“I still don’t know why you need me in the air lock.”
“It’s like I told you. Something spilled, and we need you to clean it up.”
“Something.”
“Yes.”
Ficlets — This Ficlets thing is a pretty interesting idea. Somebody writes a short piece of a story (like the one I’ve linked to) then other people can write sequels and prequels to the story.
What is OpenID Good For?Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life — OpenID is not perfect. Interesting discussion here.
Pico Lisp: A Case for Minimalist Interpreters?
Pico Lisp: A Radical Approach to Application Development describes a minimalist Lisp interpreter which has been used to build real applications for ~20 years.
Lambda the Ultimate — I really don’t know what to think of this. I guess I’ll have a play at some point and see what happens.
Minding the Planet: New Cancer Cure May Not Get Funded Due to Lack of Patent
New cancer treatment hailed as a breakthrough, but since it’s based on a common, non-patented drug, it may be hard to find money for clinical trails
But for now - the critics are right - OpenID as it stands right now is just authentication and that ain’t gonna rock [nobody’s] world
Marc's Voice — The argument is that you’ve got to start somewhere and simple authentication is a necessary first step, attribute exchange to follow. I have a lot of sympathy with this point of view – it certainly beats spend-years-imagining-what-is-possible-and-standardising-before-implementing.
The books you can't wait to put down
The most boring and unreadable books have been named - and among them are works by household names such as J K Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Louis de Bernieres, as well as David Blunkett, Bill Clinton and David Beckham.
Telegraph — So, have you ever stopped reading a book, maybe a book that is supposed to be very high quality? When do you stop, the first few pages, or well into it? Boring? Too difficult to read? I do. The book just doesn’t get picked up again once I, consciously or not, start finding better things to do.
A Brief Guide to Public Restroom Etiquette
Public restrooms intimidate some men, turning them into vacuous sissies who, when confronted with an uncomfortable situation, make a beeline for the sinks and pretend they merely needed to wash their hands. Clue: you’re not fooling anybody. Other men are a little too comfortable … In the interest of calling out these freaks and improving everyone’s experience, we offer this brief etiquette guide.
Dethroner
