Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
09jun2006
The 7 (f)laws of the Semantic Web, by Dan Zambonini. “When it comes to the Semantic Web, you might call me a disillusioned advocate. I’ve been dipping in and out of the technologies for the last 5 years or so, but am increasingly frustrated by the lack of any visible progress.”
A Brief History of Scala, by Martin Odersky.
How to Shoot People (and Places and Things), by Khoi Vinh. (With a camera, not a gun.)
Wedding Vows, “Our wedding vows were written under constraint. The constraint is explained at the bottom of this page. At our wedding, we asked people to read the vows and try to guess the constraint before we revealed it to them. You might find it fun to do the same.” Awesome.
Oh, shoplifters of the world
Unite and take over
Shoplifters of the world
Hand it over
Hand it over
Hand it over
— The Smiths, Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Breaking News: GNU/Hurd 1.0 Released!, it’s been time. :-)
What’s a MacBook Pro doing in my fridge?, Jonathan Rentzsch wonders. WJW.
The struggle within, Joel Reymont goes Rails. *sigh*.
Natural Language Game Programming with Inform 7, by Liza Daly. It’s a pretty exciting DSL.
Design Tips for Building Tag Clouds, by Jim Bumgardner. Are tags on the decline already, somehow?
Gummi bears defeat fingerprint sensors, the CCC figured this out some time ago already.
“Freiheit statt Sicherheitswahn” – Demonstration gegen den Überwachungsstaat, “Um gegen Sicherheitswahn und die ausufernde Überwachung zu protestieren, gehen wir am 17. Juni 2006 in Berlin unter dem Motto “Freiheit statt Sicherheitswahn” auf die Straße. Treffpunkt ist der Alexanderplatz um 14 Uhr. Der Protestzug beginnt um 15 Uhr.”
Planets, bridges, rings, where are the elefants and the tortoise?
I’m an addict, I’m saying no to letting it go
whatever happened to sex, drugs and rock’n’roll
now we just have AIDS, crack and techno.
— Guns N’ Roses, Sex, Drugs and Rock’n’Roll
Gegen Fußball-Print, ein must have für die WM.
Ruby Inside, daily Ruby tips, news, code and frivolity.
Structure and process in patterns, by Ralph Johnson. “A pattern description should tell the reader how to create the pattern in a system where it doesn’t exist, and many pattern descriptions do not.”