A River of Words - Internet

The Illusion of Free Choice

nospam@example.com (TML) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:15:12 -0700

I don’t normally go in for Abstruse Goose (I’m more of an XKCD man myself), but I really enjoyed this comic I found in his archives:

We're All Still Figuring This Out

nospam@example.com (TML) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:18:07 -0600

Reading this article on “rootkits” for Javascript has really got me thinking about the kind of evil you could do by poisoning the base datatype Prototypes in a javascript environment. I recommend you read it if you do a lot of work with Javascript.

I Like Jokes

nospam@example.com (TML) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:00:52 -0600

I’m often accused of being “too serious”, so when I have something that proves I have a sense of humour, I like to share it. This snippet of a conversation thread from this post on proggit really made me laugh – it mixes incredibly obscure geek humour with a long-dead internet meme regarding some strange creatures chasing a kitten through a field – you know what I’m referring to.

Sticky Notes

nospam@example.com (TML) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:16:30 -0700

I’m in a hurry, but does this sound like Chandler’s original goal to anyone else?