Aiming at Nothing

Allen’s ramblings, broken down… and left that way.

Archive for May 26th, 2008

26 May

Strangest thing I’ve seen in the last 1/16th of an hour

Call me a rocket scientist but I think I figured out that there must be 16 nodes in the Second Lifeā„¢ login server cluster. Seen just moments ago:
[22:09] Second Life: There is an issue with a central server which is affecting approximately 1/16 of all Second Life residents. Affected residents are currently unable to [...]

26 May

Up to our armpits in Martians

I wasn’t even aware that we were going but apparently we’ve landed on Mars again.

I’m conflicted when it comes to spending tax money on space exploration. On the one hand it’s expensive and not really related to what I think government should be doing. On the other hand… OMG, this is soooo cool! The “cool” [...]

26 May

The (almost) perfect food

You can imagine my surprise and delight (go ahead, try) when I saw this fantastic mash-up of “food product.” Potato chips with caffeine. Finally the health benefits of starch, fat and caffeine can be found in one, easily consumable format. Add in some extra sugar and maybe the by-products of tobacco carcinogens and they’d have [...]

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