Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
11feb2008
Galago is a new search engine software package developed primarily for research into efficient query processing techniques with lots of query features.
Angus Hutcheson Chrysalises, “It’s incredible what can be done with raw silkworm chrysalises.” Absolutely.
Born to breathe
and not much else
You’ll die for nothing
like everybody else
— Front 242, Born to Breathe
Developing SGML DTDs From Text To Model To Markup, by Eve Maler and Jeanne El Andaloussi. Full text online.
Network Hydrology, “The project reimagines the entire San Francisco peninsula in the year 2108 A.D., having been overlain, if not completely replaced by, a kind of prosthetic hydrological landscape – complete with underground rivers of algae which will be cultivated as a source of hydrogen for fuel.”
Gas Mask Girl is a 16 year old girl who showed up to the Sydney Scientology raid bedecked in a hello Hello Kitty babydoll tee and a respirator+motorcycle goggles (NOT an actual gas mask). Because of her bosom and being azn she became an instant meme and the poster child of the global movement. Awesome, NSFW if you scroll.
Palindromic Quine, results of a Golf contest.
Further the road we see,
Blessed with this technology.
Welcome to the industry of noise.
— Photek, Industry of Noise
Portrait of a N00b, roman by Steve Yegge. For myself, when I learned Ruby, I often felt like running against a wall: this was because I was closer to the actual problem I was trying to solve than I’d ever been in C, for example.
issuu.com: Read the world. Publish the world. Read magazines onlines. I really like it.
Qi II and Beyond, I always was a bit sceptical about the thing, but I only read good news there. Let’s hope it comes in time.