http://www.bottledcity.com Musings and wastes of time, all to put off the inevitable work Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:30:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've got say it. At first I thought this was pretty cool. Then I thought that theres almost no real use for it. In the end I can see some limited use, but not to justify the amount of effort taken to do it. Sorry, hang on, you need to watch this ... http://www.bottledcity.com/2008/08/14/video-enhancement/ This is in reponse to this xkcd comic. So what are friendly numbers? Lets do this quick. We need first to get define a divisor function over the integers, written σ(n) if you're so inclined. To get it first we get all the integers that divide into n. So for 3, it's ... http://www.bottledcity.com/2008/04/15/friendly-numbers/ Isn't tea just great? .. Oh go on then, if you're making one. So, what have you been up to? .. Really? 6ft and blue you say? Wow. That's just amazing. And unexpected. I've been busy too. New work, new laptop, new kitchen, new favorite mug. This mug's a slightly darker shade of ... http://www.bottledcity.com/2008/03/31/blue_mug/ Hey, comics are great right? Well how about a comic every hour. I know. What a great idea. Heres today's hourly comics.     Seriously a comic every hour you're awake for the whole month of january. How good is that? Check them all out at suitablyamused.com http://www.bottledcity.com/2008/01/15/hourly-comics/ From the look of these shots, the new Watchmen movie is going to be brilliant. And I mean that in the most fully sense of the word. Yes, the movie won't have the depth of the book, but my word, it looks like its just been pulled off the page. If ... http://www.bottledcity.com/2007/11/27/watchmen/ This has got to be the best parody I've seen in a long long while. I literally lol'd many times. [youtube]8NdSL2NUoWk[/youtube] "I'm such an idiot" http://www.bottledcity.com/2007/11/19/best-thing-ever/ See here for the rather talented creator. (Thanks Matt for the link) http://www.bottledcity.com/2007/11/05/this-was-a-triumph/ Here is an excellent article by Joel Spolsky on 5 ways to make a project fail. I happen to particularly agree/like this from point 5: Software development takes immense intellectual effort. Even the best programmers can rarely sustain that level of effort for more than a few hours a day. Beyond that, ... http://www.bottledcity.com/2007/10/25/how-hard-could-it-be/ If you haven't played Portal, or at least watched video for the final credits, you probably won't get how amazing this is. If you have, and you do, you're in for a treat. [youtube]BQrSYLYtltU[/youtube] http://www.bottledcity.com/2007/10/19/the-cake-is-a-lie/ [youtube]QgF9hBL-CuA[/youtube] http://www.bottledcity.com/2007/10/13/what-really-happened-to-the-x-wing/