August 05, 2011
Across the 2nd Dimension
Dutch rethink Christianity for a doubtful world via BBC. Wow! So many jaw droppers I don't know where to begin.
Video: Comparing Password Protection Tools, LastPass and KeyPass. I don't care which you use, but make strong, unique-per-site passwords people!
Good morning! Dawdled a bit since I didn't have my hour long commute. Now VPN'd into the office for the rest of the day.
A good example of why rankings done by algorithm are suspect. Northeastern University is a 5 yr college with 0% 4yr grad rate.
Forgot to mention that I woke up in the middle of the night for the oddest of reasons. In addition to her own phone Claire accidentally brought home another cell phone that's the same make, model, and color as hers. And it started getting very loud text messages in the middle of the night. Hoping to return it later today.
I'll want to look at Roy Varghese's religion books later tonight. I've heard him on the radio twice this week. He was born in Kerala, India and is a writer and editor of books on the relationship between science and religion.
Just this morning remembered that when I ripped "Of Gods and Men", I forgot to include English subtitles. Argh! The whole movie is in French. I sent the DVD back yesterday but had planned to watch the second half this weekend.
Took the family for lunch at Cafe on the Oval. Then we swung by DFE for some coffees. Now back to learning about some newer Microsoft compressed texture formats...
Humor: Moments of a programmer’s life
Via Etsy: Cute Nintendo Earrings for my wife?? ;-]
Article and video: Qualcomm overhauls complex naming scheme, introduces simpler Snapdragon levels. A little shameless self promotion.
Survey: Smartphones and Tablets Replacing Alarm Clocks, GPS Devices & Digital Cameras. What item do you think smart phones have most replaced?
Wrapped up the work day. Among the more interesting things I got to do was explore Microsoft's software reference rasterizer model for rendering 3D graphics. It emulates a generic hardware graphics card in software. Since it's an abstract model, it seems so clean and straightforward. It doesn't have to try to model real hardware. Hardware vendors make sure that they comply with their model.
Taking the family out for ice cream at Hayward's Ice Cream.
Watching the new Phineas and Ferb movie with the kids.
I'm turning into my father. I fell asleep while watching the movie. Once it was over I woke back up, got the very tired boys tucked in bed with their prayers, and went back to sleep. Of course it's always harder to fall back asleep after you've had a catnap.