuckin’ livin’ room http://abock.org/2006/08/20/snakes-in-my-muthafuckin-livin-room http://abock.org/2006/08/20/snakes-in-my-muthafuckin-livin-room#comments Sun, 20 Aug 2006 07:57:52 +0000 Aaron Bockover http://abock.org/2006/08/20/snakes-in-my-muthafuckin-livin-room/ http://abock.org/2006/08/20/snakes-in-my-muthafuckin-livin-room/feed 5