Crispy Crunchy Goo!'s New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Crispy Crunchy Goo!2003-05-27T11:19:28ZCalifornia Highway 17 (place)http://everything2.com/user/Crispy+Crunchy+Goo%2521/writeups/California+Highway+17Crispy Crunchy Goo!http://everything2.com/user/Crispy+Crunchy+Goo%25212003-05-27T11:19:28Z2003-05-27T11:19:28ZCalifornia's <a href="/title/Highway+17">Highway 17</a> is a wonderful, <a href="/title/stress-free+commute">stress-free commute</a>; provided you are <b>not</b> driving during <a href="/title/rush+hour">rush hour</a>, <b>or</b> have <a href="/title/be+prepared">prepared</a>, <i>at minimum,</i> the following:
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<li><a href="/title/Radar+detector">Radar detector</a>. Passive (non-transmitting) <a href="/title/radar">radar</a> detectors are legal in <a href="/title/California">California</a>, ever since a 1998 <a href="/title/California+Supreme+Court">California Supreme Court</a> decision <a href="/title/bitchslap">bitchslap</a>ped the legislature. :-)
<li><a href="/title/Full+tank">Full tank</a>. It's a good (or a terrible) 30 miles from <a href="/title/San+Jose">San Jose</a> to <a href="/title/Santa+Cruz">Santa Cruz</a>. Fill up!
<li><a href="/title/Good+tires">Good tires</a>, and excellent <a href="/title/brakes">brakes</a>.
<li>An up-to-date, notarized, <a href="/title/Last+Will+and+Testament">Last Will and Testament</a>, to aid your <a href="/title/next-of-kin">next-of-kin</a> in <a href="/title/divvy">divvy</a>ing up what <a href="/title/swag">swag</a> <a href="/title/afterlife">you can't take with you</a>.
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There is but <a href="/title/one+constant">one constant</a> on this road: no matter how <a href="/title/reckless">reckless</a>ly you drive, <b>everyone</b> on the road will be doing their <a href="/title/damndest">damndest</a> to outdo you. Indeed, it often seems like a <a href="/title/contest">contest</a> for the title of "<a href="/title/World%2527s+Nastiest+Driver">World's Nastiest Driver</a>", and the competition is decidedly world-class.
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<a href="/title/The+only+way+to+win+is+not+to+play+at+all">The key to survival</a> on Highway 17, is this: take <a href="/title/California+Highway+9">Highway 9</a>, instead.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>ncurses (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Crispy+Crunchy+Goo%2521/writeups/ncursesCrispy Crunchy Goo!http://everything2.com/user/Crispy+Crunchy+Goo%25212002-12-20T10:39:37Z2002-12-20T10:39:37Z<small><tt>Technical writeup ahead. Non-programmers may waste valuable seconds of their lives unless they <a href="/title/ABANDON+ALL+HOPE+YE+WHO+ENTER+HERE">turn back NOW</a>... Seconds you may never get back.</tt></small>
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<a href="/title/M%2527kay">M'kay</a>... one of the big <a href="/title/caveat+emptor">caveats</a> that has kept me from writing any serious programs using <b>ncurses</b> (until now) is that ncurses and <a href="/title/xterm">xterm</a>* have had trouble getting along in the past. That is, an ncurses program that ran fine on a real <a href="/title/vterm">vterm</a> might also run fine on a default-sized xterm window, but start to spew sheared garbage when invoked in an oversized xterm.
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To add insult to injury, all (third-party) <a href="/title/ncurses">ncurses</a>-based programs that I tried under similar conditions would work fine... apparently they had coaxed the secret out of the <a href="/title/murky">murky</a> depths of the swampy documention, but no such secrets had made their way to the <a href="/title/wholesome">wholesome</a> sunlit world above.
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After some experimentation, I have come up with the following workaround, and <a href="/title/dammit">dammit</a>, I'm probably not the<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Cheese triangle objectivism (idea)http://everything2.com/user/Crispy+Crunchy+Goo%2521/writeups/Cheese+triangle+objectivismCrispy Crunchy Goo!http://everything2.com/user/Crispy+Crunchy+Goo%25212002-07-01T15:16:27Z2002-07-01T15:16:27Z<small>Referring to <a href="/title/ryano">ryano</a>'s writeup above.</small>
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1. <a href="/title/Cheese+triangles">Cheese triangles</a> <i>are?</i> Are they really cheese triangles if they're still globs of <a href="/title/whey">whey</a> curdily awaiting cheezification? Or must they be made cheese and cut into <a href="/title/triangular">triangular</a> shapes before they attain cheese-trianglehood?
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2. Eating <a href="/title/cheese">cheese</a> <a href="/title/triangles">triangles</a> may be well and good, but devoting your life to their <a href="/title/devouring">devouring</a> doesn't seem like a healthy way to live. You should have other interests, like the <a href="/title/Internet">Internet</a>, <a href="/title/pornography">pornography</a>, and <a href="/title/television">television</a>, to ensure that you're a <a href="/title/well-rounded+individual">well-rounded individual</a>.
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3. <a href="/title/Strapping">Strapping</a> someone to the continent of <a href="/title/Africa">Africa</a> simply for <a href="/title/deny">denying</a> you the chance to eat cheese triangles creates a <a href="/title/dilemma">dilemma</a>: in so doing, you are depriving <i>him</i> of the <a href="/title/opportunity">opportunity</a> to eat cheese triangles as well! You would create the <a href="/title/ethical">ethical</a> <a href="/title/obligation">obligation</a> of strapping yourself down with him as the continent sank.
