me: having fun at WORK?!??! Joshua: lol yeah lol me: how would you like it if I told you I was at your house, in your bed... me: cuddling with.... me: John me: I mean Divya Joshua: i see me: cause I'm not me: I'm at home Joshua: both are creepy options me: cuddling with Divya me: and John me: in my bed Joshua: well played me: snap Joshua: you didn't feel like sleeping over on our inflatable bed? Joshua: it looked so comfortable me: went home after eating all of your food me: I mean me: cleaning up your place and otherwise pitching in Joshua: what food lolol Joshua: lol me: hummus lol me: and pita bread lol me: and some shitty yogurt that I hated and threw away and thus wasted me: damn, I wish I could delete IM messages Joshua: good show my man Joshua: what do you mean me: should have let the yogurt remain a mystery Joshua: there are no mysteries between us barrett Joshua: if you know what i mean Joshua: lololol me: I know me: intercoursely me: I stayed up all night working Joshua: you should come by and watch the second season of benny hill me: and recruiting bloggers to the cause Joshua: i understand Joshua: lots of yackety sax - i'm sure that isn't how that's spelled Joshua: yacketty Joshua: yack eddy Joshua: ? me: I think you were close the first time me: check out this guy me: wrote for True/Slant me: shitty writer me: got upset because they accidentally underpaid him me: accused them of "abusing writers" based on his single experience me: then got pwned Joshua: i need a link me: http://davidappell.blogspot.com/2010/01/trueslant-abuses-writers.html Joshua: dawg Joshua: bzzz bzzz bzzz Joshua: do you get 200 a month from them? Joshua: that's pretty decent Joshua: or is it Joshua: ? me: I get 250 Joshua: word me: they pay me more because I'm awesome Joshua: very well me: I'm not supposed to tell Joshua: how many articles do you write a month for them me: varies Joshua: or "posts" me: I could write just one and still get the 250 Joshua: or "clams" me: if I get 10,000 hits I get 500 Joshua: have you done that in the past? me: once me: when I was drunk me: I mean yes, once me: then didn't do anything for them month before last me: but I guarantee that next month I'll do it again me: what with Project 3Jane Joshua: explain project 3jane me: our media reform/blogosphere improvement project me: based around Stein's software and my cult of personality me: similar almost to Neuromancer me: which you haven't read Joshua: i follow Joshua: go on me: but which includes a wealth eccentric family that develops symbiotic relationship with AI me: software combined with distributed network of bloggers Joshua: yes yes Joshua: why does this fag keep calling blogging art? - No, TrueSlant does not pay the rent, but it pays me enough to keep caring about my art ... Joshua: it's our art Joshua: ART! guys me: Would you like to buy one of my articles in a frame for $500? me: No? me: Well, I guess I can let you keep it for a while me: It's just my name printed in really big letters me: It's kind of a statement on commercialization Joshua: very good wrath me: That thing I'm trying to accomplish by selling art to my old friend Joshua: i see what you did there - very godo Joshua: * very well Joshua: maybe for some extra money you could write articles for people in the subway station on a typewriter Joshua: like that guy that writes poetry Joshua: interested? me: oic me: jumped my first turnstile last night me: at union square entrance Joshua: i c Joshua: why me: well Joshua: why were you at union square in the first place Joshua: ? me: both MTA machines were out of order Joshua: good reason me: to meet that professor to get $100 for giving that lecture Joshua: fuckem me: he was driving through town Joshua: oh - earlier in the day Joshua: i thought you meant for some reason you were in manhattan last night Joshua: after you left our place me: nah, twas before Joshua: i'm proud of you son Joshua: very proud me: yeah, I totally left Bushwick Joshua: do you plan on jumping more in the future me: yes me: this time I had to Joshua: it seemed uncharacteristic me: tried to exchange money for services me: but was not permitted to do so Joshua: i agree Joshua: wanna see some of the code i'm writing Joshua: fascinating stuff Joshua: def sum_margins_x(opts) get_margins_x(opts).inject(:+) end
def max_table_size_x(opts) opts[:page_size][1] - sum_margins_x(opts) end
def max_col_size(opts,data) (max_table_size_x(opts) / data.first.size).to_i end
def get_table_width(width_hash) width_hash.values.inject(:+) end
def average_i(array) (array.inject(:+) / array.size).to_i end
# probably not the best way of auto formatting the column widths def get_column_width_hash(data, cols, opts, sample_size = 1000) col_widths_aa = Array.new(data.first.size, []) width_h = Hash.new sample_data = data.take(sample_size) sample_data.each do |row| row.each_with_index do |col,i| l = col.length string_lengths_aa = col_widths_aa[i] << l # make an array of col lengths to later average width_h[i] ||= l # set width_h to the max col lengths width_h[i] = l if l > width_h[i] end end
return {0=>180,1=>180,2=>180,3=>180} # width_h end Joshua: nice huh Joshua: there's more. much much more Joshua: what if i print out some of it and frame it and exchange it for a framed portion of your writing Joshua: and then we could eat some cheese and drink red wine Joshua: i'm done me: keep going me: I'M WAITING FOR THE PUNCHLINE me: heh heh me: now THAT'S a punchline Joshua: i thought you could fill in the punchline Joshua: you're better at it anyway Joshua: you should come by and play some left4dead2 Joshua: maybe not today but in the future at some point me: oh, absolutely