2 December 2006
Loosely translated, he was talking on the phone:
Look, Johanna, I'm sorry, but I've got a dentist on Monday, and Hannu has a time for an ornithologist [...] I can't help it, I've got a time for an ornithologist and Hannu has an appointment with a dentist.
17 November 2006
Two remarkable pieces of writing in the blogosphere today, both ending up in the instant classics section of their respective categories.
The first one is a tutorial style piece exposing the inner life of a search engine. A simple full-text search engine in 200 lines of Ruby. It's concise, it's clear and after reading it anyone can write a simple search engine. If only all things in the world of code were explained that well.
The second one has been linked from all over the place, including some A-listers, so this probably doesn't come as news. But it's so good it deserves all the attention it can get. Socrates takes on WS-Mumbojumbo: The S stands for Simple.
5 November 2006
Oh man. Oh man oh man oh man. Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters. WHY WASN'T I INFORMED EARLIER. aptitude install uqm!
It's been 14 years, and it still rocks. The good thing is I don't actually remember any of the plot.