F-F-F-Fonts

As far as coding goes, I’m used to using 8×13 in Emacs, since it’ll let me fit two windows with 115 lines of 155 characters each on my Samsung 305T. This is important to me because it lets me see a lot of code at once, and the less moving around I have to do the more productive I am. However, there’s no question that this is an ugly font:

Since I’m using Emacs 23 anyways, I’d much rather have an anti-aliased font, like, for instance Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10, as it’s much nicer looking and easier on the eyes. However, it’s also much taller, meaning I’m down to only 85 lines per screen:

I’m sure there are fonts out there that are both short and easy on the eyes (in addition, of course, to being fixed-width, having distinct glyphs for 0 and O, i, l, and 1, etc. etc. etc.), but I don’t know of any. Can someone help me out here, please? I’ll be your best friend…

How Embarassing

Me at Metaverse U: http://youtube.com/watch?v=02hUCDH1Ztw.

I need a haircut.

Also, here’s an excellent talk my advisor gave at the conference on the subject of my most recent research, the collaborative exploration of design spaces.

Fuck the College Board

Why no more Computer Science AB AP exams?

“Mr. Packer said the decision was made principally because of demographic considerations.

Only a tiny fraction of the members of underrepresented minority groups who take AP exams take the tests in one of those four affected subject areas, he said.”

Fuck them in the ear.

[Edit: Lest anyone think that I'm insensitive, let me remind you that I've published on the problem of underrepresented minorities in computer science. That being said...in both ears.]