terriko

First some me-related updates:

I got to help staff a table at roborave on Saturday. fun! I was too busy to take pictures, so don't ask.

GSoC ranking continues apace. It's actually less busy for me than it was, since I don't need to interact with the students as much until selection is finished, so I've gone from over a hundred people potentially wanting to talk to me to something closer to 20-30. (project admins + mentors with melange trouble). I expect there'll be some wrangling to make sure the Systers and Mailman don't have any overlapping project ideas, but that can wait a few days.

To save people from asking me: I'm not expecting to hear about the Portland job for another couple of weeks. This is actually pretty convenient for me since it means I can focus on GSoC during the selection period; horray for good timing!

And then some links that amused me:

Check out this awesome quote from the guy who introduced Sriracha sauce to the west.. Just scroll down; it's been helpfully put into the picture of Mr. David Tran. But the article itself is pretty interesting too.
You may have seen the link going around claiming that the Miss Korea contestants all look like clones. I chalked it up to some sort of racist "all Korean people look the same" nonsense, but this analysis of why they all look the same is pretty interesting. Short answer: makeup and photoshop by pageant folk. (Although I bet there's some racism involved in the spread of the link too.)
"Ship just got real." This is the most compelling smooth-jazz voiceover in a trailer for a turn-based boat game that you're going to see today. At least until you watch the second one, which has even more boat puns. J tells me that the game is actually pretty fun even though he only bought it because the trailer was hilarious.
Ever wanted to know if your interface is being messed with by a monkey? Android has you covered with isUserAMonkey().
Also, there exists a set of log.wtf functions in Android. Handy!