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11/15/2011 20:49 #55520

Ikea proxy in Buffalo
Category: buffalo
Ikea might have turned down Buffalo but two canny blokes from our city spied the Ikea-craziness haunting everyone's eyes and decided to do something about it. Take a guess? No, they didn't rush out and buy mass tranquilizers to shoot at everyone. Your guess was fun but thankfully, wrong. The truth is less dramatic. They set up a website called myikeaplace dot com instead.

And how did I know about this charming entrepreneurial story? They left no apartment building behind. I have been seeing their flyers and hearing hushed whispers about my ikea place dot com ALL over my building, and beyond today. I can even hear the lady who hangs out in the balcony in the next building (a.k.a, beyond) smoking like a chimney and talking about it.

So I had to go and check out their website and it is quite an interesting business model. You just submit your ikea orders on their website. They go all the way to Pittsburgh, do the shopping for you and bring back whatever you wanted with them. You can then go fetch whatever it is you ordered in your ikea-craze from their garage professional storage rental on Ellicott.

What a nifty idea... I think I can definitely push my rickety cart from their warehouse to my flat. Maybe I should stop bitterly stalking the ebay seller who ditched my sale and get those LED lamps I want from our very own buffalo ikeamongers.

metalpeter - 11/16/11 19:53
Well most of there stuff you put together any ways right?
tinypliny - 11/16/11 18:10
People cross the border to haul furniture back? Sounds like a pain. I would rather live without any. Which I do.
metalpeter - 11/16/11 16:35
Interesting Idea... I think Ikea skipped Buffalo for a good reason.... They have one one the way to Toronto and one near Pittsburgh is there a 3rd Not sure... But the point is People who really like them will go there or order stuff on line... Besides Buffalo is more of a Pier 1 place any ways? HA.... Seriously though I doubt the little bit extra money they would make would be worth opening up another store... I think some of the art of the stuff is by the store itself?

11/15/2011 08:32 #55515

The 20 Times Tables: 18
Category: goals
Continuing the "mastering first grade when you are in graduate school" series.
The 18 table.
  1. Starting with 18
  2. 36
  3. 54
  4. 72
  5. 90
  6. 108
  7. 126
  8. 144
  9. 162
  10. 180 -20 + 200
  11. 198
  12. 216
  13. 234
  14. 252
  15. 270
  16. 288
  17. 306
  18. 324
  19. 342
  20. 360

11/14/2011 23:14 #55513

Surgical
Category: music
detachment?



1.42 minutes of Celldweller awesomeness
metalpeter - 11/16/11 19:53
wasn't this band it was some kind of music you dance to... Don't even know if it was this type of dance music...think it was some other type of dance music but not sure......
tinypliny - 11/16/11 18:05
You went to a party where French students were dancing without shirts and Blue Stahli was playing?
metalpeter - 11/16/11 16:39
Long story short on that is (e:ladycroft) had I party and the french students would dance with out shirts and someone said something along the lines of they aren't gay that just how french people are.... It is one of those you kinda had to be there thing they weren't bashing them just kinda explaining it... That reminds me of this interesting drink think it was like soda pop and wine think that is what I had...
tinypliny - 11/15/11 20:24
LOL, that is hysterical. Blue Stahli, Celldweller and Pendulum have been my favourites since forever. And I am not even French.
metalpeter - 11/15/11 19:49
Music like this for some reason seems like it is written for gay dance clubs (or french guys HA.... About 5 people on this site might know the reference or maybe just 2 not sure) Then it is also for non gay dance clubs..... Or would that be a Rave and things that glow.... But I don't dance so maybe I don't get it.....
tinypliny - 11/15/11 19:08
Shirtless in a club somewhere? I guess that is the kind of music I like then.
metalpeter - 11/15/11 17:53
Feel like a should be shirtless in a club some where.... HA.... Kinda reminds me of the movie Tron..... Or maybe even a fetish show at Diablo or somewhere?

11/14/2011 15:09 #55510

Where is R installed on Linux?
Category: r statistics
Simple yet frustrating question for those who want to view the code behind the base functions.

whereis R



Turns out R on linux is installed in the following directory structures:
  • /usr/bin/R : this is the executable binary
  • /usr/lib64/R

ls


bin COPYING etc include lib library modules NEWS NEWS.pdf SVN-REVISION
  • /usr/include/R

ls


Rconfig.h Rembedded.h R.h Rinternals.h Rversion.h
Rdefines.h R_ext Rinterface.h Rmath.h S.h
  • /usr/share/R

ls


encodings java library licenses locale make R sh texmf
  • /usr/share/man/man1/R.1.gz : possibly the manual pages

11/14/2011 14:27 #55509

The 20 times tables: 19
Category: goals
I cannot believe just how AWFUL I have become at my 13 through 20 (times 20) tables. Struggling with mental arithmetic is totally unacceptable. It is a sign of mental deterioration that I want to fight against.
  1. Starting with 19
  2. 38
  3. 57
  4. 76
  5. 95
  6. 114
  7. 133
  8. 152
  9. 171
  10. 190 +190
  11. 209
  12. 228
  13. 247
  14. 266
  15. 285
  16. 304
  17. 323
  18. 342
  19. 361
  20. 380

tinypliny - 11/14/11 23:57
I had this obnoxious 2nd grade teacher who pinched our arms if we didn't know "joggle tables". Joggle tables were an absolutely evil invention where she would just take any table from 13 through 25 and eliminate either x, y or z in:
x * y = z

It was torture. I think I did know all the tables in my sleep by 3rd grade but all the relentless pinching and knuckle whacking made me not like brushing up on them so much. And I guess the result is now, I often struggle with arithmetic in my head and feel dumb generally. I want to end it. Tables are crucial when one hates carrying a phone ;-)
heidi - 11/14/11 23:39
We only learned up to 12 although I've accumulated some 15s and 16s.
tinypliny - 11/14/11 23:18
Hmm.. I often don't have my phone. I am going back to 1st grade arithmetics for a week till I have 13 through 20 burnt into my brain.
heidi - 11/14/11 22:47
This is what my phone is for. Also, I keep the calculator accessory at the top of my programs list in the windows start bubble.