Here’s a funny post from Slashdot (it happens sometimes) on the whole SCO vs. IBM debate over Linux, framed in terms of the famous duel of wits from The Princess Bride.
The whole SCO/Linux thing, explained in terms of The Dukes of Hazzard.
Nice going SCO, now you’ve got the gun nuts after you. ESR sets his sights on SCO.
News.com has put Steve Mann on their front page! Cool!
They’re running a Declan “Politech” McCullagh article called Cyborgs unite! in which he interviews Mann about the then-upcoming hot tub discussion at the DECONISM gallery.
The article says that the gallery is also his home, which I didn’t know. That means that Steve is practically my neighbour. I’m going to have to drop by with some pop (I don’t think Steve drinks) sometime, or invite him over for Bad Movie Night.
(The Gallery used to be a nightclub called We’ave, the former home of the all-female DJ night called Chicks Dig It, and strangely enough, where the not-yet-published “Worst Date Ever, part 5” reaches its histrionic and embarassing conclusion. It’s funny, the strange coincidences life likes to throw at you.)
I’ll have to post the hot tub/post-tub pub photos soon.
(Thanks to my coworker James Woods for the heads-up!)
As I type this, I’m sitting at a table at the Lettieri Cafe at the corner of Queen and Spadina, where someone has been cool enough to leave an open WiFi connection.
I’m doing some PHP coding for a client. A couple of passers-by stopped to say hello. “Accordion Guy, I didn’t know you were a computer dude, I thought you were a full-time musician!” said one of them. Robbie’s just started his shift at the 24-hour hot dog stand across the street and is waving to me. I’m enjoying an excellent large moccacino and watching the streetcars and club kids go by.
I should do this more often while the weather’s still good.
If you’re a geek who’s been following the silliness about SCO’s claims about Linux, you’ll love We Love the SCO Information Minister.
Boss Ross let me take a panorama of his cubicle while I was waiting for him to finish an online chat with a client.
Wired magazine’s September 2003 issue has an article on Extreme Programming called The New X-Men.
Japanese researchers in robot technology are advocating a grand project, under which the government would spend 50 billion yen a year over three decades to develop a humanoid robot with the mental, physical and emotional capacity of a 5-year-old human.
The researchers believe the Atom Project, inspired by the popular robot animation series “Tetsuwan Atom” [known here in North America as Astroboy — Joey] by the late cartoonist Osamu Tezuka, would help promote scientific and technological advances in Japan, just like the U.S. Apollo Project, which not only succeeded in landing men on the moon but contributed to a broad range of technological breakthroughs.
I wonder if this robot will have machine guns in his butt, just like Astroboy did.
