Arc’s debut

(Seems like this is just about what’s happened) Paul Graham: Behold, Arc! (disclaimer: blah blah blah) Rest of the Lisp-speaking world: Dude, weren’t you working for like 5 years on this? Now you give us a wrapper on Scheme? PG: Look, I know it’s a bit pre-alpha, but give it a go! You might like… Continue reading Arc’s debut

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Super Luigi Galaxy

So I got 120 stars (the last level to fall was the Toy Time Galaxy Purple Coins). Now I’m not sure if I can be bothered to get another 120.

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Recent Readings

Making Money by Terry Pratchett. (I seem to have missed Thud!) Old Man’s War by John Scalzi. Heinlein-esque SF that I first heard about at last year’s LA Times Festival of Books. Both quick reads – I finished each one in less than 2 days.

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Backup Solution, Evolved

At the end of November, I invested in a NAS box with 500GB of RAID 1 space. This weekend I finally got around to another thing on my todo list: updating the firmware of said box and doing some spelunking. Using a marvellous thing called fun-plug, I now have some real Linux power on the… Continue reading Backup Solution, Evolved

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Journey to Bed

The house is quiet, completely dark Except for one defiant spark Which rails against the night’s embrace: The screen illuminates my face. The hour is late; my head is tired. The stimulants which kept me wired Have long since faded. Now instead I think of turning in to bed. I kill the light. My eyes… Continue reading Journey to Bed

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Rock n Roll Marathon & 1/2

Mini-Elbeno & I are sitting at an Einstein Bros Bagels at about the 26 mile mark of the Rock & Roll Marathon. Mrs Elbeno (doing the 1/2) has gone through 5K in 29:32 according to the live tracking.