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Quickies Backwards R Us
Things have been a bit crazy: server troubles, spent some quality time in
the ER after the gf got in accident (she's fine),
and unusually stressful 'biz stuff (note:in utopia
everyone pays their bills ontime instead of leaving us with
a nearly empty checking account, a massive looming bandwidth bill, and
all these unpaid invoices? I seem to be balding at an
accelerated rate :) As for the images on port 81 of flotsam, I'm sorry
about that- those of you behind firewalls will be glad to know
that the new server will be in soon and hopefully the dust
can settle. Allright, some quickies already:
Toddius Maximus wrote in to tell us that Performance Computing has started a bi-monthly Linux Section
Anthony Fuentes sent us an Interview with John Carmack
webslacker sent us a nice little article on Pixar if you're curious what Steve Jobs' other company is up to.
Wouldn't be quickies without Star Wars:
James McP sent us linkage to a wired story about a Star Wars fan site featuring toy based mini movies,
webslacker noted the new 12" Star Wars figures,
and Dave Lowe sent us Star Wars Parody Music
More cool movie stuff:
patowic noted that Bruce Cambell (of Army of Darkness/Evil Dead fame) has his own web page, which features a sound bite archive
And some Slashdot media sightings:
Duke of URL noted that the recent Katz/Littleton stories got a mention on Suck.
RKemp noted that The Economist noticed too.
nene noted that an article about Slashdot appeared in Der Standard (although, with a name like that, its no surprise that it ain't English :)
looks like someone canned my submission:
b antha.zip
http://members.xoom.com/rightclick/audio/files/
*shrug* i thought it was pretty damn funny.
Katz was also mentioned in an article on MSNBC
There's a massive looming bandwidth bill and no money in the checkbook.
I bet if we each kicked in $10 we could make that bill go away for a while.
Balding Geeks rule!
But you may find you need to transition from a beardy-guru role to a more eccentric-academic persona.
Here is the URL
9 9/current.html
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/archives/19
go to "High School Outcasts"
The Root Of All Evil, through time, according to pop culture..
1950s: Rock'n'Roll
1960s: The Pill
1970s: Porn
1980s: Role playing games and arcades
1990s: Computer games and the internet
(..at least that's my interpretation of it)
He's had a website and been online for years. A friend of mine told me about it when he just had the bccentral.com domain, which is now just an alias for bruce-campbell.com
It's Bruce Campbell, with a "P", dammit...
I'm afraid we're going to have to expell you from the geek kingdom. You need to get rid of that GF. What will this lead to? Marriage? WinNT? Employment? Employment means specializing in VisualBasic and then...installing WinNT on all your home computers. You shouldn't have shaved your mane off when you still had the chance to grow one.
You're so awesome.
Dear Rob's Girlfriend:
I've never met you, but you've put up with myself and my ilk to quite a degree, especially in recent days. Whatever the details behind the accident may have been, I am very sorry for the pain you endured in the crash and the time you were forced to spend in the hospital. Your wounds will almost assuredly heal, and as for any damage to your vehicle, I'm sure all of us can agree that its far preferable to have two tons of armor take the hit instead of you!
Good luck over the next few days. Things *will* turn out OK.
Yours Truly,
Dan Kaminsky
Just Another Slashdotter...
Once you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend.
Apparently, all 17 tracks of the soundtrack were leaked last night in .mp3 format. The original server got shut down fairly quickly, alas, so you'll have to hunt them down.
The release of these tracks probably makes the RIAA very unhappy, but I'm not at all convinced of it. It certainly makes me want to go out and buy the soundtrack when it becomes available.
LILO boot: linux init=/usr/bin/emacs
He now has the two most active stories in the hall of fame. Really must have struck a cord.
And did Taco really say gf?!?
They've been blamed for juvenile dilequency on a fairly regular basis since at least the 30's.
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
In case my submission gets overlooked/goes unused, I blatantly re-post it here. ... intends to walk into the courthouse ...dressed as a Jedi knight and carrying a light saber, willing to do whatever the law requires to complete her mission..."
Saw this in today's Raleigh News and Observer.
"What began as a radio stunt...has turned into a real quest for...a language arts teacher..." "I was doing it to win $1,000, but now it's much bigger because I don't want to disappoint my students..." "
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
> NO ONE can say the reaction was not swift. In
> most schools in Colorado, in the week after the
> massacre at Columbine High School, pupils were
> suspended if they turned up at school in trench
> coats. The killers at Columbine had worn such
> coats. Therefore, the threat was clear.
The threat was clear? Because they wore trenchcoats? Good grief, this author must be smoking crack.
was also on NPR's Morning Edition this morning in the 6:30-6:45 segment.
Big deal. Over here in the UK it's been a feature of 'the adam and joe show' on channel 4 for 2-3 years. And it's funnier.
... was in Edge magazine over here in Britain this month. Verbatim. Which one came first?