Wise advice

[from kung-foo.tv] The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler. The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages. Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language expresses the Yin and Yang of software. Each language has its place within the Tao. But do Continue reading Wise advice

the right idea

I’ve been looking for a way to describe how I feel about the abominable practices that lead to suing 12-year-old girls, and lo and behold! it falls right into my lap. Or my RSS aggregator, whichever…. Ideas as Property – the Big Lie of Big Content From Ideas as Property – the Big Lie of Continue reading the right idea

so you go

And your day stretches out in front of you like a yard of velvet, green with the coming of autumn, and it begs for definition and boundaries. So you give it boundaries, and divide it up into its many possible classifications, each one of them building upon that which has gone before, none striking out Continue reading so you go

getting the word out

Your help requested…So…. this is one that people with blogs and livejournals and fansites, and news-sites and such may want to help get the word out on. Stick it up on message boards. (But only where people who might be interested congregate.) There’s an at-short-notice SANDMAN:ENDLESS NIGHTS signing happening. It’ll be on Monday the 22nd Continue reading getting the word out