Wait a minute!

When did Design Patterns become a “classic text of computer science”? It was published in 1994, and isn't even about computer science! “Famous text in software engineering”, sure….

Posted at 2008-09-07 15:30:00 by Richard Newman • Link to Wait a minute!

The Dread Teat of Mountain View

A simply awesome story about trying to live without Google for a day, featuring some wonderful lines.

It didn't slide into my ear canal one night while I was sleeping so it could eat my thoughts and digest them into advertisements.

Posted at 2008-09-07 17:25:00 by Richard Newman • Link to The Dread Teat of …

A momentary lyrical pause

It's not often I pause mid-line to look up a lyric, but “Shades of midlife crisis, eyes of petrochemical blue.” did it tonight.

That one's from David Sylvian's Albuqerque – Dobro #6; discussion here. That thread has plenty more where that came from. Impressive stuff!

Incidentally, this is three blog posts in one day. These days that's my usual monthly output!

Posted at 2008-09-07 22:47:00 by Richard Newman • Link to A momentary lyrica…