Archive for June, 2004
And in this corner…
Wow, this is priceless. Discussion between Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, and Andy Tanenbaum, the professor at least partly responsible for MINIX, an OS primarily used for education back in the day that several of my occasional readers will probably recognize from our pasts. Circa 1992, this is the subject line Tanenbaum begins with: [...]
10 Things I Will Never Do
People are getting fond of these lists of “100 things about me that nobody cares about”, so here’s a list of 10 things that I’ll never do for various reasons. Nobody cares about these either, but I get to say the word “fatwa.”
Fire a ground-to-air missile.Shake hands with J.R.R. Tolkien.Be part of a “conquering horde.”Experience [...]
“Help, a big, bald guy is chasing me!”
This may seem minor and hardly worthy of mention much less reading, but I actually chased my daughter — the little creature that merely 1 year ago was incapable of anything more voluntary than perhaps an eyeblink — around the house. It was a game to her, which presupposes many, many things… that she wants [...]
Welcome to the Hockey Friendly South
Last night was the exciting game 7 — a relative rarity in itself — in the Stanley Cup finals. Tampa Bay pulled off a quality win despite a momentum-crushing call against them midway through the third period that gave Calgary a power-play which they capitalized on to make it a 1 goal game. This was [...]
