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Thursday 16 May 2002 |
Even Paul Allen hits investing headwinds. The billionaire technocrat wants to build companies that promote his vision of a "wired world," but the sour economy has pulled the plug on many of his investments. [By way of CNET News.com]
Parapraxis—when I first read this item I heard “weird world” in my head. And in fact, I’ve always wanted to try designing a GUI that would respond in a completely alien way to inputs. Inconsistent, or perhaps based on a state machine.
1:39:14 PM 
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Via Haughey, a great quote from Pascal inventor Niklaus Wirth: "People seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication." Tatoo that on your forehead, post-it on your monitor, send it to the editors of XML.Com, and to the leaders of the W3C.  [By way of Scripting News]
1:44:58 AM
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Sky was finally clear enough to see the planets; yestereve was cloudy, though the day was warm sommat.
By the way, happy anniversary, Mom & Dad!
1:28:06 AM
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“You didn’t think. You’re an idealist, Play. And like every damned idealist I ever met you really think that things should happen, and will happen, because they’re the right things to happen. Never mind the fact that people are involved and people are the most perverse and blackhearted creatures the gods ever invented.” —Glen Cook, Angry Lead Skies, 124.
1:00:45 AM
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Finished G Weinberg’s first Secrets.
12:52:25 AM
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