February, 3, 2003 archives
so long, and thanks for all the fish
after douglas adams passed away, the the salmon of doubt was released. it is a compilation of articles about him, articles by him, and some material dredged from his computer (including several chapters of what might have been his next novel). lots of really great stuff.
western civilization would be a good idea
mtv has caught flak for the gandhi character in its clone high cartoon, for which the network has apologized. i think the show is pretty funny, but i may be biased by the slogan on the t-shirt that genghis khan wears: screw tibet
. too funny. too bad it is on mtv, which is like a tivo blackhole. (shows start at arbitrary times, and they don't provide decent episode info for the program guide.)
t-11 days
nat torkington warns that if you're planning on submitting an oscon presentation, don't be late (the point is clarified in the comments). i guess i should get my act together. the thing is, i've been trying to think of something good to tie in with the conference theme (Embracing and Extending Proprietary Software
) rather than do yet another php talk.