Link of the Day [3.14.09]

broderic on March 14, 2009

One month ago, it was Valentine’s Day. In Japan, it’s the girls who give chocolates to the guys. So, for payback, there’s today, White Day, when the guy gives candy to the girls who gave them chocolates. Oh, how interesting the Japanese are. Now, it would be nice to receive chocolates from a girl. You wouldn’t have to worry about if a girl likes you. She’ll just give you chocolate as a way to show her interest. At least, that’s what happens in manga. Then you’re in like slim.

http://www.candy.or.jp/whiteday/index.html

Quote of the Day [3.13.09]

broderic on March 13, 2009

Under my thumb
The girl who once had me down
Under my thumb
The girl who once pushed me aroundIts down to me
The difference in the clothes she wears
Down to me, the change has come,
Shes under my thumbAint it the truth babe? The Rolling Stones, "Under My Thumb"

Link of the Day [3.13.09]

broderic on March 13, 2009

The ACM gave out its Turing award to a pioneer in computer programming, Barbara Liskov. This stands out for me because I am deeply indebted to her eponymous Liskov Substitution Principle. In plain English, if you have an object which inherits attributes from another object, then that derived object can and should stand in place of any other types of objects of the parent object. Hunh? It’s the basis for Object-Oriented Programming and it governs the software development today. It makes programming slightly easier and it makes for cool extensions of the software.

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/03/acm-gives-turing-award-to-oop-distributed-computing-pioneer.ars

Quote of the Day [3.12.09]

broderic on March 12, 2009

Now hold on to me pretty baby
If you want to fly
I’m gonna melt the fever sugar
Rolling back your eyes

Shiny Toy Guns, “Le Disko”

Kutiman: Just A Lady Thru You

broderic on March 11, 2009

I posted a link to another remix of Kutiman’s as a lotd, but soon after the site was flooded and taken down due to too much interest. Here’s a slow jam that’s in the Portishead vein. You need to listen to this stuff now because it’s just plain awesome.