Speaking Freely
spoken through SpinVox
July 16, 2008
spoken through SpinVox
spoken through SpinVox
May 19, 2008
I can't believe I may one day die without the ability to transmit to all humanity the utility of this:
cat a | grep -o "[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]:" | cut -d : -f 1 > x ; sort x > xs ; cut -d , -f 1 b > y ; sort y > ys ; diff xs ys > xydiff ;
(Let alone myself.)
May 15, 2008
Here are phrases which could fit in poems.
From the Greek word atomos
.
The mythical bird reborn from its own ashes.
That is all.
March 01, 2008
the date of Grandmother Day
More precisely, I can't find the fête des grandmères in France, when I search on the internet. Some sites talk about it, but it is not clear if they are talking about the current year.
Despite this difficulty, nobody seems to have any trouble agreeing which day Grandmother Day occurs. If it's not on the internet, how do they know?
January 14, 2008
January 11, 2008
Many people fight about browsers. When Opera lovers list features that Firefox doesn't have, Firefox defenders usually say that the features can be implemented as plugins.
I'm just guessing, but I believe that the following features cannot be plugins. This list is therefore ultimate proof that Opera is a splendid internet navigator, and Firefox just a poor, sloppy follower.
a "paste-and-go" command
MDI: aka an interface with multiple windows, each of which can be resized and positioned within the browser window; you can place two windows side-by-side, using the first to track the downloads you've made in the second
a feature that starts downloading a clicked file while asking you what to do with the file, thus usually finishing downloads before you've even chosen where to put them
a feature that starts logging into a page before asking you if you want to save the password, thus allowing you to avert storing mis-typed user account names or passwords in the password cache
single-key shortcuts, activating features without having to hold Shift or CTRL
December 10, 2007
I'm recently hearing the term pushback often. This is a new word. The previous one was resistance.
Vikings gain ground on Romans.
Environmentalists could possibly become the new industrialists.
Environmentalists say, convincingly "Banish this toxic packaging from household products and comsumables!" They say "Hecatons of carbon, and teragacres of lost forest result from unnecessary paint and plastic on breakfast cereals packages, juice bottles and detergent cartons."
The greens appear logical. But if we do replace all unnecessary packaging by uniform, grey recycled cardboard and dull bulk bins, we will all fall into soviet-style depression everytime we visit the supermarket. The suicide rate will climb, and, no longer inspired to choose a product over its competitor, the consumer will cause the economy to plunge.
No! We need colour! We need unusual profiles and complementary fridge magnets! Keep painting those Corn Flakes boxes in bright colours! for the sake of humanity, and the Earth be damned.