Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
08oct2005
Bob Dylan on The Adjunct.
Berechnung der Wochentage im Kopf, geht relativ einfach.
Character histories: notes on some ASCII code positions, This document contains some remarks on the history of the Ascii character code, especially on how and why some code positions were assigned to different characters in different versions and proposals in the development of ASCII.
iPod Nano 200gb Instructions, cute hack. “Wow 200gb of music on your Nano. Battery life is a bit reduced however.”
Six Things you need to know about Bubble 2.0 by Andrew Orlowski. Plop the Web 2.0.
Tell him we’ve lost his poems
So they’re writing on the walls
Give us back our unity
Give us back our family
You’re every nation’s refugee
Don’t leave us with their sanity
— David Bowie, Song For Bob Dylan
The Three Problems of Programming, J Aaron Farr philosophizes about why learning to program is hard.
While my ukulele gently weeps. You’re going to want to at least stick around for the solo. Performer: Jake Shimabukuro. Sounds awesome.
Google Reader, disconnectedness and full feeds by Ugo Cei. I’m not really impressed by Google Reader, the UI is too slow by design.
RubyConf 2005 FaceBook Page, and James Britt’s picture changes all the time. :-)
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six sharpening my axe. — Abraham Lincoln
Tuple Database Library by Chris Double. This library allows storing Factor tuples in a sqlite database.
Zipper-based file server/OS on LtU: “Neat, a referentially transparent filesystem with transactional semantics in 540 lines of Haskell.”
Reviews of the Dead by nebbish. With the recent release of sequel Land of the Dead, now is a good time to look back at Romero’s films and their cultural impact.
XP Doesn’t Design? XP Always Designs!, chromatic says.
Warning on ice cube enemas by Judy Skatssoon. You really wonder what some people do think.
sie gen den eigen Kopf gerichtet sin’.
GHB ist eng verwandt mit dem menschlichen Neurotransmitter Gamma-Aminobuttersäure und wurde in den 1960er Jahren zeitweise als Narkotikum genutzt. Seit Ende der 1990er Jahre wird die Substanz verstärkt als Partydroge genutzt.
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can’t use it anymore.
It’s gettin’ dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door.
— Bob Dylan, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Web 2.0 Day 3: Interesting conversations by Robert Kaye. “Joe suggests to skip the beta step and go straight into general release and focus on generating revenue right away.” Gamma-Versions, I tell you.
Web 2.0 Day 2: Conference schwag by Robert Kaye. Geez, I want that too.
Ruby Quiz Anthology on Its Way!, I wonder if I’m mentioned in that book. :-)