Day one:

Markos Moulitsas is about as talkative and political-geeky as you would expect. Jerome is a bit more knowledgeable and focused, but not quite as passionate ( Read more... )

Progress is useful.

I think I'm in a better mood. More talkative, anyway, less fearful, brain fog seems to be gone. Even if I'm very tired and borderline nauseous. Oh
well.

What ever happened to the intelligent agent?
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I have half a story brewing in my head about all of this, but I'm much better at expounding than I am about actually attaching a meaningful interaction to it, so I'm putting this down for your consumption. Perhaps it might draw your curiosity a little.

( The future of parallelism. )

Nice article on Windows on Mac. Dunno if it matters to anyone, since I presume those who wanted to know probably know by now.

( This is your Cerine on Web 2.0. Any questions? )

Crashing billboards.

Note how a flamewar (actually, more specifically, yon stereotypical flamewar) immediately erupts in the comments.

bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Millie! bomb bomb bomb bomb Democrat! bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb been abroad! bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb mushroom mushroom bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake! it's a snaaaaaaaaaaaake!I'm thinking it's better to invite all my worst paranoia ( Read more... )

NYTimes article/opinion on network neutrality and infrastructure, passing without comment (although I have a few lurking in the back of my head on this).

More of "these are my pipes, not yours" on ArsTechnica here recently and here more generally.

Oh, while I'm on Ars: Windows XP Home support extended to Vista release + 2 years (as expected, ( Read more... )

"But I feel that if someone's taking the trouble to read the article's "Making of" featurette then I should take the trouble to be completely honest with them. Along those same lines, right now I'm wearing footie pajamas. You may laugh at me, but I am warmer and comfier than you."

It's an article about the "making of" featurettes on DVDs that ( Read more... )

I am talking again. This says that I am feeling better. And I have more observation thingies. Yay.

Slate and their recent movie stuff have been a goldmine of thoughts and quotables:

To put it in the most pragmatic of terms, a horse must be led to water, and if the "average" moviegoer is ever to become infected with the same tropical malady that ( Read more... )

Startup company works on software to create independent MMOs.

Ooo. I want in. Not that I'm sure I could do any good, but...