Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
18apr2008
Twitch, Dean Allen on two weeks of the new Textism. I really enjoy it. (And, damn it, excuse for thinking your first name was David. Happens when the real name only can be googled!)
Plash is a system for sandboxing GNU/Linux programs. Plash’s aim is to protect you from the programs you run by letting you run them with the minimum authority and privileges they need do do their job – this is the Principle of Least Authority (POLA). Plash can run programs in a secure, restricted execution environment with access to a limited subset of your files.
And so I wrestle with the angel
To see who’ll reap the seeds I sow
Am I the driver or the driven
Will I be damned to be forgiven
Is there anybody here but me who needs to know
— Grateful Dead, Victim Or The Crime
Die Vorhersagbarkeit hat Flügel, Heise zum Tode von Edward Norton Lorenz.
One Day Poem Pavilion demonstrates the poetic, transitory, site-sensitive and time-based nature of light and shadow. Using a complex array of perforations, the pavilion’s surface allows light to pass through creating shifting patterns, which–during specific times of the year–transform into the legible text of a poem.
Interview with Wes Cherry, creator of solitaire. “Are you bitter at not being paid for such a popular and essential utility?” – “Yeah, especially since you are all probably paid to play it!”
Picasso Moon, fractal flame
Blazing lace filling every frame
Picasso Moon, wheels within wheels
What’s true when everything’s real?
— Grateful Dead, Picasso Moon
No CSS Reset, Jonathan Snook doesn’t use them.
Freedom is an application that disables wireless and ethernet networking on an Apple computer for up to three hours at a time. Freedom will free you from the distractions of the internet, allowing you time to code, write, or create. At the end of your selected offline period, Freedom re-enables your network, restoring everything as normal.
Frankenmac! What’s in a Mac clone?, by Rob Griffiths. I really wish there was something between the Mini and the Mac Pro to put under the desk as well.
Small Memory Software: Patterns for systems with limited memory, by Charles Weir and James Noble. Free PDF available.