“If you would know how a man treats his wife and his children, see how he treats his books.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Indeed, I collect vast numbers of wives and children, to be stored on shelves in no particular order. Occasionally, I lend them to friends...

that you watch these videos and enjoy them with the utmost seriousness ( Read more... )

There was enough thought provoking posts in Daring Fireball today for me the put a note in the journal ( Read more... )

"A wave of selling from nervous investors dragged the FTSE 100 Index into the red on Monday, 20 years on from 1987's Black Monday stock market collapse"

So there, I told you the stock market would react unfavorably to the Dumbledore=ghey thing. Just bear in mind that it could have been so much worse.

I gave the Helgate:London demo a shot. It's rather buggy, probably the buggiest demo I've played in quite a while. It actually made the mac bluescreen, which was a touch traumatic, since I haven't had a kernel panic since I installed bad RAM in my old graphite G4 ( Read more... )

Any cheese that has to advertise the fact that it contains "no fillers" is not fit for human consumption.

Make some melba toast so that it's utterly dessicated and crunchy, but not burnt. If you can do this with a nice wholegrain bread the nuttyness of the grains works beautifully ( Read more... )

I made a meatloaf for the first time today. I've never even had one before. I'd heard it referred to before on many occasions on American TV. It is an iconic dish, although I'm not sure I understood the significance until recently ( Read more... )

This is the kind of announcement that could destroy the entire blog-o-tubes ( Read more... )

I do so love how the SCO story keeps getting more and more delicious.

If only this evidence regarding Novell owning nearly all of what SCO was selling had have been discovered earlier on it wouldn't be such a big mess.

Still, a beautiful result, and strangely enough, I've read very little from the outspoken Darl McBride.