Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
28jun2007
knowledge access as a public good, by danah boyd. Sounds like a foreshadow of my life: “Unfortunately, eleven years of higher education has taught me that parts of the academy is rife with many of the same problems that plague society as a whole: greed, self-absorbtion, addiction to power, and an overwhelming desire to be validated, praised, and rewarded.”
The Coming Tech Labor Crunch, by Kurt Cagle.
And here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
— Simon and Garfunkel, Mrs. Robinson
Rejecting Software Engineering, by Eric Wise. “For something to be labeled as an engineering science in my opinion, it needs to have known values and be infinitely repeatable. Software development meets neither of these.”
Rails is written in the wrong language, a whiny post about how Rails should be written in Python. Actually I’d be very happy if we had that kind of web infrastructure the Python people have; Rack is only the beginning.
These are pictures I took by hanging cameras from kites, a hobby I’ve played with on and off over the years, by Randall Munroe.
Sweet reunion, Jamaica and Spain
We’re like how we were again
I’m in the tub you on the seat
Lick your lips as I soak my feet
— Amy Winehouse, You Know I’m No Good
Accessing AFS through the Web with Waklog, I believe in an AFS revival, really.
The Classe 10 is an innovative espresso machine of the highest class. Yum yum yum.