PC Pool Time again.

Okay. Here’s what we’re doing today.

Interview with Linus Torvald. It’s pretty long — about 30 minutes — but Linus is fun to listen to. Of course, you’ll already know what he’s going to say — even I did — but he does a truly stellar job explaining complex stuff in a very lucid, simple way. This interview was brought to us by Fresh Air.

Take note of his accent. Does it sound more to you like British or American English? Also, take note of how he pronounces “Linux”.

XML project some nice student made this project a while back. Very edutaining, but there are a few blaring errors — pretend they aren’t there.

Google Speed Test. Some of these questions — you have to search for them in Google — are absolute killers.

Listen to a short radio documentary about the Smothers Brothers. Narrated by Steve Martin.
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happy T-gimme!

Happy Thanksgiving. And thank you, Squanto, and to every other human being who lost everything but still found the meaning in life to help others –regardless whether they deserved it or not (they probably didn’t).

Still, come to my gig and buy a CD and lots of drinks. Happy birthdays to Terence and Chloe, also.

It is with a heavy heart that I have to report the passing of Chris Whitley last Sunday.

I guess he spent his last few month in Texas, but Dresden will certainly miss him.

Dude Dude Chick “record release” Concert

Mondpalast on Thursday, November 24.

Be there or be square.

More on that Sony CD copy protection hoopla:

More than half a million networks, including military and government sites, were likely infected by copy-restriction software distributed by Sony on a handful of its CDs, according to a statistical analysis of domain servers conducted by a well-respected security researcher and confirmed by independent experts Tuesday.
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Each installation of Sony's rootkit not only hides itself and rewrites systems drivers, it also communicates back to Sony and the creators of the software, British company First4Internet and Phoenix-based SunnComm Technologies, who handled the Mac side for Sony.

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Hot damn!

At a dinner party last weekend, a friend of mine showcased his exceptionally entertaining talent for palm reading. He even put on a phoney Gypsie accent to make it even more tantalizing.
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Thursday’s entry.

Interesting commentary for the day, Eat, Sleep, Work, Consume, Die. His notion: the convenience of modern technology does not lend itself to greater peace-of-mind.

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Here are our words for today. The theme is: it’s got a k in it, and it sucks:

hack (n.)

hackneyed

snarky

wonk

wonky

Oh boy, wasn’t that edumacational? And speaking of the Snark, here is my favorite humourous poem: The Hunting of the Snark: an Agony in Eight Fits by Lewis Carol.