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Run:

It was December 24th on Hollis Ave in the dark
When I seen a man chilling with his dog in the park
I approached very slowly with my heart full of fear
Looked at his dog, oh my God, an ill reindeer
But then I was illin because the man had a beard
And a bag full of goodies, 12 o'clock had neared
So I turned my head a second and the man had gone
But he left his driver's wallet smack dead on the lawn
I picket the wallet up then I took a pause
Took out the license and it cold said "Santa Claus"
A million dollars in it, cold hundreds of G's
Enough to buy a boat and matching car with ease
But I'd never steal from Santa, cause that ain't right
So I'm going home to mail it back to him that night
But when I got home I bugged, cause under the tree
Was a letter from Santa and all the dough was for me

D.M.C. :

It's Christmas time in Hollis Queens
Mom's cooking chicken and collard greens
Rice and stuffing, macaroni and cheese
And Santa put gifts under Christmas trees
Decorate the house with lights at night
Snow's on the ground, snow white so bright
In the fireplace is the yule log
Beneath the mistle toe as we drink egg nog
The rhymes you hear are the rhymes of Darryl's
But each and every year we bust Chrsitmas carrols
(Christmas melodies)

Run-D.M.C. :

Rhymes so loud and prod you hear it
It's Christmas time and we got the spirit
Jack Frost chillin, the orchas out?
And that's what Christmas is all about
The time is now, the place is here
And the whole wide world is filled with cheer

D.M.C. :

My name's D.M.C. with the mic in my hand
And I'm chilling and coolin just like a snowman
So open your eyes, lend us an ear
We want to say 

Run-D.M.C. :

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The rules of Bingo Scrabble, such as they are:

• Every play must be a bingo
• Normal dictionary rules do not apply. (That is: words may not be challenged)
• Definitions for each word must be provided
• Score is not kept
• Everybody wins

Stephanie says that this is what happens when couples who rent from Blockbuster aren’t careful with their returns.

Tej and I have the same accent. Not too surprising given we’re both (more or less) from the highlighted part of the map.

This one’s for all my peoples out at the Los Angeles Startup Weekend:

Thanks to CMM for pointing this one out! It, truly, is amazing.

Rands offers a glimpse in to his resume — the “objective” in particular — in A Brief Glimpse:

I need to work with bright people who don’t take no for an answer and are crazy about well-designed software. If these people aren’t there when I show up, I work hard to find them.

The last time I redid my resume — a couple of months ago — I left the objective off. I may rethink that if I can express what I want to do quite so well as Rands.

Jeff Atwood talks about card shuffling algorithms in a recent blog post.

As it turns out, the easiest way to implement a shuffle is by sorting. It’s not exactly faster, as the typical sort is O(n log n) compared to the O(n) of the Knuth Fisher-Yates shuffle algorithm. We’ll just sort by a random number– in this case, a GUID.

   var cards = Enumerable.Range(0, 51);
   var shuffledcards = cards.OrderBy(a => Guid.NewGuid());

So we can ultimately implement a secure, unbiased shuffle as a one-liner in a modern programming language.

The obligatory nerd response here is to bang out the one-liner in your language of choice. Here’s one for Python:

>>> from random import random
>>> shuffled = [ b for (a,b) in sorted((random(), x) for x in cards) ]

Panic‘s Steven Frank explains the company’s MacWorld bribe policy:

• Sandwiches / Pizza / Burritos: A sincere effort will be made to resolve the bug upon our return
• One of whatever new hardware Apple announces: Our special “white glove” service — while working on your bug, we’ll wear tasteful white cotton gloves
• Cash bribes in excess of $10,000: Please talk to a Panic representative regarding our Platinum Level Bribery Plan, which includes rights to sleep on our office couch when in Portland and a secret handshake

Good stuff.

Recently I purchased a domain that you hadn’t intended to let expire. You sent some email asking if I’d sell it back to you. Sure. Why not. My plans for it got pushed back so far that I’d just be squatting if I were to keep it. However: Email sent to your address bounced. Let me know what address I might more reliably contact you at and we’ll work out the details.

Update: Given a second chance, email worked. So nevermind ;)