2 o’clock is the pre-holiday weekend drink o’clock.
And yeah, that’s a proper pint :)
How does Google know when it’s time to add someone to my contact list in Google Chat? Do they have an algorithm for that? We all know that they scan our emails for ad placement so maybe they have an algorithm for new, burgeoning friendship too.
For instance, let’s say I only send hateful, cuss-filled, deriding email to somebody. After a few exchanges, will this person still show up in my contact list?
Here’s some pseudo-code showing how I think it might work:
function calculate_relationship( $message ) {
// Determine friendship based on indicated laughter
if ( $message contains 'LOL' or 'haha' ) {
// Calculate the length and frequency of 'LOL' or 'haha'
// exclamation points double the degree of laughter
var $joy = get_laugh_factor( $message );
if ( $joy > $AVERAGE_AMERICAN ) {
add_to_contacts( $TOMORROW );
return;
}
else {
wait( $TWO_MESSAGES );
return;
}
}
// Check for negative language
if ( $message contains $GLOBAL_CUSS_LIST ) {
if ( $message contains 'fuck you' ) { // We need clarification
if ( preceded by 'I want to' ) {
// Help this nerd out
add_to_contacts( $NOW );
return $user_phone_address_current_location;
}
}
else {
// Do nothing. Watch this whole thing crash and burn.
return;
}
}
}
Guns N’ Roses - You Could Be Mine
In honor of some movie that comes out today.
“The fact is that the levees on the canals were substandard, and done on the cheap at an immense profit. Ultimately that becomes a metaphor,” he said. “New Orleans was relying on things that were believed to be genuine bulwarks against tragedy and disaster. People felt that there were similar bulwarks protecting our financial institutions and foreign policy. Now, two years on, we are all essentially in the same boat as New Orleans. Katrina was an outlyer of where we are today.”
'Ida' was a bad choice
- Jesse: I think they should've named it something different
- Jared: like Jesse?
- Jesse: you know, like Phillip Lemur Hoffman
- Jared: come on dude, Lemur Alone
- Jared: Sigourney Lemur
- Jesse: Non-Dairy Lemur
- Jared: Lem-nardo DiCaprio
- Jared: I can't top Phillip Lemur Hoffman

