Projectionist: A tumblelog

Sat May 31

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Atmosphere

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Kernel#maybe etc with Percentage::Chance

class Percentage    
  def chance
    Chance.new(self)
  end
  
  class Chance
    attr_reader :odds, :happens
    alias :happens? :happens
    
    def initialize(percent)
      @odds    = percent.amount
      @happens = @odds > Kernel.rand(100)
    end
    
    def of(&block)
      yield if happens?
    end
  end
end

module Kernel
  def maybe(percent = 50.percent, &block)
    if block_given?
      percent.chance.of &block
    else
      percent.chance.happens?
    end
  end
  
  def probably(&block)
    80.percent.chance.of &block
  end

  def rarely(&block)
    20.percent.chance.of &block
  end
end

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Fri May 30

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Jarvis Cocker

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“ I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, “If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.” ”

Kurt Vonnegut

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Displacements – Michael Naimark

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Kernel#probably & Kernel#rarely

module Kernel
  def probably
    yield if (0...8).include? Kernel.rand(10)
  end

  def rarely 
    yield if (0...2).include? Kernel.rand(10)
  end
end

1_000_000.times do
  probably do
    good
  end
  rarely do
    evil
  end
end

# Good done 799,086 of 1,000,000
# Evil done 199,662 of 1,000,000

Mon May 26

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“ Perhaps it’s only a trampled package in the street—this life I pick up—and maybe my writing is its furtive unwrapping. ”

William Kohler in The Tunnel

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pen•ti•men•to

[pen-tuh-men-toh] — noun

An underlying image in a painting, as an earlier painting, part of a painting, or original draft, that shows through, usually when the top layer of paint has become transparent with age.

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Michael McDonald

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Babies puking

Sat May 24

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“ A design problem is not an optimization problem. ”

Christopher Alexander

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pol•y•sen•de•ton

[pol-ee-sin-di-ton] — noun

The repetition of conjunctions in close succession for rhetorical effect, as in the phrase here and there and everywhere.

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Japanese Kindergarten Train Genius

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I've Been Thinking (feat. Cat Power)

Fri May 23

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car•min•a•tive

[kahr-min-uh-tiv] — adjective

Inducing the expulsion of gas from the stomach and intestines.

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Japanese train driver

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“ No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful. ”

George Boole

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Tip Orwell’s Rules for Writers (paraphrased)

1. If it’s possible to cut out a word, cut it out.
2. Never use a long word where a short will do.
3. Never use a passive when you can use an active.
4. Avoid foreign and technical words.
5. Never use a metaphor you’ve seen in print.
6. Break these rules to avoid something outlandish.

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Riva Aquarama

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Tokyo

The Books

Thu May 22

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QR Code for http://project.ioni.st

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ge•oph•a•gy

[jee-of-uh-jee] — noun

The eating of earthy substances, such as clay or chalk, practiced among various peoples as a custom or for dietary or subsistence reasons.

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We Carry On – Portishead

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Numeric#percent

class Percentage  
  attr_reader :amount
  def initialize(amount)
    @amount = amount
  end
  
  def of(number)
    number * (amount / 100.0)
  end
end

class Numeric
  def percent
    Percentage.new(self)
  end
end

25.percent.of 16
# => 4.0
18.percent.of 321
# => 57.78

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“ It’s the defeat of death. ”

Marvin Minsky on the goal of AI

Wed May 21

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The Office (Japanese)

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se•no•pi•a

[sin-no pee uh] — noun

Improvement of near vision sometimes occurring in the aged because of swelling of the crystalline lens in incipient cataract.

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“ Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. ”

Abelson & Sussman, SICP, preface to the first edition

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Date#at_some_point

class Date
  def at_some_point
    (at_midnight..tomorrow.at_midnight).to_a.rand
  end
end

Date.today.at_some_point
# => Tue May 21 10:23:00 -0500 2008
Date.today.at_some_point
# => Tue May 21 02:10:00 -0500 2008
Date.today.at_some_point
# => Tue May 21 18:28:00 -0500 2008
Date.today.at_some_point
# => Tue May 21 07:25:00 -0500 2008

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I Got the Blues

Labi Siffre

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Patrick Ewing mosaic

Tue May 20

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bor•bo•ryg•mus

[bawr-buh-rig-muhs] — noun

A rumbling noise produced by the movement of gas through the intestines.

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Enumerable#some

module Enumerable
  def some
    map do |element|
      maybe do
        element
      end
    end.compact
  end
end

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Clontarf Traffic School

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Tip Bison filet

Bison filets have less fat and cholesterol than chicken.

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Deserter

Matthew Dear

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Tsukiji Fish Markets

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“ The best writing is rewriting. ”

E. B. White

Mon May 19

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Ruby in cement

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Any Major Dude

Steely Dan

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Ruby – Kenny Rogers and the First Edition

Sat May 17

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Numeric#reduce_by(percentage) # until

class Numeric
  def reduce_by(percentage = 50.percent, &block)
    block ||= Proc.new {|number| number.small?}
    return self if block.call(self)
    reduced_to = self
    until block.call(reduced_to)
       reduced_to = reduced_to.reduce_to(percentage)
    end
    Integer(reduced_to)
  end
  alias_method :reduce, :reduce_by
end

100_000.reduce_by {|number| !number.very_large?}
# => 6250

100_000.reduce_by 20.percent {|number| !number.large?}
# => 32

100_000.reduce
# => 48

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quart•an

[kwawr-tn] — adjective

Occurring every fourth day, counting inclusively, or every 72 hours. Used of a fever.

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Chris Ware animation from This American Life

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Just Another Day

Brian Eno

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Bento by Laptop Lunches

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“ In practice, it will never be as natural to speak of good fit as the simultaneous satisfaction of a number of requirements, as it will be to call it the simultaneous nonoccurrence of the same number of corresponding misfits. ”

Christopher Alexander

Thu May 15

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Coconut crab

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Right Now I Am A-Roaming

Phosphorescent

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VISIONEERS starring Zach Galifianakis

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Kernel#maybe


module Kernel
  def maybe(&block)
    if block_given? && maybe
      block.call
    else
      Kernel.rand(2).zero?
    end
  end
end

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“ Moliere really pumps my nads. ”

Alan C. Francis

Tue May 13

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Razor

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I Put A Spell On You

Audience

Sat May 10

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nic. will never grow up.

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Superstar

Sonic Youth

Fri May 9

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Creature Comforts – What is Art?

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Tip Make Avocado Toast

1. Toast some bread. Good and crispy.
2. Cut an avocado in half—scoop out the goods, mush it with a fork and spread on the toast. One avocado should do for 3 slices.
3. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes.
4. Salt and Pepper.
5. Drizzle with Olive Oil.

Wed May 7

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Having a Moustache (en Espa�ol)

Tue May 6

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Tip States with multiple time zones

There are 13 states in the USA with more than one time zone.

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Life Before Death: Portraits of the Dying

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“ I was given my life, I had to live it, and now I am giving it back. ”

Edelgard Clavey

Mon May 5

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Corporate Security Blanket – Douglas Coupland

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Yama-Ha

Humpe & Humpe

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Shazai – The Japanese Tradition

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“ It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. ”

Grace Hopper

Sun May 4

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Captain and Tennille – Muskrat love

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Feels So Good

Chuck Mangione

Thu May 1

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Pete Rock and CL Smooth – They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)

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“ Media that’s targeted at you but doesn’t include you may not be worth sitting still for. ”

Clay Shirky