My November ‘22 in Review
November is now over and it’s December and the Christmas season begins. But first a short review of November… ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Advent of Code 2022 – Every Puzzle Solved in Erlang

Christmas is getting closer and with that, the annual Advent of Code begins. For those who do not know, Advent of Code is a fun and inclusive event which provides a new programming puzzle every day. The fun is that these puzzles can be solved in any programming language and are accessible for varying levels of coding experience and skills. The real test is in your problem-solving. This year, we’ll be solving each of the problems in … ⌘ Read more

“Christmas is Murder” de Val McDermid e louça da A Casa da Cerâmica, Lamego (mais aqui https://instagram.com/acasadaceramicaloja) ⌘ Read more

Christmas dinner at Aella’s family must be…interesting

Release Radar · December 2021 Edition
Many of us were wrapping up projects, emails, events, and getting ready for Christmas. While we were all busy getting ready for the festive season, our community was still hard at work shipping open source ⌘ Read more

The Dwarf Generator Act One makes surprisingly good christmas music!

Christmas Demos of the 1980s (for C64, Atari, Apple II, DOS, & Amiga)
Christmas demos were a staple of 1980s computer culture. Here are some of the best. ⌘ Read more

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅 ⌘ Read more

On the blog: Short Fiction — All Quiet on the Vernal Front https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/12/05/war.html #fiction #christmas #holiday

Christmas is near and now my watch shows that! 🎄 ⌘ Read more

I got a menu in the mail from a new Chinese food restaurant. Across the front of the menu, beneath the phone number is a note,

“Open Christmas!”

I feel seen. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net @gareppa Tis fake.. that is the name of the tower in Die Hard. A movie that takes place on Christmas Eve. The actual name of the Nakatomi Plaza is the FOX Plaza.

Merry Christmas! and Bitchute Update ⌘

Merry Christmas to all and a vid from the archives ⌘

gary wilson did an actual christmas album – https://garywilsonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/it-s-christmas-time-with-gary-wilson

Well, #DryJanuary didn’t last long, we received yesterday and I drank beer, as well as a taste of that rhum, gifted for Christmas x)

I had a nice bottle of rhum for Christmas. But as I’m doing the #DryJanuary I won’t be able to taste it yet. I guess it’ll just make it more enjoyable :)

Strange Days is a better christmas movie than Die Hard.

A Christmas Story: A Tale of Technological Nostalgia - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4PM1MFT5mk

We tried teaching an AI to write Christmas movie plots. Hilarity ensued. Eventually. - MIT Technology Review https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612644/we-tried-teaching-an-ai-to-write-christmas-movie-plots-hilarity-ensued-eventually/

Today is Christmas Eve. Celebrate with Christmas Adam.

Today is Christmas Eve. Celebrate by casting elaborate home-made gifts into the roiling surf & watching them be smashed against the rocks by the wrath of Neptune.

If ‘Fist of Christmas’ was a real movie, I’d probably watch it. http://aiweirdness.com/post/181322590522/a-very-special-christmas-movie-courtesy-of-a

Nevermind Die Hard – Strange Days is the best christmas movie

All Hallmark Christmas movies are horror films in disguise | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2018/11/19/all-hallmark-christmas-movies-are-horror-films-in-disguise/

Just bought me a Kala Walnut Tenor Ukulele as late christmas present, i’m thrilled how nice it sounds!

If somebody tells you that their favorite christmas movie is Eyes Wide Shut, run.

By the way that’s how you know Dicken’s Christmas Carol is fabrication, not one language incident in the whole yarn despite time emphasis

Shogi
Kent’s latest hobby is to play Shogi. That makes me an obligatory player and fan as well since, just like chess, Shogi requires two players. We bought a cheap board from Amazon, but he has already stated that a better quality board and pieces is what he would want for Christmas (yes, he is already planning for it).

