Square McSweeney’s

(January 10, 2011)

The fun people at McSweeney’s have done a lot of amusingly formatted issues of their Quarterly Concern (a shaving kit, an advertising folder, etc), but this one is certainly the bulkiest one: It’s a 15x15x15cm box, and when you crack open his forehead, you find lots of neat litte pamphlets inside instead of brains: And … Continue reading Square McSweeney’s

Gmane On Github

(January 9, 2011)

I’ve started putting the various Gmane things on github. If I get around to it, I’ll probably put most of the programs and scripts up there eventually, but first out are weft and weaverd. Oh, and I also added the source code for the defunct we:search search engine. It’s no longer used, since Gmane switched … Continue reading Gmane On Github

Assange Past Revealed!

(January 9, 2011)

I was looking through my ~/lisp directory just now, and I found this file, saved in 1998.  I can’t recall ever using it or where I got it from, and it’s probably written by a different Julian Assange, but anyway… Here are solid connections between Wikileaks and the sordid Emacs development environment!  I think the … Continue reading Assange Past Revealed!

Emacs Home Automation

(January 9, 2011)

Nexa unit We all grow so very weary of having to switch lights on and off. Every day. On again and then off again. Will the madness never end? Technology comes to the rescue! There are companies that sell receivers (like the one pictured to the left, plugged into a wall outlet that I now … Continue reading Emacs Home Automation

Milk Technology

(January 9, 2011)

Compare and contrast the riveting development in cow/cat milk delivery technology: Source: Link, link.

You Know It’s Over

(January 8, 2011)

IT people are as subject to fads as anybody else. It’s perhaps more interesting to being able to pin-point the moment that they’re over than anything else. Perhaps we can learn from other industries. Like fashion. This picture captures the exact instant when the no socks thing was over.