Troll Science!

Want to unlock the secrets of the universe?  Want to astound your family and friends with cool tricks that defy the very laws of physics?!

Of course you do!  And now you can.  Just follow these very simple diagrams to achieve the impossible.


Infinitely lit room:

Free flight with a friend:

And now you can use the amazing power of magnets to replace your gas/electricity consuming vehicles!

Y'all Be Goin' On Vacation?

Remember the 90's?  I know I don't.  But there is one thing that has been permanently engraved into my brain...  This 'Fly Delta' ad.


And let hilarity ensue.


"Y'all be goin on vacation? See the thing is, if you 'bout to be up out this beatch, check it. 
Beep Delta, we be flyin all over this bitch. 

Let me ax you somethin. You fixin to raise up and get your travel on? From the interior to the exterior, you got to get your posterior in one of deez big ass planes. dog, you layin the cut straight sittin on your ass gettin your drink on and your snack on while we floss and fly this mofo all over this bitch. 

East coast, west coast, it don matter neeah we get you to your ho and back lickety split, no . Then you be back at your crib chillin with a phat spliff thinkin we was some crazy ass angel. 

Hell these fat round thick-ass vessels run up in the sky so deep it be cryin...yeah, you thought it was rain! So bring a towel, cuz at Delta it's laid out like dat. Call one of deez fly ass Delta coochies and make all them punk-ass co-workers of yours catch the vapors as you be off and up out. 

You goin? We fly you dere. You been? We done already flew up in dere. We got you covered like a jimmy hat. At Delta we loves us some flyin and be showin like a mother-."


Listen to the .wav here.


I would have embedded it, but...  well, blogspot didn't like that.


The part that still makes me laugh is about making the sky cry.

Just Let Go. It's Your Life.

Coming from someone with anxiety and varied degrees of social phobias, I came across this wallpaper.  It really speaks to me.

Literally.

I hear voices telling me the message:

"Look at you.  You're young, and you're scared.  Why are you so scared?  Stop being paralyzed.  Stop swallowing your words.  Stop caring what other people think.  Wear what you want.  Say what you want.  Listen to the music you want to listen to.  Play it loud as fuck and dance to it.  Go out for a drive at midnight and forget you have school the next day.  Stop waiting for Friday.  Live now.  Do it now.  Take risks.  Tell secrets.  This life is yours.  When are you going to realize that you can do whatever you want?"

Sometimes I am literally scared to death to have to endure a social situation that I can't control.  Whether it's a party, or even Wal-Mart, I can become physically and mentally paralyzed, or feel like I'm having a panic attack.  But what does it matter what they think?  I think we all need to let go and live this life for ourselves, not for anyone else.  You can't take it with you, why not have a good time while you're here.

From the safety of my living room,
-Mr. Code E.

Simple Graphic, Insightful Message

It says:

"When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin.
It works not because it settles the question for you
but because in that brief moment when the coin is in the air,

you suddenly know what you are hoping for."

Think about that for a second...

 (and yes, I know you can read, but the text is a bit small in the thumbnail.)

You Develop On A WHAT?

RedHat 7.2.  That's right.  I have done all my own programming for my coursework on a homemade server.  Why did I choose RedHat?  Because it was what I had around.

You see, I was using my old computer, a 600 Mhz Dell as a server for a while.  The newer versions just had too much overhead to allow the computer to run fast enough to even compile my code.  Now granted that I'm not doing any heavy database or graphics rendering software.  This is just stuff for my classes in Computer Science...  you know, data structures, trees, threading, etc.

Anyways, RH 7.2 just seemed to run quick enough for me to get my projects done.  In addition, I can remote in through an SSH connection to my server and do maintenance or code from school.  It just loaded it with all the server and development software that I could and disabled all unnecessary services.  By the way, vi sucks because I can't figure it out.  Pico for the win!

Since it probably cost me more in electrical costs to run a separate machine, and my main computer is not being used to it's full potential, I used Microsoft's Virtual PC to clone the RedHat machine and it runs terrifically.

So, you wanna code?  Build your own development box.  Linux rocks, it's fast and extremely reliable and stable.  I've never rebuilt or had any problems with it.  Ever.  And I've been using it for over....  6 years now.  Same build, just updated. (Which in 7.2 is kind of a pain, but still.)  Free.

Life Is Great. Without It, We'd Be Dead.

I've watched a lot of movies recently, and I'll tell you what.  There are a lot of good movies out there among the terrible ones.  I have been abusing my NetFlix account and getting my $9 worth.  Some gems are just worth passing on.

Want to change the way your friends and family view you?  Introduce them to the movie Gummo.

From Harmony Korine, the same guy who brought you Kids, Ken Park, and Julien Donkey Boy, here's the trailer.

I suggest watching it.  It'll change the way you view the world.

Not for the weak of will/stomach/mind.  Just think, you life could always be like theirs.  And then you rejoice that it's not.

Bad-ass Art.

Courtesy of the Grim Side.