Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
10sep2005
SSETI — the Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative aims to increase the number of European students working in the fields of space technology and science by giving them practical hands-on experience of working on space missions.
The Web – Malen nach Zahlen Dub, deconstructing electronic music.
Bra-ket notation on Wikipedia.
My life makes perfect sense,
lust and food and violence.
Sex and money are my major kicks,
get me in a fight I like dirty tricks.
— Dire Straits, Heavy Fuel
The Vim Email Client is built entirely on two python scripts and one vim script, and allows both sending and receiving email. A joke compared to gnus, of course. :-)
Kunst ist in meinem Leben zumindest unterschwellig dabei gewesen, und man kann auch “einfach so” Kunst machen. Code ist dabei ein Werkzeug wie jedes anderes. — Manuel Odendahl
Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient by Allin Cottrell. A “classic”.
Recovery 2.0: A call to convene by Jeff Jarvis. “How can we use our tools to both gather and share information more effectively?”
The Least Surprised #8: With Sprinkles and Chinese Sundaes All Over, and _why can’t come to RubyConf. :-/
Unit tests used to generate documentation by Brian Marick.
Erlang vs. Java, Joel Reymont compares. Guess what wins? Also see part 2.
The iTunes 5 Announcement From the Perspective of an Anthropomorphized Brushed Metal User Interface Theme by John Gruber. Fun.
iTunes 5 by Michael Tsai, and people agree it looks worse.
Software Freedom Day is a global, grassroots effort to educate the public about the virtues and availability of Free and Open Source Software. Over 200 teams are registered so far, and they have plans to celebrate Free Software at schools, universities, parks, and many other public places.
software freedom day!, debian-women participates too.
There was an Old Man of Aôsta,
Who possessed a large Cow, but he lost her;
But they said, ‘Don’t you see, she has rushed up a tree?
You invidious Old Man of Aôsta!’
— Edward Lear
How many Java programmers does it take to change a light bulb?, slava asks. Made my day.
Functional Testing Frameworks? by Berin Loritsch. I wonder why he doesn’t mention Fit.
The snobbery of iPods, pt. 3 or Why MP3 Players Only Have 375 Songs On Them. Well, I’d completely fill them…
You know the world has changed when you car’s drink costs more than your own.