Tag Archives: Humor

Red Meat Friday: The Oxford Comma

Posted on 2021-12-24 by jcs

There’s a particularly odious type of reprobate who refuses to use the Oxford comma. A subset of the type can claim ignorance as a mitigating factor but, sadly, the majority of the transgressors do so with full knowledge and understanding … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: See? This Is Why We Needed The Revolution

Posted on 2021-12-03 by jcs

As a nice coda to yesterday’s post, Liam Proven offers this bit of heresy: I became a double-hyphener years ago and it’s a hard habit to break. But while the em-dash *is* great — let’s do it the British way, … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Take That, Neovim

Posted on 2021-11-19 by jcs

PSA: Any title that starts with “Neo” is either superfluous or misleading. — Kontra (@counternotions) November 12, 2021

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How To Be an Ankle Biter

Posted on 2021-11-08 by jcs

It’s Sunday night and I’m completely unmotivated to write something coherent and interesting for tomorrow’s (i.e. today’s) post. Instead, I offer this oldie but goody from the Way Back Machine that they title Things to say when you’re losing a … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Dark Mode, Like It Or Not

Posted on 2021-09-24 by jcs

I should have been suspicious. The Minions have been uncharacteristically quiet lately and behaving themselves; until they weren’t. Then, of course, they sprung another light-mode/dark-mode post on me. It turns out there are a lot of sociopaths out there. Here’s … Continue reading →

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The Tale of the Fake Sign

Posted on 2021-08-20 by jcs

Even though it’s Friday, this is not a red meat Friday post. But it is a whimsical tale to serve as a digestif for your week. It’s a charming story that is reminiscent of the famous MIT hacks except that … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Vim Doom

Posted on 2021-08-13 by jcs

A small incursion in the editor wars: #vim pic.twitter.com/AC7bMAYFMI — Stefano (@SteffPy) August 12, 2021 Sure, it would work equally well with the other editor but I have my Emacs hat on.

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Red Meat Friday: Just Punishment

Posted on 2021-07-30 by jcs

Editorial Note For some reason, WordPress is refusing to post the embedded Tweet to Irreal’s database so I’m reduced to posting a link to it instead. This is yet another data point that makes me think I should suffer the … Continue reading →

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Fish Sticks

Posted on 2021-05-05 by jcs

I just saw an article that incited in me an atavistic fear and loathing. What was it that left me trembling and whimpering? Fish sticks. The very name brings back childhood horrors. Long ago, in the dark ages before the … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Text Editors in Lord of the Rings

Posted on 2021-04-02 by jcs

If editors were places from Lord of the Rings, what would they be? Kieran Healy has an amusing answer. My only complaint is that Word is not a text editor. Still, its assigned place is apt.

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