July 2008
Nerdy Neat.
Holy crap neat. But when would you use it? Dear Andrew Pile: Provide some examples.
pile:
Hey nerds, need to insert a lot (like tens of millions) of rows fast in MySQL? If so, LOAD DATA INFILE is the only way to fly. As far as I can tell this is the fastest way of inserting data in MySQL short of monkeying with the filesystem. It does it in one transaction, doesn’t recalculate keys till the end,...
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Some of the quandries are kind of lame and involve asking girls out or whether or not to smoke up, but some of them are pretty good. It’s the quandries like “Fresh Prince or Family Matters” that really gets the mind going.
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Probably one of my top five favorite BTMI! songs....
IFC
I’m watching The Red Violin and whenever it cuts to commercial I get confused. One minute Henry Rollins is giving me the finger and the next they’re trying to sell me gospel CDs.
“I got home at last and crawled into bed next to my girlfriend. I told her...”
– Banksy
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And when a thousand songs play randomly You hear...
Comic Sans MS
Some time this year I’ll be hitting my sixth anniversary of using first using Comic Sans MS as my choice of font on MSN. For six years all I’ve ever used was black, bold Comic Sans MS to electronically speak with friends. I think it might be time for me to get a new font.
Broccoli
By far my most favorite vegetable (and member of the Brassicaceae cabbage family). My only issue with it is that it starts to taste funny after a few days in the fridge. So, unfortunately for me, if I get some broccoli and I’m just not in an broccoli mood my broccoli will good bad and I won’t be able to enjoy it when I am in the mood for broccoli. I can use ranch dressing to cover up...
I am aware that I may get public mockary for this...
Everything Goes Numb by Streetlight Manifesto. It has the epic as shit Point/Counterpoint.
amandalynferri:
Can you guys please tell me what your favorite ska albums are? It doesn’t matter which wave of ska, I am interested in all. I have recently been listening to a lot lately, but realize that I have very few ska albums past ‘99.
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Easily one of my favorite songs. I haven’t...