Apparently I’m not the only one. In the immortal words of Edsger Dijkstra: “Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California.“

By now, everyone has probably already heard about the meteorite that exploded over the Chelyabinsk city in Russia.  There are tonnes of videos on YouTube and photos all over the web.  I think this one, that meshes a few of them together, is pretty good.

And as far as comments go, I think this Slashdot comment is the best:

Meteors are the universe’s way to ask hows your space program going.

And the last thing I want to add on the subject is that I’m really glad nobody is dead.  A lot of people were injured, and there is plenty of damage to buildings, but that all is repairable.  If that trajectory of that thing was slightly different, and it hit the ground before exploding, I imagine the damage would be way greater.

I hate animated GIFs more than the next guy, but these ones are actually funny.  Especially in the light of the last few weeks…

Via xkcd.

ALLEGATIONS that Cyprus is a tax haven and money laundering centre for Russians are “unfounded” and “unjust”, House Speaker Yiannakis Omirou said yesterday.

LOL.

Working weekends are so much fun.  Not.

Sports Illustrated published their collection of 100 greatest sports photos of all time.  These mostly cover American sports, and not each one is as appealing to non-American viewers, but it’s definitely worth a watch.  There are some really good ones.