Riobard's wournal of adventure and long-windedness: Archive

>browsing reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/mmgk1/do_you_ever_think_about_you_being_the_only_real/) >reading all the comments >following links to various wiki articles >start questioning existence itself *reaches out to touch keyboard* *strokes keyboard gently* >”but it’s so reeeeallll….”

Nov 23rd

about time!

The iPhone 4S is now on Sprint! (In other news: Man, that was a quiet release! There have been rumors for several months now, but I haven’t heard any official news on the matter until I went to buy a new phone from Sprint yesterday.) Now I have to decide which pony gets to go on my iPhone case…. Hmmm…. Dashie? YOU UP FOR THIS SHIT? Hell yeah I am! — Rainbow Dash ...

Nov 21st

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Nov 17th

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schwoopta like this

http://reidhoruff.com/request.php?url=obfuscated_sudoku I was gonna write a really good post about how cool programming is… but the thought train got derailed. The jist of it was: I’m sure there’s a finite limit to the complexity of a system built in this fashion (e.g: hand-written obfuscated code.) — but I just don’t care! This is awesome. Sure you won’t build...

Nov 17th

happy birthday Go!

http://blog.golang.org/2011/11/go-programming-language-turns-two.html For the non-programmers among you, Go is a programming language created by some incredibly smart and talented people over at Google. I have been intrigued by Go since the day it came out. I’ve never had the time to sit down and actually learn the language, though. Every year the Go team announces that their brainchild...

Nov 11th

stress and the human machine

Today I feel like blogging about something that takes a slight detour from my typical subject matter. I don’t feel like writing inane jokes about my legacy (although a virtual orchestra would be pretty sweet), I don’t feel like discussing some awesome computing problem that I’ve played with, I won’t go on about politics, or driving, or modifying minivans, or how awesome I...

Nov 3rd

my legacy

I’ve found my purpose in life: to create the next music enhancer. First we had graphic equalizers. Then we had the iTunes Visualizer. Next we’ll have the Robbob Orchestranator 4000 BC. My goal is to create a virtual orchestra that plays along with your favorite tracks. The orchestra will, of course, be fully cusotmizable via slidey-bar-things as well as some push-buttony-things and...

Oct 17th

cool date calculation thing

NERD ALERT, NERD ALERT! Alright, so, you can calculate the day of the week for any given day, month, and year as follows: k = day m = month + 1 (see note) y = (m <= 10) ? year : year-1 d = y % 100 c = y / 100 f = (k + (((13*m) - 1) / 5).floor + d + (d/4).floor + (c/4).floor - (2*c)) % 7 m = 3: March, 4: April, …, 13: January, 14 February. (Basically we pop...

Oct 13th

"You appear to be writing a programming language .... →

” … here is why it will not work.” This is the script Microsoft’s Clippy uses to berate your intelligence.

Oct 12th

but if you left it up to me . . .

every day would be a holiday from real. Sad that the weekend’s come and gone already. Also sad in general. My life has just been so much of the same recently. I feel like I need a drastic change of pace… but I’ve found that changing pace is a lot harder than it seems.

Oct 10th

thanks (#2) and also a no-thanks

OK, so I missed a couple days of thanking people: I’d like to thank the guy and gal at BLUE in West Allis (Around like, 73rd and Greenfield) The two cashiers were both super happy (at least on the outside), despite, you know, working on a Sunday, they were both super helpful, offered a lot of insight, and helped us make a genuinely good purchase. Also I’d like to thank Lauren Faust,...

Sep 26th

thanks.

I’mma start thanking random people for making my day just a tad more awesome than it already is. (If you’re interested in the math, an average robbie day is roughly 1000 awesomes. ONE. THOUSAND. AWESOMES. NUFF SAID.) First stranger(s) I’d like to thank: The guy driving his old Dodge Ram truck down Bluemound RD around 4:30pm CST, and the 2 cars behind him, that simultaneously...

Sep 21st

It's not perfect

This is for that feeling I think we all get sometimes, where you’re the smallest doll in a Babushka doll? This is my UUID, It’s not perfect… c4ee07ab-e3d0-4040-ad62-e977f9a02ad8 But it’s mine….

Jun 25th

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things my car needs

before i forget. it’s time to publicly shame myself: new passenger side window-motor. (while you’re at it; might as well do the driver side) new rear-passenger side window latch (more likely: old latch in like-new condition.) fix the one damn power lock that does the opposite of all the other locks new deck (preferably a nice flashy one) new tires might not be out of the question ...

Jun 5th

I just watched a [shortish] documentary “Hackers are People Too.” (http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Are-People-Too/dp/B001OJGRU8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=digital-video&qid=1306781502&sr=8-1) I was quite pleased with the film over all, I think it gives a great idea of how fragmented the term “hacker” has really become. It even gave me a fresh perspective on the term...

