Pennsic

Are you going to Pennsic? If so, I'd like to know where you'll be camping and when you'll be there. Even if you've posted this information in your own journal, I'd be grateful if you'd also leave a brief comment here.

I'll be arriving (to stay) on Tuesday of the first week and leaving on Friday of the second week. (Experience has shown that the final Shabbat is better spent at home.) I'll be camped with Polyhymnia, part of Debatable Lands, in block N10. Our entrance will be halfway down Cariadoc's Path between Brewers and Chandlers, I believe. Look for the white Andalusian house and the tudor buildings.

short takes

Overheard: "It's not exactly spaghetti code. More like sticky rice -- weirdly clumpy but not really cohesive."

This article from aspaqlaria seems just to be about the grammar of biblical Hebrew (which by itself is enough to get my attention), but it actually leads to a good lesson about mussar (right behavior). Nicely done.

Sony is settling a class-action lawsuit over fake movie reviews (link from dmnsqrl). People who saw the movies based on ads quoting non-existant reviews can't get their two hours back, but they can get $5. While this is clearly a fraud case, I do hope that this doesn't lead to suits from people who weren't defrauded and just didn't like the movies they saw.

Hamster-powered night light (link from dyanearden). I'd occasionally wondered about that too.