Random Articles

• “It’s Been 10 Years, You Still Amaze Me” Today marks a decade of marriage for Jen and me. Back then, I had no idea how dramatically our relationship would improve over the years. I didn’t know that we’d catch our stride 5 years in, nor how much easier that makes things. Especially with the big stuff. All of which I owe to her. Jen, Thank you. I
• To Do Before I Die: Get 99 Other People to Speak My Made Up Language While Toki Pona’s minimalism feels too much like Newspeak for my taste, the notion of creating a new common-use language is an intriguing thought. Especially if the language’s biases were deliberate - and I agreed w/ them - from the beginning. Initial thought: a highly technolibertarian version of Dutch. Thanks to: Hobbies in everything-
• Wednesday, February 21, 2007 12:12:27 AM the first post of the day - written from quicksilver.
• Sunday Morning Dot Connection “Airport security is the last line of defense, and not a very good one at that. Sure, it’ll catch the sloppy and the stupid — and that’s a good enough reason not to do away with it entirely — but it won’t catch a well-planned plot. We can’t keep weapons out of prisons 1; we
• The Wrong Stuff  “When software works, it all looks the same. When it doesn’t work, it all looks different.” “How’s that?…Fella, I said, How’s that?” “When software doesn’t work, it all looks scared.” (apologies to Tom Wolfe)