March 2010
Watch pr0n! http://j.mp/cePwsD (as in chronometers, NOT an imperative for self-abasement…)
Ahead of the Game: Blueprint for the Reform of Australian Government Administration http://j.mp/91jWXw
C Programming Notes →
These notes are part of the UW Experimental College course on Introductory C Programming. They are based on notes prepared (beginning in Spring, 1995) to supplement the book The C Programming Language, by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, or K&R as the book and its authors are affectionately known.
Open source typography http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/ Excellent!
Joel Spolsky’s intro to mercurial is typically helpful & amusing http://hginit.com/index.html
David Hume is the most popular role model for modern philosophers http://j.mp/d5rJKA No sign of Popper, thankfully…
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David Mamet masterclass in screenwriting http://j.mp/9hUGS3 Inimitable…
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histories
Ringo Starr was not a drummer. It is little known, primarily because of the malignant influence of the recording industry, that Mr Starr was in fact the band’s chiropodist, but due to Mr Lennon’s extreme, and at times violently, paranoid aversion to anyone seeing his feet—or indeed even being aware that he had feet—management therefore were forced to disguise the presence of Mr Starr...
http://twitpic.com/1ablzc - Google honours Akira Kurosawa…
Rarely does a 404 look so lovely http://idzr.org/404 (via @gruber)
Public equals online http://j.mp/bmpwTG A US bill to make govt info transparent & accessible…
Using “reached out” when you mean “approached” or “contacted” is sort of slimy, actually…
[dwm] Stats script (dwm mail list archive) →
A thread on the suckless list that has some interesting status scripts…
“There is nothing worse than imagination without taste,” Goethe.
Thirteen
I have been listening to this a lot over the last couple of days…
This is joyous! Ghanian postal workers: http://j.mp/aqgIFn Reminds me of the brilliant From Scratch http://j.mp/cRSWAZ
Vale, Alex Chilton http://j.mp/aBFVAV Beautiful…
Good fisking of the report released yesterday predicting dire results of “piracy” http://j.mp/aokxIO
…and we’re back.
St Patrick’s Day 1953, an Australian scientist invents the black box http://j.mp/d4CKCe
2009 online music sales in UK grew more than the decline in sales of physical media http://j.mp/cNEXRd
A nailbiting account of finding and removing a rootkit http://j.mp/aoDDQE (via @gnat)
Bait & switch 2010: calling yourself a “social media analyst” when you mean “social media opinionalist”…
Computerworld article on Linux and the desktop is astoundingly short of analysis http://j.mp/dixqqS
Computerworld article from April _last year_ debunking one of the claims in the “analysts” article about netbooks http://j.mp/9DfdkF
In Hawera. Sitting under a sign that says, ‘Jesus Cares.’ Unsupported by any local evidence…
How to compile the Linux kernel | TuxRadar Linux →
Good intro to getting your hands dirty and removing unwanted modules etc…
So, twitter is b0rked for #sxsw again?
Calexico joined on stage by Babylon Circus; this is wild… #womad
It was great this year, but #womad would be better with less pasty dub and mediocre reggae (“roots”) acts. When reggae is bad, its abysmal
#Womad: where bad tattoos come to mate…
Babylon Circus look & sound like something from a Kusturica film… #womad
Using twitter via the web interface makes me (belatedly) realize how thoroughly fscked the retweet ‘feature’ is…
Most white people appear to only have two to three dance moves…
Calexico just segued into a cover of ‘Love will tear us apart’ that was exploding with win… #womad
Babylon Circus just pwned #womad…
Dub Colossus managing to knock out tunes that are both cliched _and_ mediocre… #womad
I can’t believe I’m the _only_ person at #womad wearing a kaftan. What’s wrong with hippies nowadays?
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: like Lester Bowie on acid… #womad
Finnish piano accordionist exhibiting excellent taste: attempting stand-up comedy rather than playing the accursed squeezebox…
Arrived in Oakura; the sun is out and there is a small wave, this augurs well…
“Corporate Edition (webmail) doesn’t support your browser.” Thank you for underlining your incompetence…
RT @cameronreilly: Saw a bumper sticker “Consume. Stay silent. Die.” (Ah, Queensland…)
Jamesons from a chipped tin mug while packages download; and the sea sawing in the dark…
Arrived in W{h}anganui; this place _needs_ a glottal fricative…
All packed and about to hit the road for #womad