Efficent Sorting

Okay, this is for our friends out there who are computer science savvy and liberal minded (if you believe in intelligent design, you might not find it as funny).

The Intelligent Design Sort - Found on an Esoteric Programming Language website. If you find this at all funny, you might also get a kick out of the OoK! programming language described on the page. To find Ook! interesting you would have to be a real computer science weeny.

Brian Visits JSC

MMU
Originally uploaded by bjmclaughlin.

Yes, we know, we have been blog slackers.

The other week I was down at Johnson Space Center in Houston. That was a really cool experience. The picture here is me trying on the Manned Maneuvering Unit. This one was used for testing there at the space center. The picture behind me is of astronaut Bruce McCandless free-flying out of the cargo bay of the space shuttle with one. If you follow the image to my JSC photo set, there is also a picture of the REALLY big chamber that we are going to be testing part of JWST in.

I also got a wonderful visit to my cousins in while I was in the Houston area, always great to see fun family. On the way back to home I had a stop over in Raleigh to celebrate the bachelorhood of a certain friend and saw an NC State game. - GO PACK -

A Little More Baking

We have made another attempt at baking and decorating. I must confess, the last time we gave it a try, I made the cupcakes from a mix. You have to crawl before you can walk. Helene did make her own frosting from scratch last time, and continues this time. However, this time I made the cupcakes from scratch. A standard recipe for white cake found in a book. Helene made a delicious chocolate-kahlua butter cream frosting. We are very happy with the results (pictured).