anthony lorelli
With No Definite Future And No Purpose Other Than To Prevail Somehow ...[The Mermen, A Glorious Lethal Euphoria]

Wednesday, May 29, 2002

Thoughtful commentary on the current "Is Python just a second-class Lisp?" debate from Paul Snively. 4:28:51 PM    comment []

Google Labs passes Borges test [The Register]. I bought a used copy of Borges's Ficciones at The Bookstore in Chico when I was in high school. Read it through several times. What I still find remarkable is the concision with which he expresses complex ideas - particularly recursion and combinatorics, both of which are recurring motifs in his writing. Short stories don't get much better than what you find in Ficciones. 3:39:37 PM    comment []

Kings 92 Lakers 91! As someone who grew up in Northern California and remembers the year the Kings moved to Sacramento, I'm really excited to see the Kings standing toe-to-toe with That Team From Los Angeles. Played many hours of schoolyard hoops with Brian LeVenton pretending to be some player or another on the mid-80's Kings. The only one whose name I can remember is Reggie Theus - wonder what became of him... 9:00:02 AM    comment []