Dr Wingnut

Author: Dr Wingnut

  • Decline and Fall

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    Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what’s going to happen to us with both a Senate and a House?Will Rogers

  • The man from away

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    Lynwood Rogers makes picnic tables.  They are made out of native pine.When he has one finished, he sets it out by the road and turns it on its side.Most people know that he has the intention of selling it.A man from away, New Yawk, I think, stopped by to look at his latest table.Lynwood stepped…

  • Noise

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    Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.Samuel Johnson

  • How faithful

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    Three men died and went to heaven. At the pearly gates, St. Peter told them that the determining factor of what vehicle they will drive in heaven will be based on how faithful they were to their wives while they were on earth. St. Peter asked the first man, “How faithful were you?” The man…

  • Honesty

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    I hope I shall follow firmness of virtue enough to maintain that I consider the most enviable of all titles — the character of an honest man.George Washington

  • Worst hairstyles of all time

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    Worst hairstyles of all timeVirtual stapler!Science toys you can make with your kidsWhile we’re on the topic, tell your kid how light sabers workThe comic strip FoxTrot, which I’ve loved for years, mentioned Wikipedia, the brainchild of Gel 2005 speaker Jimmy WalesWeird short movie made from an actual wrong-number voice message.  Might be a bit…

  • Finding bugs

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    I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs.Maurice Wilkes, 1949I don’t remember the exact instant, but I too remember having this realization while I was in college.