Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
05dec2006
A Brief History of Pop Music – In Four Chords, WJW.
Bad bad elevator buttons, how to make people stumble.
Giving It Away, Cory Doctorow on free books.
Warner Music CEO Admits His Kids “Stole” Music, Didn’t Get Sued, made my day.
Credibility, oh people are so easy to trick.
Now it can be told, now it can be spoken
Buildings will fall, records will be broken
You can’t hide the alien sitting in your head
No more secrets, it’s all bein’ said
— Dan Bern, Now It Can Be Told
Good News: Pinochet near death, 1419 says.
User-Proofing Ajax, by Peter Quinsey at A List Apart. “When good web apps go bad, Peter Quinsey’s guidelines and techniques can help you and your users stay informed and productive.”
Avoid Edge Cases by Designing Up Front, by Ben Henick at A List Apart. Designing up front, isn’t that un-agile?
Ruby’s branching plan, a pic worth more than a ML thread, I love hand-drawn diagrams about computer stuff.
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Terrestrial weaponization, Defense Tech introduces us to the “earthquake array,” a “focused underground shockwave that amounts to an artificial earthquake.” Plowshares, I say.
Science Fiction and the City, 032c sounds like an awesome mag.