Irrelephant blog.

Jailbreaking is legal in the U.S.

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:20:57 -0700

Basically, all those who were saying that you can’t jailbreak a legally owned device can go fuck themselves.

"An astrologer of a London tabloid was once fired by means of a letter from his editor which began,..."

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:39:11 -0700

“An astrologer of a London tabloid was once fired by means of a letter from his editor which began, “As you will no doubt have foreseen.””

- From Christopher Hitchens’s book “God Is Not Great”.

Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear Stearns, the Toughest Firm on Wall Street

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:07:38 -0700

Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear Stearns, the Toughest Firm on Wall Street:

Street Fighters is not about the reasons why Bear Stearns failed and how did its management came to this mess. Kate Kelly did not write a book for those readers who want cold analysis of the problem. By getting right to the company’s collapse and using her style of slight exaggeration (as one of reviewers on Amazon pointed out, excitement in this book is provided by constant overstatement) author wants us to feel the pressure of those last hours and, in my opinion, she succeeds in doing that.

Although I enjoyed reading this book, I would recommend it only for those looking for a fast and intense read.

Living With a Computer

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:35:00 -0700

Living With a Computer:

“The process works this way. When I sit down to write a letter or start the first draft of an article, I simply type on the keyboard and the words appear on the screen.”

This article is from July 1982 issue of The Atlantic Magazine.

Me at Google I/O 2010 (I am on the far right). Previously.

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:03:00 -0700

Me at Google I/O 2010 (I am on the far right).

Previously.

God is in Emacs

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:06:09 -0700

So I was going to my friend’s place to pick up some stuff and then suddenly I got this urge to do some programming. It was weird and awesome, at the moment I really wanted to write some code, not matter what — just code.

Luckily I live almost next door so I ran back to my apartment and worked for a little bit. Feels good now, although that feeling is still with me.

In the end, we are our choices.

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:38:47 -0700

In the end, we are our choices.:

I don’t remember opening this page but, anyway, the tab was there and I read the speech, and I must say that it is the most relevant text for me right now. Especially the quote.

"When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout."

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:18:00 -0700

“When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.”

- Old saying

Photo

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:15:19 -0700

"Вот, видите, даже у французов крах по-своему прекрасен. То есть казалось, что в игре с Мексикой они..."

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:24:41 -0700

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Вот, видите, даже у французов крах по-своему прекрасен. То есть казалось, что в игре с Мексикой они упали уже на самое дно, и тут снизу постучали.

See, even french failure is wonderful in its own way. I mean, after their game with Mexico, it seemed that they fell to the very bottom, but then somebody knocked from below.

”

- Yaroslav Kotyshov, Lenta.ru

We’re not cool, we are free.

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:56:39 -0700

We’re not cool, we are free.

Sin City hates you all.

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:38:47 -0700

Sin City hates you all.

"We are young, We are strong, We’re not looking for where we belong. We’re not cool, We..."

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:15:28 -0700

“

We are young,
We are strong,
We’re not looking for where we belong.

We’re not cool,
We are free,
And we’re running with blood on our knees.

”

- Mika

Lost stashed changes

Wed, 26 May 2010 23:41:05 -0700

Just lost my stashed changes. This will be a lesson to make a lot of small commits instead of a single big one.

"On the wrong day of the wrong week, I used the wrong method with the wrong technique"

Wed, 26 May 2010 23:34:43 -0700

“On the wrong day of the wrong week,
I used the wrong method with the wrong technique”

- Wrong by Depeche Mode

Hakuna Matata! (via Reddit)

Sat, 22 May 2010 11:40:52 -0700

Hakuna Matata! (via Reddit)

That is right, Rob Pike signed my copy of The Practice of...

Thu, 20 May 2010 10:39:00 -0700

That is right, Rob Pike signed my copy of The Practice of Programming.

The Go Programming Language

Wed, 19 May 2010 14:49:23 -0700

The Go Programming Language:

Was in a discussion with Andrew Gerrand and (!!!) Rob Pike about Go earlier today and as a result, I am much more interested in it now.

Everybody's changing the world

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:57:15 -0700

It is rather interesting how overused the phrase “changing the world” is in the Valley. Almost every company is changing the world or starting a revolution and yet the world is pretty much the same as five-ten years ago.

From an email to a friend.

My face is burning there.

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:51:27 -0700

My face is burning there.