pantsblogging http://pantsblazing.com/blog/ en-us 2005-04-17T18:50:37-05:00 Haiku Series on Moving to NYC http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000034.html lease, deposit, keys mean shit with scumbag NY real estate agents twelve hundred for this? credit report, DNA hey, sellers' market... nick 2005-04-17T18:50:37-05:00 Fun with Anagrams: "Pastry Chef" http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000033.html pastry chef fat cyphers craps hefty PA chest fry party chefs Nice! Courtesy of Wordsmith's Internet Anagram Server (I, Rearrangement Servant)... Food nick 2005-02-15T15:17:38-05:00 Eigenradio Christmas Album http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000032.html Heaven help us, the Eigenradio people have made a Christmas Album of free MP3s. For anyone not familiar with Eigenradio, here's their description: "Eigenradio makes its optimal music by analyzing in real time dozens of radio stations at once. When... Music nick 2004-12-17T14:08:26-05:00 Debunking Alleged Time-Traveller John Titor http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000031.html In November of 2000 a guy calling himself John Titor turned up online claiming to be a time-traveller from 2036. Here are a few thoughts on why it's bullshit. There's a complete archive of his postings and info at johntitor.com... Everything Else nick 2004-12-16T17:58:41-05:00 Jewish Half-Breeds http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000030.html My father was Jewish and my mother is not, which is to say that I'm not Jewish at all. I find this odd. I know that many religions are passed on maternally, but Judaism is a culture as well as... Culture nick 2004-08-24T14:32:39-05:00 Name That Fat! http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000029.html Pork fat is lard. Beef fat is tallow. What about the rest? I thought they should have names. Jonathan, friend and fellow cook, was happy to oblige: Chicken Smultz Goose Frazzle Lamb Nasty Neener Turkey Jizz... Food nick 2004-08-24T13:56:59-05:00 The Funniest Shit I've Ever Seen http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000028.html H4x0r Economist Alan Greenspan 1337-5p34k comic. I am literally crying right now from laughing so hard. Thanks, Dan Weaver, you made my fucking year!... Culture nick 2004-08-02T14:34:47-05:00 Fotolog Photo Blogs http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000027.html fotolog.net is neat. It's a blog for pictures. Here's mine.... Everything Else nick 2004-07-30T15:10:31-05:00 To the Comment Spammer http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000026.html Hey, fuckstick! It's not like I'm not going to delete your spam. It's not like this gets a lot of traffic. In fact, the most traffic it's ever gotten has probably been from you, so it's not like you're reaching... Everything Else nick 2004-07-14T18:50:10-05:00 Danish Comfort Food http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000025.html Food nick 2004-07-06T17:22:51-05:00 Daniel Cristofani is the [Brain]fucking Man http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000024.html In case anyone missed his comment, here it is again: The language's inventor made a 111-byte version, available at http://esoteric.sange.fi/brainfuck/bf-source/prog/HELLOUM.BF However, with some fiddling I got it down to 106; check the file short.b at my site http://www.hevanet.com/cristofd/brainfuck/ -Daniel. Um,... Technology nick 2004-07-06T16:18:58-05:00 Comments Lost; My Apologies http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000023.html My apologies, the server ate it and took the comments with it.... Everything Else nick 2004-06-29T17:40:10-05:00 Brainfuck Hello World Improved by Ben http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000022.html My friend Ben got Hello World down to 139 bytes! Ben is clever: instead of going back to byte 1 (the multiplier) and going from 111 to 32, he skips to byte 3 and goes up to 32: ++++++++[>+++++++++.++++++++.++++..+++.++++[>++++++++.+++++++++++++++.---+.... Technology nick 2004-05-30T16:48:53-05:00 Adventures in Brainfuck http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000021.html Brainfuck is an eight-instruction Turing-complete programming language—one of those languages like INTERCAL, Unlambda, and reMorse that are designed to be essentially unusable. Here's Hello World, as small as I can make it (156 bytes): ++++++++[>+++++++++.++++++++.+++++++..+++.----------+.+++++++++++++++.++++++.+++.------.---+.... Technology nick 2004-05-26T13:42:29-05:00 The Curtis Enigma http://pantsblazing.com/blog/archives/000020.html This question has literally kept me up at night, twisting and turning in confounded agony (agoneeeee!): What is the plural of Curtis? More than one Susan are Susans, more than one Sten are Stens, more than one Tane are Tanes... Everything Else nick 2004-05-23T16:45:50-05:00