May 30th

$spoiler: purtul too

So I beat Portal 2 a few days ago… and I have some feelings towards the ending. Disclaimer: I loved the ending. It felt just as good as the [original] Portal 1 ending. So it’s [basically] confirmed that GLaDOS did delete Caroline, which leaves me with some questions: 1) Was the end song actually directed at the player [Chell]? Humor me, but what if GLaDOS was singing to Caroline?...

May 28th

woooah

woah. man.

May 22nd

>tv death

I just finished watching Glee… and I love how they did that death. -> Character in question died after last episode but before this one. OOPS OUR BAD. -> Don’t have to waste time on elaborate death scene. -> I don’t have to replay that death in my head 5 million times to figure out how to save dead person Furthermore: with no elaborate death scene,...

May 19th

>finals

So I was actually writing a post about the n-word, and it got incredibly offensive. You’re thinking to yourself: Well, the n-word itself is pretty damn offensive No. NO! You have no idea how offensive my unpublished blog post was. IT WAS SOOOOOO OFFENSIVE! Anyways, enough about my offensive rambling that’s been shoved into the draft-bin to never see the light of day… I...

May 18th

jorgen the gnome barbarian

> reserved for epic pathfinder character sheet < Name: Jorgen von Borgen Race: Gnome Class: Barbarian Height: 4ft ish? Weapon: battle axe, dwarven S

May 17th

loss and d&d

“I have to teach the n00bs about loss, like I taught you by killing Steve” YOU DIDN’T TEACH ME SHIT ABOUT LOSS… Don’t you know I immediately joined a Fullmetal Alchemist campaign where I committed the almost-ultimate tabboo by creating a chimera-Steve? I lost my leg doing that shit, yo. I. Love. Steve. I will never lose him!

May 16th

FINISH HIM!

Just presented DARPA, it went super well. DARPA didn’t even blow up in my face! She’s so considerate. It still amazes me that I can transform words into fawesome computer programs. I can never get over how cool that is! AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT THINKS PROGRAMMING IS COOL?

May 11th

aquieu asked: yo check your texts

May 10th

vivispection asked: GOOD ANSWER
WHY DON'T YOU HAVE DISQUS ON YOUR BLOG SO I CAN COMMENT ON YOUR POSTS? WHY DOESN'T TUMBLR HAVE A BUILT-IN COMMENT THINGIE? I MEAN REALLY, WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING A BLOG IF PEOPLE CAN'T COMMENT ON IT? </capslockiscruisecontrolforcool>

May 1st

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aquieu asked: herpity derpity, dubbity wubbity

May 1st

Anonymous asked: what is the answer to life the universe and everything

May 1st

it has been while

I just wanted to share something with the internet today: I purchased a pepsi, while wearing a pepsi shirt. btw: it is a pepsi throwback shirt, before pepsi throwback was pepsi throwback, if that makes any sense — In other news: I started a new jorb; I also just went to get my last paycheck from my last jorb. It’s weird. Really weird. Time keeps moving forward. There are some days...

May 1st

"ha ha .... you... you want MY vote?"

Let me tell you something. Politics is fucking bullshit. I’m not the first person who has reached this conclusion… and it’s not a particularly difficult conclusion to reach. First: let’s smash down the “left/right” barrier. It, too, is complete bullshit. Political left and political right simply appeal to two different sides of people. The political right, I...

Mar 27th

the right fit

I think you know you’re in the right field when a 2.5 hour class went by in “10 minutes.” I can’t believe how much we got done, and how much I still have left to do!

Mar 17th

managing.

So, idk if you knew this, but I’m totally pro at managing projects. As a computer software developer, I’m really glad we have computers. ALLOW ME TO ELABORATE PLZKTHX. The functional specs, scenarios, and business case proposal are some of the most boring and repetitive documents you’ll ever see. The functional specs alone is a 17-page document. 7 of those pages come from the...

Mar 7th

vivispection asked: I HAS ILLUSTRATION AND A BOYFRIEND WITH DESIGN
also hey-o, y u no has a disqus yet
get on that shit

Mar 2nd

next project?

I think I’ve settled on a next project; but I haven’t quite arrived at a platform choice yet. I want to create a game, and it seems that if you want to make money quickly these days: you should make an iPhone game. I wouldn’t mind producing an iPhone game… but I don’t really want to learn Objective-C. I also suck at graphic design. lulz. I could easily put together...

Mar 1st

“It's elementary, my dear Watson.”

I must admit, watching Watson gives me a huge nerdgasm. Seriously, I’ve dreamed about building Watson for a long time. Well, not Watson. I never dreamt of creating a Jeopardy! playing machine. But I’ve always been fascinated by the world of AI… and I’ve also been fascinated by really expensive and incredibly powerful hardware. (The entry level POWER7 hardware, just one...

Feb 16th

vivispection asked: WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME
CREEPER
loljk

Feb 3rd

Snowday!

