screeching wheels, broken ribs, broken hearts
krysztof kowalczyk writes that software developers are not stealing each other's work, or standing on each other's shoulders, enough and because of that software isn't as great as it could. added to this is the problems of copyright and patents that must be toned down if there is to be great progress. a good read that finishes up as suggestions, ala lazy web. (also note that he cites the Howard Aiken quote that was on the smalltalk blog and i linked a few days ago.#
ryan mcgee was thinking about his life last night after watch 'about a boy' and he hits a note that i think lots of people can vibe on, that our lives seem meaningless and incomplete. that we think there's a silver bullet of the right girl or the right job that will make us feel better, and that there's someone always standing behind us judging if we made the "most" of our day or not. but 'you're not your wife, your job, and depending on your religious beliefs you don't have to answer to anyone but you.' but it's very easy to say this, it's hard to believe it.#
gary hart looks at the most recently results of American imperialism and thinks about what it means and how wonderfully it all went.#
there's an interesting article at the nation called "A Nation of Victims" about the way Bush speaks, it's linguistic explanations and social repercussions. (via Hunting the Muse)#
renana brooks' other articles are interesting:
"The secret to Bush\u2019s success so far is paradoxically, the failure of his presidency. Bush, as candidate and now President, has set the bar so low, the expectations so limited, that he wins by merely being adequate. That the standards for himself are so minimal does not disturb Mr. Bush, as long as he wins." - The Fairy Tale Presidency#
"Bush, a self-proclaimed C student, likes to portray himself as an ordinary man without guile or genius, but good morals and intentions. Like Winnie the Pooh, Bush is a President \u201cof very little brain\u201d. In a recent address to Yale University\u2019s graduating class, he proclaimed, \u201cAnd to the \u201cC\u201d students among you, I say, you too can be President of the United States.\u201d Bush identifies himself with mediocrity, using self-deprecating humor to endear himself to the nation." - Governing by Crisis
also at hunting the muse, a note about howard dean's stance on drug policy. word up to that.#
links to some pretty wacky people running for president, and other public offices, at gene expression. "Democracy - ain't it grand?"#
moxie is ruthless to jerks, and it's so funny and soooo cool.#
tony was picked up by a beau in "business suit, skit, heels and pink eye" - now that's hot, and it's pretty tight that she swore. i think the transformation "veronica" to "ronnie" is kind of strange, but then again how do you get from "Aleister" to "je" anyways?#
peter lindberg writes about orchestrating inferiors, that is having the higher level code "describe" the intent and usefulness of the code beneath it. just like a porn site speaks about the intent of a web browser about the intent of an image library about the intent of a display interface about the purpose of a computer. it ALWAYS comes back to porn. (that link doesn't really have an porn.)#