It's been a while...

Anyone getting any pats on the back these days?

Google Code Search

There's always some cool stuff to check out at Google Labs. They're apparently indexing the world's public source code. I did a little search and I'm quite flabbergasted at the 41,100 results I found. It's a sad place out there.

I challenge you to find an even dumber snippet of public code (regular expressions will work).

Lance Armstrong Spoof

I thought this article was a funny spoof on Lance Armstrong. Just keep in mind that anything from The Onion is totally fake, but generally worth a good laugh.

Ryan's Break into the Music Industry

I'm completely speechless. Methinks Ryan needs a record deal, for sure. I'm his agent. All interested record labels should contact me directly. Thank you.

Ryan's World Premier Video

A Week into the Semester

Well, it's been a little over a week since classes started up again and no one has posted anything. I guess we're all quite busy and everything, but there has to be something worth throwing up on the ol' Pats on the Back blog.

I'll start with a rant. I'm pretty sure that we've all noticed the many newspapers that seem to collect in the bathroom stalls throughout the day. What I want to know is why do people think that someone else wants to touch their newspaper? Especially the ones that are lying on the floor or wedged between the back of the toilet and the wall. I've had a long standing policy to never touch anything on the floor or touching the toilet without latex gloves. That policy is not about to change. Seriously though, I don't understand why people just leave a newspaper on the bathroom floor, thinking that someone else will want to touch it.

While we're on the topic of bathrooms, has anyone else noticed that people seem to come running into the bathroom about to explode? It's like a bomb goes off as soon as they sit down. I feel sorry for these people, whose body obviously is failing to let them know before the last second that it's that time. I have this really funny mental image of an overweight, computer nerd running down the hall with one hand plugging his rear...makes me laugh every time.

King Tut.

Unbelievable skills

For those of you that have unbelievable skills, you may be disappointed with the current job market trends as seen on the graph at Indeed.com

If you indeed have unbelievable skills, you apparently missed your chance in September of last year.

You can perform some other searches as well, which will probably keep you entertained for at least the next 5-10 minutes or so. I am absolutely tickled at the fact that Ruby has finally caught up with Fortran in the job market.

The Big M Engaged!!!!

For those of you who haven't yet heard (because you're caught in Infidelity Prison or Novell), our fearless leader Mark (aka The Big M) is engaged to be married on September 15th. From what I've heard, the big event is happening 7pm at the Mount Timpanogos temple. An open house is scheduled for the 22nd at an as of yet unknown location. Make sure to congratulate The Big M if you get a chance.