Like most people in the metropolis called Moscow, I commute to work every day. This involves some work and planning on my part to make the trip from point X to point Y as close as possible.
Kottke once posted about prewalking, where you try to game the subway by getting on at the 'head' or the 'tail' of the train. In Moscow it's less of a sport and more of a necessity -- during the rush hour, the onrush of bodies will wear you down if you get out at the wrong end of the train and have to make your way to the far end of the platform.
Moscow is set up in such a way that 99% of the time the maximum number of lines you have to ride on is 2. This means that you have to be smart about prewalking for transfers too. Consider it a mathematical exercise; with over 100 stations and 10+ lines, where's a spot where you have to use more than two lines to get to where you're going? You can review the map here to see what I'm talking about.
Dec 27, 2007
A nation of prewalkers
Dec 25, 2007
Happy Xmas all!
I don't have a tree. I got a few presents. I'm at work today.
I don't feel like celebrating much. I never do. The last few Christmases, quite frankly, have sucked. Last year's Christmas we made a pretty decent go of it. Before then was just plain dismal. There's a reason why the title of this blog can be mispromounced as "the depression".
That having been said, I hope everyone I know has a merry christmas, and an even merrier new year.
Dec 22, 2007
Dec 21, 2007
chris blogs: Thoughts on Vooly
monn/ochoa (ohler & noumena)
Dec 20, 2007
Vladimir Putin - Person of the Year 2007 - TIME
Code's Worst Enemy
Erlang: A New Way to Program That’s 20 Years Old - GigaOM
Dec 18, 2007
On The Meaning of "Coding Horror"
Coding Horror takes a moment to blog about blogging, and reveals something that gnaws not at my limbs, but at my heart; that all the code I write sucks. At least I now know I'm not alone.
Dec 17, 2007
cover shot!
I don't know Junku, but I do know that he shoots a good picture of a cat. Must be good enough for the Japanese Digital Camera Magazine, because that's his cat on the cover. Nice job, then.
rooting for AI
Dec 16, 2007
Dec 9, 2007
Dec 8, 2007
no thought, just action
Was pondering the meaning of this blog in the car today; I need to get back into the game somehow, I thought to myself. The issue is all about managing the time and creating something over time that I can appreciate.
Blogging through Flickr is one way to keep the flow going. At least, it's what I am going to try out for a while.
Nov 23, 2007
Oct 28, 2007
jwz mixtapes
Oct 27, 2007
Spooky Cupcakes IV
Sometimes, I come out from behind the computer and help with the cooking. While I didn't bake 'em, I definitely frosted 'em. The results are absolutely fecking gorgeous. Happy Halloween, ya'll!
Halloween Round-Up: Wallpapers And Tutorials
Raible Designs | Introduction to Grails with Scott Davis at the Colorado Software Summit
We're moving into a new era of web frameworks. The expectation now is a full-stack solution. Grails is a fully integrated modern Java web application in a box. It contains Spring, Hibernate, Quartz, Log4J, Jetty, HSQL, JUnit and Ant. You're not limited to using Jetty, you can type "grails war" and create a WAR that you can deploy to any application server. In a single zip/tar, you get the whole thing - including the database and servlet container. You get a lot of good default for free, but you're not limited to those defaults.
Funny signs at the Pit and the Pendulum goth pub, Nottingham, UK
Funny signs at the Pit and the Pendulum goth pub, Nottingham, UK 2.JPG, originally uploaded by gruntzooki.
England. Got to get back there someday.
Oct 26, 2007
Morticious Thrind » Helpful comments I have found in some code I have to work with
"/**
* O TURN YE BACK -- LEST YE SUCCUMB TO FEER!
* A-WANDER NOT IN -- WHENST FULL OF BEER
* YE'LL TORCH RIGHT UP -- OF BRIGHT GOOD CHEER!
* A YO HO HO -- THAR BE DRAGONS HEER!
* (quoth blackened stone -- with reddish smear) */"
Adobe - Developer Center : What's new in Flex 3 Beta 2
On Coding in C++, Java, Perl, Scheme, and Ruby
Microsoft's blue monster wine gets the Russian treatment...
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It's almost been about a year since Hugh from Gapingvoid created the Blue Monster, the persona that is pushing Microsoft to articulate its message to the people in a different way. Since then, he has released a wine through his employer, Stormhoek. Russian Livejournaller supehero took that and ran with it:
Translated, the dialogue reads:
Do you really want to drink? Yes
100 grams? Yes
Or 150 grams? Yes
Or 100 first, and then 150? Yes
Or maybe 250 right away? Yes
Can I ask another question? No
Okay, let's do it then? Yes
Pissed off yet? Yes
Maybe we'll just say 'fuck it'? Fuck no!
15 drops remaining...10 drops remaining...5 drops remaining...
Operation 'change the world' created an error. The bottle will be closed.
Oct 25, 2007
On My Desk: Creative folk share the stuff on their desks: Drew Lawson
San Diego
The one person I knew in San Diego returned to her house yesterday. Looks like she's going to be okay.
