In software engineering, laziness is a positive attribute. If one can accomplish the same task in 3 lines of code instead of 30, a good engineer opts for the 3-line version. That’s why libraries of code are so popular. Engineers are also risk-averse. Every change you make to the system can possibly de-stabilize it, so […]
I’m making Orna’s famous Sesame-Lemon Salad Dressing for tonight’s green salad. Here’s the recipe: 3 Tbsp. toasted sesame seeds 3/4 cup vegetable oil 1/3 cup lemon juice 1 Tbsp. soy sauce 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. ground pepper a couple of dashes of Tabasco 1 tsp. sugar (optional) Combine all ingredients and mix well.
Brian Frisk, creator of the We Are Robots cartoon series, has just published another cartoon entitled Off My Lawn#2: The Terrorist. “Flag-waving is a fun, colorful pastime that’s great exercise for your arms while helping to stick it to the terror organization of your choice. But sometimes it isn’t enough. Thank God for Clyde. He’s […]
If you search Google for big@boss.com, you’ll see that I’m #2 today. And the #1 site is in German. It’s been a week and a half since I first wrote about the fact that I couldn’t find any information about the big@boss.com virus, and the blog comments keep streaming in. One of them even claims […]
Ariella and I assembled our Pagong chair from Ikea last night. It’s beautiful and bouncy. We first visited Ikea in 2000 during the first season of Survivor and were tickled to see that Ikea had named a chair after one of the tribes. But we waited almost three years before making the purchase. Sitting in […]
Sam Williams spins a compelling story about a man who is so passionate about a single idea that he ends up alienating most people he meets.
Karl Auerbach, longtime ICANN critic, is speaking at the Perkins Coie Computer/Internet Law Roundtable on Wednesday, January 22. Topic: “Technology Frying Pans, Policy Fires: Internet and the Law – Past, Present and Future.” Lunch: Chinese food.
When you eat a meal at Flexie’s, you think you’ve died and gone to heaven. No, Toto, this isn’t Kansas. It’s Los Angeles!
I have some new insight on the Palm Zire I bought last week. As I was talking to my shrink today, I mentioned buying the Palm and not the PocketPC as an example of the “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” mantra. Au contraire, he countered, it’s actually the perfect example of not […]
The whole IP world is buzzing today about the Supreme Court decision regarding Eldred v. Ashcroft, upholding the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act as constitutional. Larry Lessig is understandably bummed out. So am I.