Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
09may2006
No Anarchaia tomorrow, I’ll be away all day.
Subfactorial: The number of permutations of objects in which no object appears in its natural place (i.e., the number of so-called “derangements”).
FreeBSD 6.1 is released. “This release is the next step in the development of the 6.X branch, delivering several performance improvements, many bugfixes, and a few new features.”
Sex Leads to Boy’s Suspension, Wake County school officials have suspended a boy for having sex during school hours. Fuck for protest! Do it in school, even.
Neil Young—Living With War, “…this is about exchanging ideas… it’s about getting a message out. It’s about empowering people by giving them a voice. I know not everyone believes what I say is what they think. But like I said before.. ya know.. red and blue is not black and white. We’re all together. It’s a record about unification.”
Lemonade Stands and Stupid Movies, by Curtis Poe. Ends up with neuronal networks.
Let’s impeach the president for spyin’
On citizens inside their own homes
Breaking every law in the country
By tapping our computers and telephones
— Neil Young, Let’s Impeach The President
Volity: open-source interactive environment for games, by Andy Oram. “With Volity, for instance, gamers can easily search for other gamers and invite them to games.”
Eclipse v. NetBeans for rich client platforms, by Rick Jelliffe. How about… Emacs? :)
The Nature of Lisp, at defmacro.org. Nothing new, but a good summary.
The Diffusion of Wal-Mart and Economies of Density, the University of Minnesota’s Thomas Holmes Movie of Wal-Mart Store Openings, illustrating each store opening in the United States from 1962 to 2004.
Made With Molecules has neurotransmitter earrings and estrogen jewelry made of silver. Nifty.
Math for the Layman, by Kenneth E. Iverson. Must read: “development of computer programming has provided languages with grammars that are simpler and more tractable than that of conventional mathematical notation. Moreover, the general availability of the computer makes possible convenient and accurate experimentation with mathematical ideas.” Great that this is online.
Computer Science Looks for a Remake, sounds like a good idea. ;-)
The Four-Day Week Challenge, by Ryan Carson on A List Apart. “Why don’t we try working four days a week and see how it goes? It will give us more time to relax.” Great idea.
Calling All Designers: Learn to Write!, by Derek Powazek on A List Apart. “It’s time we designers stop thinking of ourselves as merely pixel people, and start thinking of ourselves as the creators of experiences.”
Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht
aber unsere Liebe nicht
alles, alles geht vorbei
doch wir sind uns treu
— Drafi Deutscher, Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht (Happy Birthday!)
Tales of the Hive: The Drive to Thrive, by xC0000005. “For the colony that passes these trials new challenges await requiring new sacrifices. The greatest of these may fall upon the queen.”
Could a machine think?, by Stephen Law. Roger Penrose formed me a lot with respect to that question.
Refactoring Everything, Day 16, by chromatic. “Day 16: Nodegroup is Complex”, “It’s painful, but it’s good for me. That’s what I keep telling myself.”
iCommons Summit—June in Brazil, Joi Ito announces.
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