Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
23sep2005
Play-Doh as interface, totally cool. “I took the idea of exploring Play-Doh as a fuzzy interface, looking at various ways to use this tactial, fun “interface” and use it to control digital media.”
Robotic sentry gun at hackaday. “Aaron wrote custom software to watch the USB webcam and track targets.”
Distributed Denial of Service on security.debian.org, “This was.. err.. not intentional, but we had to update XFree86 in woody and sarge […]” XFree86 considered harmful. %-)
You know, if I were going to name an evil programming language, I certainly wouldn’t name it after a snake. Python! Run away, run away. — Larry Wall, State of the Onion 9
Komik und Kommunismus, Zwischen Liebe und Zwang zur Arbeit: Das Manifest von Marx und Engels in einer Bühnenfassung.
iPod Erotica, masturbate on the go. PNSFW. “As for the erotic DVD’s [sic!] you already own, iTunes Erotica makes it easy to transfer your dirtiest pictures and videos.”
The State of the Onion 9 by Larry Wall. Finally online. Must read.
Oh, the gates are cast iron
And the walls are barbed wire.
Stay far from the fence
With the ‘lectricity sting.
And it’s keep down your head
And stay in your number,
Inside the walls,
The walls of Red Wing.
— Bob Dylan, Walls Of Red Wing
c-jump, a “learn to program in C”-board game. With continuations and Scheme, this would be a lot more fun!
XLinq: XML Programming Refactored (The Return Of The Monoids), Erik Meijer links to his work.
Panzer fun, admit, you always wanted to ride a Panzer.
RMS: The GNU GPL Is Here to Stay, interview with Federico Biancuzzi. I think it clears the FUD about GPLv3 quite a lot.
Mobile Phone Sociology: Morocco by Thomas Crampton analyzes phone usage.
“I’ve Personally Heard Steve Say They Would Never Do That…”, Matthew Russell found some nice quotes.
7 opposing choices in the future of the Internet, Dan Zambonini again. My bet: Small apps, Local rich apps, More control, Folksonomies, Common Browser technologies, Implicit Metadata (unfortunately?) and Re-birth of Email.
But me, I’m still on the road
Headin’ for another joint
We always did feel the same,
We just saw it from a different point of view,
Tangled up in blue.
— Bob Dylan, Tangled Up In Blue
one for the steuer, one for the blog, Ich hab auch schon öfter in meinen eigenen Blogs nachgelesen. Besonders Anarchaia greppe ich andauernd.
For Many Poor Black Girls, Teen Pregnancy Is A Rational Choice, at Alas, a blog.
Devastation by localroger. News from NO. “It looked just like those pictures from Iraq, like everything had been blown up except somehow the buildings were still standing.”
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