Skipped last week, so here is a bunch of stuff from two weeks combined
Made a whole bunch of chicken broth from the leftover bones I saved up over the last couple of weeks
I use this as a base for lentil soups, vegetable soups, risottos or I just have it as is to warm me up.
Finished: The Russian Revolution: A New History by Sean McMeekin
This was pretty good, if you like history I recommend this book
Since a lot of podcasts took a hiatus or had a best of episode, I had some spare time. I decided to listen again to the fantastic World War I podcast episodes Blueprint for Armageddon by Dan Carlin. I think this is the 3rd of 4th time I have listened to it.
Cold spell is still going strong in the Northeast. Worked from home Thursday and Friday. For some reason there was a Comcast cable above ground. The first snow cleaning truck that passed by clipped that cable right into pieces. There went cable and internet. Used the hotspot on my phone to continue working. Comcast had the cable repaired within 2 hours so that was not too bad
Went to pick up some eggs and cheese at the farm and saw these cows drinking water.
The water was frozen in the container on the right side so these cows were pushing each other to get to the water in the container on the left side. The cows seemed contend, not sure how because it was bitter cold. Maybe now if you mil them, you get ice cream instead of milk LOL
I finally watched Downfall
The movie is well known as the inspiration for "Downfall parodies". One scene in the film, in which Hitler launches into a furious tirade upon finally realizing that the war is lost, has become a staple of internet videos. In these videos, the original German audio is retained, but new subtitles are added so that Hitler and his subordinates seem to be reacting instead to some setback in present-day politics, sports, entertainment, popular culture, or everyday life
I highly recommend this movie, although you know the outcome, if was interesting to see Hitler as a broken man suffering from Parkinson's Disease and still thinking that the war could be won. The human treatment of Hitler raised some concerns by critics
Snake Case
In Snake Case, all words are lower-cased, then all spaces between words are replaced by underscores.
So you would get
then_all_spaces_between_words_are_replaced
Kebab Case is similar except that the first letter of each word is capitalized, and hyphens are used instead of underscores:
So you would get
Then-All-Spaces-Between-Words-Are-Replaced
More here: http://blog.greglow.com/2017/12/29/sdu-tools-converting-t-sql-strings-snake-case-kebab-case/
bombogenesis
Bombogenesis, a popular term used by meteorologists, occurs when a midlatitude cyclone rapidly intensifies, dropping at least 24 millibars over 24 hours. A millibar measures atmospheric pressure. This can happen when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass, such as air over warm ocean waters https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bombogenesis.html
Who comes up with these words?
U.S. drone sales in 2017 topped $1 billion for the first time ever, but don’t raise a glass too quickly if you are in New Jersey, where lawmakers are poised to outlaw drunken droning next week.
Drunk droning is the new drunk driving...
Christopher Nolan on the power of the people and why '2001' should be required preschool viewing
I understand you showed “2001” to your children when they were very young, like 3 or 4?
I did. I think they’re able to absorb it on the most important level at a young age. That’s what happened to me. I saw it when I was 7 years old, and that’s the level I think it works the best — pure cinematic spectacle. I was extremely baffled by it, but excited by it.
When people talk about the age of people watching a film, part of what they’re asking is, “How does a 7-year-old parse the content?” And if you look at “2001” and you think about it, you can’t parse it anyway as an adult. The experience is the thing.
Interesting... most people I know say this is the best movie ever or a very boring movie
Cold spell is still going strong in the Northeast. Worked from home Thursday and Friday. For some reason there was a Comcast cable above ground. The first snow cleaning truck that passed by clipped that cable right into pieces. There went cable and internet. Used the hotspot on my phone to continue working. Comcast had the cable repaired within 2 hours so that was not too bad
Went to pick up some eggs and cheese at the farm and saw these cows drinking water.
The water was frozen in the container on the right side so these cows were pushing each other to get to the water in the container on the left side. The cows seemed contend, not sure how because it was bitter cold. Maybe now if you mil them, you get ice cream instead of milk LOL
I finally watched Downfall
The movie is well known as the inspiration for "Downfall parodies". One scene in the film, in which Hitler launches into a furious tirade upon finally realizing that the war is lost, has become a staple of internet videos. In these videos, the original German audio is retained, but new subtitles are added so that Hitler and his subordinates seem to be reacting instead to some setback in present-day politics, sports, entertainment, popular culture, or everyday life
I highly recommend this movie, although you know the outcome, if was interesting to see Hitler as a broken man suffering from Parkinson's Disease and still thinking that the war could be won. The human treatment of Hitler raised some concerns by critics
This Week I Learned
kebeb caseSnake Case
In Snake Case, all words are lower-cased, then all spaces between words are replaced by underscores.
So you would get
then_all_spaces_between_words_are_replaced
Kebab Case is similar except that the first letter of each word is capitalized, and hyphens are used instead of underscores:
So you would get
Then-All-Spaces-Between-Words-Are-Replaced
More here: http://blog.greglow.com/2017/12/29/sdu-tools-converting-t-sql-strings-snake-case-kebab-case/
bombogenesis
Bombogenesis, a popular term used by meteorologists, occurs when a midlatitude cyclone rapidly intensifies, dropping at least 24 millibars over 24 hours. A millibar measures atmospheric pressure. This can happen when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass, such as air over warm ocean waters https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bombogenesis.html
Who comes up with these words?
This Week I tweeted
As drone demand soars, New Jersey poised to bar drunken droningU.S. drone sales in 2017 topped $1 billion for the first time ever, but don’t raise a glass too quickly if you are in New Jersey, where lawmakers are poised to outlaw drunken droning next week.
Drunk droning is the new drunk driving...
Christopher Nolan on the power of the people and why '2001' should be required preschool viewing
I understand you showed “2001” to your children when they were very young, like 3 or 4?
I did. I think they’re able to absorb it on the most important level at a young age. That’s what happened to me. I saw it when I was 7 years old, and that’s the level I think it works the best — pure cinematic spectacle. I was extremely baffled by it, but excited by it.
When people talk about the age of people watching a film, part of what they’re asking is, “How does a 7-year-old parse the content?” And if you look at “2001” and you think about it, you can’t parse it anyway as an adult. The experience is the thing.
Interesting... most people I know say this is the best movie ever or a very boring movie
Some cool stuff you might enjoy
Listen to live Bitcoin transactions: http://btclisten.com/
Listen to live Wikipedia updates: http://listen.hatnote.com/
Smells Like Teen Spirit’ music video auto-tuned to major chord
Nirvirna - Teen Sprite from Sleep Good on Vimeo.
Wow this really is uncanny valley territory
Trail near my home, looks cold but it is actually very nice to run on snow.
Went to pick up some eggs and cheese at the farm and saw these cows drinking
Smells Like Teen Spirit’ music video auto-tuned to major chord
Nirvirna - Teen Sprite from Sleep Good on Vimeo.
Wow this really is uncanny valley territory
Some pics I took
Trail near my home, looks cold but it is actually very nice to run on snow.
Went to pick up some eggs and cheese at the farm and saw these cows drinking
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