I think Apple’s products are great, but it’s a sad state of affairs when only jailbroken devices can be fixed in order to actually browse the web properly…

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According to matt, I just made milk come out of Python’s nose.

[i made this, although I’m hardly proud of that fact]

For those who care (or are thoroughly confused), this is a python function to find out where an alias file (the mac’s version of a shortcut or soft link) actually points to. And no, it really shouldn’t have to be this hard.

Isn’t it great how a goddamn photo frame has the ability to run arbitrary code with the full authority of the current user?

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Oh look, it’s a comic!

[I made this]

A Distributed Shared Memory System With Self-Adjusting.. Wang

• An unfortunate cropping of a research paper reference, lending itself to a rather amusing mental image. Also happens to be the the top google hit for “self-adjusting wang”. [source]

(you need sound for the full effect)

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