https://jbaber.sdf.org/enContents © 2021 <a href="mailto:wsj@frundle.com">John Baber-Lucero</a> Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:01:54 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/chess/John Baber-Lucero<div><blockquote> <p>Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse.</p> <p><cite>Nassim Nicholas Taleb</cite></p> </blockquote> <p>Parents observed nerds' tastes and made their kids listen to Mozart and play chess.</p> <p>I've just realized in 100 years, people will force their kids to play <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons">Dungeons &amp; Dragons</a> and watch <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe">Marvel movies</a>.</p></div>shortshowerthoughtshttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/chess/Thu, 21 Oct 2021 04:00:00 GMThttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/doomsday/John Baber-Lucero<p>I made a <a href="https://jbaber.sdf.org/doomsday/">quick page</a> to test your ability to use the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_rule">doomsday rule</a>.</p>linkshorthttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/doomsday/Sun, 12 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMThttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/hedcut/John Baber-Lucero<div><!-- .. title: Hedcut .. slug: .. date: 2015-07-21 .. tags: short, link .. category: .. link: http://www.squaregear.net/gimptips/hedcut.shtml .. description: .. type: text --> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.squaregear.net/gimptips/hedcut.shtml">this gimp script</a> you can now make a hedcut of yourself to pretend you've appeared in the Wall Street Journal.</p></div>linkshorthttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/hedcut/Tue, 21 Jul 2015 04:00:00 GMThttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/microsoft/John Baber-Lucero<ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon">Favicons</a></li> </ul>listquotationshorthttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/microsoft/Tue, 05 May 2015 04:00:00 GMThttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/2048/John Baber-Lucero<p>The difference between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2048_(video_game)">2048</a> and gambling is that now that I've won <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2048_(video_game)">2048</a> once, I never have to play again.</p>linkshorthttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/2048/Sat, 10 May 2014 05:00:00 GMThttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/folding-envelopes/John Baber-Lucero<p><a href="http://agcj.tamu.edu/howto/Envelopes.htm">Folding and inserting Letters in Envelopes</a></p>how tolinkshorthttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/folding-envelopes/Sat, 10 May 2014 04:00:00 GMThttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/joni/John Baber-Lucero<div><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q4foLKDlcE&amp;list=PL89D7340E5EBD1431">Joni Mitchell</a> is great, but I try to think of her lyrics as nonsense (a la Tori Amos<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="https://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/joni/#fn:1">1</a></sup>) because they're always "introspective"<sup id="fnref:2"><a class="footnote-ref" href="https://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/joni/#fn:2">2</a></sup> . Today's case in point, youtube told me against my will that instead of a bunch of gibberish about astrology, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Green_(song)">Little Green</a> is a about giving up her newborn daughter for adoption.</p> <div class="footnote"> <hr> <ol> <li id="fn:1"> <p>Jeez, five seconds looking for some nonsense lyrics by <em>her</em> brought up stuff about multiple miscarriages and female genital mutilation. <a class="footnote-backref" href="https://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/joni/#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p> </li> <li id="fn:2"> <p>i.e. personal stuff about her life I don't want to hear about when I'm doing the dishes. <a class="footnote-backref" href="https://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/joni/#fnref:2" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p> </li> </ol> </div></div>downersshorthttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/joni/Sat, 10 May 2014 04:00:00 GMThttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/xkcd-plotting/John Baber-Lucero<div><!-- .. title: XKCD Plotting with Matplotlib .. slug: .. date: 2014-04-22 .. tags: short, link .. category: .. link: http://jakevdp.github.io/blog/2013/07/10/XKCD-plots-in-matplotlib/ .. description: .. type: text --> <p>The latest Matplotlib now lets you <a href="http://jakevdp.github.io/blog/2013/07/10/XKCD-plots-in-matplotlib/">make plots that look hand drawn</a>. (Even better with <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-humor-sans/">the xkcd font</a>).</p></div>linkshorthttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/xkcd-plotting/Tue, 22 Apr 2014 04:00:00 GMThttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/games/John Baber-Lucero<ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo_(video_game)">Limbo</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(video_game)">Portal</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miegakure">Miegakure</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Rain">Heavy Rain</a></li> </ul>listshortvideo gameshttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/games/Tue, 25 Mar 2014 04:00:00 GMThttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/pig-elvish/John Baber-Lucero<div><ul> <li>Eplacéra nyäen etterló "K" ithwó äen etterlí "C"</li> <li>Ovémí héten irstfë etterlä fóen achéï ordwó óten héten ndéen</li> <li>Fíen héten ordwá síen esslú hantë 4 etterslï onglá, ddäen héten ndingéa -en</li> <li>Fíen héten ordwí síen ongerlá utben ndséó níen äen owelvó, ddäen -th</li> <li>Fíen héten ordwï síen ongerló utben ndséá níen äen onsonantcë, ddäen äen andomrë owelvä óten héten ndéen</li> <li>Princlésë iberallylé ithwa ccentäth arcsmé</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://www.iolairweb.co.uk/cgi-bin/pigelvish.cgi">Translator</a></p></div>how tolanguageshorthttps://jbaber.sdf.org/posts/pig-elvish/Sat, 22 Mar 2014 04:00:00 GMT