Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
30mar2006
Der LinuxTag 2006 wird gemeinsam mit der Vereinigung Deutscher UNIX-Benutzer e.V. (GUUG) vom 3.–6. Mai in den Rhein-Main-Hallen in Wiesbaden veranstaltet. Programm jetzt online.
Tioga is an open-source program you can freely download and use for creating figures and plots using Ruby, PDF, and TeX.
Meeting Driven Development, hehe.
This is the TeX showcase, edited by Gerben Wierda. It contains examples of what you can do with TeX. Contains some very cool things.
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now
— Ramones, Sheena is a Punk Rocker
Transactional Memory with data invariants, draft sequel to the STM-Haskell paper.
A biscuit is a small baked bread or cake. The exact meaning varies markedly in different parts of the world, sometimes leading to confusion.
Screen Presentation Tools, a big list of “Tools for Creating Screen or Online Presentations”, by Michael Wiedmann.
The World’s Most Maintainable Programming Language: Part 3, by chromatic. I don’t really want to see that language anymore. “People who haven’t already studied programming or higher mathematics find decimal much easier to use. It’s obvious why; it uses almost 40% fewer primitives, lacking A - F!” No, that’s because they’re more used to it!
An electro-graf is a graffiti piece or throw-up that uses conductive spray-paint and magnet paint to embed movable LED display electronics. Another Graffiti Labs production.
Algorithmic urbanist, gasp. Must-see.
I was feeling sick, loosing my mind I heard about these treatments
By a good friend of mine he was always happy smile on his face
He said he had a great time at the place
— Ramones, Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns, by Steve Yegge. “Today we’re going to hear the story of Evil King Java and his quest for worldwide verb stamp-outage.” Just rocks.
Optimizing Lisp, Joel Reymont posts his experiences. “That’s at least 152Mb of memory allocated disposed of. Reminds me of Haskell! ”
Award for the Silliest User Interface: Windows Search, and what Google would do.
The principal object of management should be to secure maximum prosperity for the employer, coupled with maximum prosperity for the employee. — Frederick W. Taylor, The Principles of Scientific Management
All Questions Answered, transcript of a Donald Knuth lecture at TUM München, 2001. “I’ve written more checks to people in Germany than in any other country in the world. I get letters from all over, but my German readers are the best nitpickers that I’ve ever had!”
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