The game isn’t difficult to play, but I am having an excruciating hard time remembering each piece—labeled with kanji characters—and how they move. Ah, the j … ⌘ Read more

It is Christmas day
One of the many things to look forward to each year is, of course, the end of year holidays. Christmas, Festivus, or whatever you call it, the end of December is always a special time. My only complain, and that might be yours too, is that it comes and goes so fast! Kent has finished opening his presents, and somehow it feels “it is all over.” But we waited the whole year for this! We stayed up late wrapping gifts, gifts that are now open, and the “magic” gone. It should not be.

I … ⌘ Read more

Films to watch during Christmas
Christmas is not the same without watching certain films. The ones that are always a must for me are “ National Lampoon’s European Vacation” and “ National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”. As I type this I am getting ready to watch them both. Those are the ones to laugh to tears and have fun. The other favourite one – … ⌘ Read more

A Christmas tree small story
Last year we had a plastic Christmas tree. Wife was not happy. This year she wanted a real one, so this morning the child and I went on the quest of getting it. Most families in the States will get a Christmas tree right after Thanksgiving, but I am used to get it the day before Christmas. Of course, if I wait for that day there will be none left. So it is today, or never1.

We purchased one, which is already soaking … ⌘ Read more

A Christmas tree
After a small, but heated battle, on whether or not to buy a real tree for Christmas (Kent and I said no, Kim said yes), Kent and Alyssa are now decorating a Fraser pine tree. I am sure you guessed who won. ⌘ Read more

Drobo FW800
A Drobo FW800 (four bays) is all I want for Christmas. I will settle for one without drives, just the enclosure. I will buy the drives later. Slowly. One at a time.

Please Santa. I know Christmas is far away, I am just giving you time. The device will be used mainly for family photos and videos. It is a good use, for a good device. Could you… make it so?

Update 18 May 2010

Not sure if I still want it, based on [more](http://jan.rychter.co … ⌘ Read more

Christmas is gone, or is it?
The long whole year wait, for many, comes to an end quite fast. It seems it takes a long time until Christmas arrives, but when it does, it goes away very quickly. “It’s not fair”, Kim says. Well, I am that type of crazy individual that sings Christmas Carols, listen to Christmas music and lives the “Christmas spirit” pretty much all year round. I have my ups and downs like everyone else, but I refuse to let Christmas be a one day celebration. Give it a try! ⌘ Read more

Santa gets the extra love
KM believes in Santa. It is that childish fantasy we do not want to spoil quite yet. But the fat guy, with red cheeks, who pilots a sleigh pulled by reindeers, gets all the extra love –and credits– for the job we, as parents, do during Christmas time. I challenge Santa to come up with a Wii! ⌘ Read more

Winter has come
It is snowing out there, somewhere. I hear New York got some snow recently. Other places have been under it’s white blanket for a while now. Well, it is cold here in Florida. Pretty cold for a State named “Sunshine State”. The sun shines, no doubt about it. It is shining right now, as I type this, but the temperature is 44 degrees (F). It was even colder overnight, I bet.

Christmas is rapidly approaching and we have no plans. For the first time since I have been working for [UCF](http://www … ⌘ Read more

A moment in time
Not much is happening lately. At least, not much worth of mentioning. Christmas is coming (yes, Christmas, I do not need to be “politically” correct by calling it “holidays”) and I tend to get a little bit sad just around this time. I know it might sound weird, but I can’t help it.

Time is flying by lately and I do not know whether that’s good or bad. It should be bad all the time, since time is one of the few things that never returns, it can’t be rewinded. But while at work, it … ⌘ Read more

Parents at home
We have my parents visiting for Christmas and New Year. Kent Martin is already showing his happiness and he remembered my dad. I am glad it is not too cold — at least for now — so my parents time is more enjoyable (meaning they will be able to go out with us and such). I have miss them a lot and I am really happy to have them with us for a while. It is curious, but now that I am older — and a father myself — I really appreciate what my parents did for me. Money can’t buy, not even Mastercard … ⌘ Read more