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Plus, <a href="/title/sinking">sinking</a> an entire continent sounds like an incredibly <a href="/title/expensive">expensive</a> feat of<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…March 23, 2002 (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Crispy+Crunchy+Goo%2521/writeups/March+23%252C+2002Crispy Crunchy Goo!http://everything2.com/user/Crispy+Crunchy+Goo%25212002-03-24T08:48:01Z2002-03-24T08:48:01ZTook my <a href="/title/ASM">ASM</a> final today...
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The last item on the test was to write this moderately <a href="/title/beastly">beastly</a> program for about 60% of the test grade... meanwhile I had been taking my sweet <a href="/title/time">time</a> since I had <a href="/title/no+idea">no idea</a> what was at the end, plus I had got there late and was <i>still</i> plowing through the exam at a nice leisurely <a href="/title/clip">clip</a>, at which point I <a href="/title/realize">realize</a> I had about 30 minutes to write an hour-and-a-half program...
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Somewhere on the verge of <a href="/title/panic">panic</a>, something clicked in my brain... someone <a href="/title/OR">OR</a>'d the bit to set it in overdrive. <a href="/title/It+was+amazing">It was amazing</a>. Normally for something tedious and difficult like Assembler coding I just zone out and in a few hours realize that I've produced a <a href="/title/flawless">flawless</a> program, but unfortunately a few hours weren't <a href="/title/available">available</a> at the time...
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So instead of entering a <a href="/title/subconscious">subconscious</a> <a href="/title/idiot-savant">idiot-savant</a> mode, I clicked into a sort of <a href="/title/hyperconsciousness">hyperconsciousness</a>... I still remember every single <a href="/title/character">character</a> of that program... it's <a href="/title/burned">burned</a> into my mind now like an important <a href="/title/memory">memory</a>, or at least<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…March 9, 2002 (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Crispy+Crunchy+Goo%2521/writeups/March+9%252C+2002Crispy Crunchy Goo!http://everything2.com/user/Crispy+Crunchy+Goo%25212002-03-09T08:50:59Z2002-03-09T08:50:59Z<i>1960s Horror Movie Poster Letters:</i>
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<big><i><a href="/title/ATTACK+OF+THE+KILLER+TOURISTS%2521">ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOURISTS!</a></i></big>
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After several months' hiatus, I'm playing <a href="/title/Nethack">that game</a> again...
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I requested a <a href="/title/random">random</a> character, and got a lousy <a href="/title/tourist">tourist</a>, arguably the weakest, solely-for-shits-and-giggles-est character types in <a href="/title/Nethack">the game</a>... I decided to play her, just for <a href="/title/larphs">larphs</a>...
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<small><i>*Blink*</i></small>--Level 2--<small><i>*Blink*</i></small>--Levels 3,4,5--
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<i>*<a href="/title/heartbeat">heartbeat</a>*</i><p>
<small><i>*Blink*</i></small><p>
Before I knew it, I had *real <a href="/title/weapons">weapons</a>*, as well as a Blessed +1 <a href="/title/Hawaiian+Shirt">Hawaiian Shirt</a>, Elvish Mithril-coat, <a href="/title/Elvish">Elvish</a> cloak and boots, +1 orcish helm, and sweetest of all, <i><a href="/title/gauntlets+of+power">gauntlets of power</a></i>...
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<small><i>*Blink*</i></small><small><i>*Blink*</i></small>--Level 7-- Completely dominating the <a href="/title/dungeon">dungeon</a>, with a lowly <a href="/title/Tourist">Tourist</a>!
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At this point, I'd even escaped near-certain-death several times, like that lousy <a href="/title/cursed">cursed</a> scroll of create monster which filled the room<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Chipirones en su tinta (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Crispy+Crunchy+Goo%2521/writeups/Chipirones+en+su+tintaCrispy Crunchy Goo!http://everything2.com/user/Crispy+Crunchy+Goo%25212002-01-23T05:59:19Z2002-01-23T05:59:19Z<i><a href="/title/Chipirones+en+su+tinta">Chipirones en su tinta</a></i>
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The English half of the <a href="/title/menu">menu</a> reads, "Baby <a href="/title/squid">squid</a> in its own <a href="/title/ink">ink</a>".
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August, 2000, seated at the top floor of the wonderful <i><a href="/title/Botin">Botín</a></i> restaurant in <a href="/title/Madrid">Madrid</a> <small><tt>(according to its own menu-pamphlet, <i>Botín</i> is the oldest continuously operational restaurant in the world; whether or not that's true, the place has wonderful food! :)</tt></small>, I ordered this dish on a <a href="/title/lark">lark</a>...
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I was motivated by a combination of <a href="/title/spontaneous">spontaneous</a> <a href="/title/adventurousness">adventurousness</a>, a <a href="/title/sibling+rivalry">sibling</a>ly <a href="/title/hankering">hankering</a> to mildly gross out my sister (a <a href="/title/vegetarian">vegetarian</a>; <small>though after seeing a whole <a href="/title/roast+suckling+pig">roast suckling pig</a> carried past her, the <a href="/title/baby+squid">baby squid</a> thing didn't phase her</small> ;), and the knowledge that I would probably have the most <a href="/title/interesting">interesting</a> dish among our entire <a href="/title/party">party</a>.
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<small><tt>I was right.</tt></small>
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Our <a href="/title/tour+guide">tour guide</a> had also told us that <i><a href="/title/Chipirones+en+su+tinta">Chipirones en su tinta</a></i> was a regional <a href="/title/delicacy">delicacy</a>, and that <i>Botín<!-- close unclosed tag --></i><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…