Notes
Share Your OPML says that my reading habit most closely matches Dave Winer. I’m not sure how I feel about that.
On long-term data storage:
If you write it on papyrus and lock it in a pyramid, we know it will last a few thousand years. Everything else is just guesswork.
theshow is a daily news roundup video that is best described as a webcam version of SNL’s Weekend Update. I got to catch up watching the archives before they were cut off to save on bandwidth… I smell an opportunity for Comedy Central. You should start watching now.
Yesterday we went to the game and I learned at the Ben & Jerry’s stand that today was free cone day. Kristan and I lamented that we don’t have one Downtown yet, and has no reason to travel near one.
This morning my calendar reminded me I needed to take the train to the CWE for lunch with Dave at Culpeppers, right next door to a Ben & Jerry’s.
Clearly, the fates intended for me to have ice cream.
Eric Lippert has posted some good thoughts on why writing code is more like brain surgery than rocket science, but by the looks of the comment thread (and those URLs) writing usable software is more difficult still. Maybe Microsoft should follow my example, put aside their prejudices, and configure WordPress with permalinks that end in .aspx.
(Via David Weiss.)
Jim recently engaged in a rant on the sad state of journalism that eloquently expresses why I get my TV news from Comedy Central, and generally rely on BBC RSS feeds for current events.