Random Walks in the Wake of Randonautica

In this hashtag-time-soup era of the pandemic, office and home have blurred together. I’ve increased our reliance on delivery and decreased the amount of time I’ve been out in the world. I’d still take walks a couple of times a week, but it was always the same rut: a quick loop around the block. Randonautica … Continue reading Random Walks in the Wake of Randonautica

Library of Google

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/08/Yesterday, I picked up “Labyrinths,” a book of short stories and essays by Jorge Luis Borges and started reading “The Library … Continue reading Library of Google

LJRandText v1.1

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2003/09/There is an updated version of LJRandText (see original post). As far as the command line switches and output, version 1.1 … Continue reading LJRandText v1.1

LJRandText

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2003/08/So this past hour or so, I wrote a little program. Or rather, “rewrote” more accurately describes it. Basically, it will … Continue reading LJRandText

“I’m sorry, we are fresh out of Waldorfs”

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2003/08/Today was a fun and exciting day. It consisted of assembling the last of the furniture, unpacking nearly all of the … Continue reading “I’m sorry, we are fresh out of Waldorfs”

Da’Code

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2001/10/1) Python really likes whitespace to be properly formatted. Hopefully that will come across (if not, you might have to view … Continue reading Da’Code

LiveJournal Roulette

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2001/10/So, last night I wrote a little Python script to grab a random entry from a random LiveJournal page. Pretty wacky! … Continue reading LiveJournal Roulette