Day: March 2, 2005

  • Bus Troubleshooting 101

    Riding to work this morning, I noticed (through the vibrant strains of anime and j-pop music coming from my wonderful Neuros) that the bus I was on had a bit of trouble with the back door, the one most riders use to exit the vehicle. The driver tried toggling the switch a few times to no avail, so the passengers ended up leaving via the front door instead. What raised my eyebrows was what the driver did to solve the problem.

    He rebooted the bus.

    I kid you not. He turned off the engine, waited a minute, then started the bus back up again. At the next stop, the rear door worked perfectly.

    I wonder if he owns a home computer.

  • The Name (Graphing) Game

    Found at Collision Detection, the following naming-popularity graph. Type in the start of a name at the top, watch the pretty graphs grow into place. Be amused, or some-such…

    Oh, and save yourself the trouble: “Karel” doesn’t show up anywhere in there. Yes, I looked.

    NameVoyager