I’mma just sit here and tikkatakka on my computron keyboard. What better way to spend a snow-day? I didn’t really want to sit in a car for 30 minutes to reach campus anyways. Also today is my long day, I’m ordinarily at school from 9:00am-7:30pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. Good timing, winter! I did have to wake up unusually early and help my dad snowblow/shovel/get cars...

Feb 2nd

On my pops playin' PoP

For Christmas I bought my dad Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands on PS3, because our console collection needed a serious update… I own Sands of Time on PC, and I honestly thought I was buying my dad the same game, just on a console. It wasn’t till we started playing it that I realized I bought him the wrong game. It wasn’t till I looked it up that I realized I bought him the...

Jan 18th

[root@internet /]$ su -c 'reboot now'

The Internet is going to fail; and if you’re my age, you’ll get to see it! Advertisement on the Internet is a gigantic failure. TV and Radio Ads are one thing. Even though the radio is in my car, which I use to visit various shops, it doesn’t know where I shop. Oh sure, it’s a local station, it can make creepily accurate guesses about the local stores I frequent, but it...

Nov 14th

A game that truly is mine

Not gonna lie, Minecraft has probably stepped on the toes of a few game-industry execs. Recently, I’ve been blown away by “indie”/independent game “studios.” It all started with World of Goo by the lovely 2D Boy studio - the art style was fantastic. It looks great; but it by no means stresses modern hardware. Meaning the game is enjoyable by all types of PC users. I...

Oct 12th

Clearly I'm doing it wrong

XML is like violence - if it doesn’t solve your problems, you are not using enough of it. I can jump on that bandwagon.

Oct 8th

Day 02 - Where you’d like to be in 10 years.

jasonk47: In a very tall corporate office building making >7 figures as head of a psychopathic corporation. Fascist dictator works too. Let me fix that for you! In a very tall corporate office building making >7 figures, paying interns to visit disney world and bring me coffee, as head of HypothetiCorp. Also Hitler. ~j4v4s0n.

Oct 5th

I just a huge mistake

So my babby sister — who is a babby and also my sister — is going to eventually be in a class where she will eventually need a fancy graphing calculator. Now; she’s not going into anything maths related. So I wholeheartedly expect her to hate algebra. (Math with letters? That’s just crazy!) Regardless, she goes to the same school I graduated from, so I know she’ll...

Oct 4th

Social Programming

So today was pretty cool, I went from 100 lines of this: [Skill Load (0.2ms)[SELECT * FROM “skills” WHERE (“skills”.”id” = 21)] To 6 lines. I ran into a problem where I was running 2(n) queries. If “n” is the number of skills I have to keep track of, then I ran 2 queries for each one. Meaning: if I track 100 skills, for the page to load it has...

Sep 28th

Brilliantly solving the wrong problem:

“You solve the problem. And you solve it the best way it can be solved. And you solve the right problem. And the easiest mistake is you brilliantly solve a problem, but it’s not the right problem” —Richard Buckland COMP1917 Lecture 44 - roughly 43 minutes in This sounds like utter nonsense - how can you brilliant solve a problem, and end up solving the wrong problem? ...

Sep 23rd

To persevere over a jolly bit of pizza

Earlier today I was pretty much all: That’s IT! I GIVE UP! I can’t take it anymore! God didn’t mean for nested_attributes to be understood! If he did, I’d understand them. Because I’m that awesome. So I’m going to just go back to the old way I did it. At least it worked! Then I ate a baby-pizza and all of a sudden I was like There are no obstacles. There...

Sep 21st

How I learned to stop worrying and love the GIT

I used to dread source control. My projects “weren’t big enough” to merit source control. My changes “were too small” to merit source control. My development style was “too incremental” to merit source control. Even if all three of those are true, source control is the best thing I’ve ever done for qRPSd! The ability to A) view differences and B)...

Sep 3rd

Boom. Diaspora.

Duuuuuude. I am so excited for Diaspora! (http://www.joindiaspora.com/) It’s gonna be the shiznit, the bomb, just plain awesome! Actually, I’m hoping it’s going to be all those things. They have made a lot of promises - now I trust that they’ll deliver. The same way I trusted that Duke Nukem Forever would be delivered. *gulp*. Honestly, I love the idea of a peer-to-peer...

Aug 31st

Banned from YouTube

So pretty much - I woke up to this: I didn’t really use my YouTube account all that much. I had around 3 videos. Of those, only one will be missed. It wasn’t all that great, but let’s just say it served as a memory of a greater time. Also, the ability to view “mature” videos (i.e: some episodes of “Is it a good idea to microwave this?”) will be...

Aug 29th

Aug 25th

if $programming == art && PoP:SoT (cont.)

I shall start off with PoP:SoT I judged it too quickly… it is actually a pretty good game, when it works properly. That’s right, the game was glitching. While half the midwestern USA was laughing at my lack of skill, I was rattling ideas around in the cage of my mindbrain. On a whim, I set the affinity of POP.EXE to CPU1 only, and voilà, it worked just fine! For about an hour. After I...

Jul 22nd