May 2008
inky: History meme →
Perpetuatin’ the meme:
kbkarma@spoon:~$ history|awk ‘{a[$2]++} END{for(i in a){
> printf “%5d\t%s \n”,a[i],i}}’|sort -rn|head
99 make
95 ./roll
51 vim
40 r
38 q
32 ls
31 less
23 gcd
21 cd
9 grep
make is used to run a makefile, which compiles various C/C++ files in sequence, meaning that you...
Proposed US ACTA multi-lateral intellectual... →
Ladies and gentlemen, say goodbye to the internet as you know it (via TorrentFreak).
Revision3 →
nurd-grrl:
I hope they sue the pants off of MediaDefender.
Oh, ouch. MediaDefender fucks up again.
Going Viral →
nostrich:
The inevitable truth is: web users are immensely powerful. Through no more than word of mouth, they can make an idea or a product spread like wildfire all over the web in a matter of hours, introducing it to millions of people. What if you could harness this power and use it to your advantage?
This is an entry I just published on my blog. It’s not the sort of thing I usually write...
The Great Simoleon Caper →
Ten-page short-story by Neal Stephenson, featuring the Metaverse from Snow Crash.
“Science is imagination equipped with grappling hooks.”
– PZ Myers (via merkin)
Six Degrees of Wikipedia →
inky:
nosmo:
A frankly amazing mapping of Wikipedia done by one of my friends in college whose skills frankly terrify me.
This is seriously impressive. They will frighten you, his madskillz.
Incidentally, did you know it takes just 3 clicks to get from ‘Tumblelog’ to ‘Agriculture in Iran’? (Tumblelog → October 19 → Iran → Agriculture in Iran)
Ever had a race with a friend? Name a start...
WatchRed vs. Blue · Reconstruction Trailer
It’s BAAAAAAACK…
Amar's blog: The science of keyboard design →
Fascinating reading: the ergonomics of keyboard design.
(via merkin)
DRM sucks redux: Microsoft to nuke MSN Music DRM... →
nurd-grrl:
Thisis why we can’t have nice things.
I think Microsoft are taking this a bit far…
Sysadmins get Quake tools | The Register →
nurd-grrl:
Yes, YES!!!!
Oh yeah!
Dollhouse Fans Campaign To Save Show -- Before... →
I think Whedon fans are getting a bit paranoid now… (via BoingBoing)
The Principia Discordia →
THE holy book of Discordians. For more info on Discordianism and the Principia.
凸凹
Something nice from Inky today (well, something nice from Inky within the last few minutes) - a Japanese word I’d never have expected.
inky:
凸凹 (dekoboko), meaning unevenness, roughness or ruggedness.
“Wanted: Editorial Assistant
Job Description: Must enjoy late-night hot-tubbing,...”
– Gonzo Girl—”I Was Hunter S. Thompson’s Assistant” | Memoirville (via nosmo).
Needless to say, this sounds like an ad to become one of Spider’s assistants.
China's All-Seeing Eye →
cyberpunk:
Remember how we’ve always been told that free markets and free people go hand in hand? That was a lie. It turns out that the most efficient delivery system for capitalism is actually a communist-style police state, fortressed with American “homeland security” technologies, pumped up with “war on terror” rhetoric. And the global corporations currently earning superprofits from this...
Watchdarran:
Ninja Parade Slips Through Town
I’d love to go to a Ninja Parade!!
I thought I saw a ninja. But I couldn’t.
“(21:25) People who say “mp3” instead of “mp3 player” need to be fucking shot”
– Someone said this to me once. I’ve live by it ever since (via merkin).
The Oxford Comma →
mills:
Still, the serial comma, which follows the conjunction before the last item in a list, is something the absence of which annoys me.
I only found out about this fascinating piece of grammar a few years ago. All of a sudden, I started using it. And I still am.
