I’m so tired of seeing “loose” used for the word “lose” all over the web. This seems to be an increasingly common grammatical error. If Lose and Loose were to get in a fight, I think Lose might actually lose, especially if they were to fight in a loose manner. I wonder where this misspelling originated from? Maybe it has something to do with the ridiculous nature of English spelling … I mean, doesn’t “luze” make more sense?...
A big smile appeared on my face tonight after typing the following: -module(math1). -export([factorial/1]). factorial(0) -> 1; factorial(N) -> N * factorial(N-1). def factorial(n) return 1 if n == 0 n * factorial(n-1) end Maybe not so obvious. But check this out: -module(temp). -export([convert/2]). convert({fahrenheit, Temp}, celsius) -> {celsius, 5 * (Temp -32) / 9}; convert({celsius, Temp}, fahrenheit) -> {fahrenheit, 32 + Temp * 9 / 5}; convert({reaumur, Temp}, celsius) -> {celsius, 10 * Temp / 8}; convert({celsius, Temp}, reaumur) -> {reaumur, 8 * Temp / 10}; convert({X, _}, Y) -> {cannot,convert,X,to,Y}....
I’ve been working on some new code at work for a new install. Unfortunately, I’m unable to use the new framework just yet (mainly because it’s not complete), and I needed a workaround for the Ruby Logger to be able to accept .trace calls (we usually use Log4r. Here’s my workaround: require 'logger' # Redefine the Logger to allow for TRACE calls. class Logger module Severity TRACE = -1 end def trace?...
John Coltrane has long been one of my favorite artists. Giant Steps was indeed, a successful album and song of Coltrane’s and I was definitely happy to see that someone put this music to animation.
I’ve been very happy lately. It’s not all that often that I’m actually in a bad mood, but lately, I’ve been in a really good one. Tonight, after a 12-14 hour work day, I jumped in my car, let the front windows down, threw in Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco), turned up the volume, and couldn’t stop smiling. I’m not sure if it was just the music or if it was a combination of that, the nice breeze of cool air, and the fact that I was practically done for the day....
Somewhere between third and fifth grade, I took a particular spelling test in which there was a relatively short word that contained the letter “e.” My writing of a lowercase “e” often looks like a “c” as I do not give it the care that it much deserves (more on this, never). After we had exchanged papers and finished the grading, the girl who graded mine had a question about this particular word containing the lowercase “e....