On Friday night I rediscovered an old favourite movie – Breakdance (imdb link). I purchased this in a bargain bin about 12 months ago for the princely sum of $5.
Breakdance is the story of a young woman, Kelly, whose world of Jazz Ballet, legwarmers, pink spandex, and a day job in a down-market LA [...]
In an effort to add cheap content, I’m recycling old stuff. Huzzah!
Anyway, here’s my short Amazon review of “Expert C Programming” By Peter Van Der Linden. I’m particularly proud of my analogy between Spanish art history and computer programming.
It is still a useful book. How? One example: every C/C++ programming test (for the purposes of [...]
Follow these simple steps:
1. Call in sick at your local place of employment.2. Go directly to nearest JB Hifi or purveyor of non-downloaded media products.3. Purchase Firefly series for a measly $39.95.4. Go home, lock doors, rip phone from socket, void bowels and bladder (in the toilet you slob).5. Watch *all* 14 episodes of Firefly.6. [...]
Now, I’m not one to draw sweeping conclusions based on minimal evidence.
However, sometimes the evidence is so compelling, so evident ; that to look at it is to gaze upon the naked face of Truth herself.
Behold!
Consider the above illustration before reading on. Now continue:
Firstly, this “food” product of Japanese origin is available freely in the [...]
Arular is the debut album by M.I.A, aka Maya Arulpragasam, a London based woman of Sri Lankan descent. A quick google for her story of yields the following (and you couldn’t make this stuff up):
1. She’s a west London girl (Hounslow innit?) - and the daughter of Tamil Tiger activist.2. She worked on Elastica’s [...]