Full Auto
What happens when you give a little girl a machine gun? Interestingly I was watching a documentary of the training of Marine Corps tank crews, and they're taught not to fire in extended bursts because it is bad for the barrel.
Speed limit
What happens when all four lanes of traffic obey the speed limit in Atlanta?
Going to Portland, OR
So, I'm off a somewhat short notice to Portland to talk at their LUG meeting, which is kinda cool. I don't know what I'm talking about yet, so I am going to have to leave that hanging for now. Any suggestions of things to see there in my couple of spare hours?
If Microsoft designed the iPod box
It's so true... Microsoft could do with some more simplicity in their lives.
When I go to Vegas, I should stay here
The Artisan hotel has rooms with pool tables for a mere $499 US a night. Sounds like fun. Expensive fun. Via Seth Godin.
On customer support
"Please hold -- you're, like, an awesome customer, which is why we're going to play the Casio Keyboard version of Disco Inferno at you for the entire duration of your call. Please hold". Don't let Rory Blyth's slipping sanity distract you from his awesome sense of humour...
Sudanese man forced to marry goat
A Sudanese man was recently forced to marry a goat after being caught having sex with it. What I want to know is how they knew it was real man-goat love, not just a fling. Wont someone think of the children?
In the US you an pack meat in carbon monoxide to keep it red longer?
Apparently you can pack meat in carbon monoxide gas if you're a supermarket in the US and want the meat to be red longer. Ewwww.
Slight update to Chapter 7 images
Thanks to John N. Rayner for pointing out that figure 7-41 wasn't online. It turns out this is because the script that I wrote to convert the images refused to convert that figure for me because it was compressed with an algorithm that ImageMagick doesn't support for legal reasons. That compression was used because the publishing team tweaked that image at some point, and I simply didn't notice. The problem has now been corrected, and I apologise for any inconvenience.
MySQL user’s conference
Ok, Arjen, enough with the conference announcements... I'll talk to my boss tomorrow about coming along. The conference is after all only about a 20 minute drive from my new apartment. It might even help to know some more about MySQL.