Atypical Typing, Mark Dominus was an invited speaker at OOPSLA 2008. It is kind of terrible that what he told probably was news to many.
Subterranean Homesick Blues, Dylan’s classic cardboard video.
In Defense of Anonymity, Aaron Swartz built an tor2web proxy.
Organ²/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible) is a musical piece composed by John Cage and is the subject of the slowest and longest-lasting musical performance yet undertaken. The current organ performance of the piece at St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt, Germany, began in 2001 and is scheduled to have a duration of 639 years, ending in 2640.
Biologically speaking, if something bites you, it’s more likely to be female.
— Desmond Morris
Le Beisl n’existe pas! Lesebefehl.
Knuth: Instead of writing personal checks, I’ll write personal certificates of deposit to each awardee’s account at the Bank of San Serriffe, which is an offshore institution that has branches in Blefuscu and Elbonia on the planet Pincus.
<chris2> you can't break marshmallows <hasmanyjo> chris2: you can break anything with enough liquid nitrogen <chris2> true <chris2> except for liquid nitrogen <chris2> ...which still is liquid <hasmanyjo> chris2: dude, you just blew my mind <chris2> <- master of the counterexample