Anarchaia

Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)

23jul2005

Everybody Loves Eric Raymond, I prefer RMS, though.

The 4004, the world’s first microprocessor, is signed with the initials F.F., for Federico Faggin, its designer.

As I was walking,
That ribbon of highway,
I saw above me
That endless skyway,
I saw below me
That golden valley.
This land was made for you and me.
— Woody Guthrie, This Land Is Your Land

Easy Rider (1969) is the late 1960s “road film” tale of a search for freedom (or the illusion of freedom) in a conformist and corrupt America, in the midst of paranoia, bigotry and violence.

Thread the Needle by jack heddon

Nifty and beautiful Brainfuck interpreter written in Ruby by Jannis Harder.

Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. Classic, wget it if you don’t own it on paper.

Mary Poppins On Speed by stuaart. This is actually about flying kites.

Reading Between the Lines of Whitepapers by chromatic.

I don’t want the solution … I want the problem!, Derek Sivers is unusual. I don’t want the solution, because I don’t want the problem either.

Pantheon (9) by kudwinski10108

Linking with OpenURLs by Bob DuCharme. Sounds useful, but possibly more complicated than required?

The Candy Man by Margaret Talbot. “Why children love Roald Dahl’s stories—and many adults don’t.” Best non-technical read this week.

Kick the jukebox, slam the floor
Drink, drink, drink, drink some more
I can’t think
Hey! What’s in this drink?
— Ramones, Somebody Put Something In My Drink

Vista, the station-wagon of operating systems, I still need to find someone that actually likes the name, but it could have been much worse. (And I still need to find someone that actually likes the thing).