Bruce
Schneier: "I've Seen the Future, and It Has a Kill Switch." Words
of wisdom.
I've
been looking for a reason to link to something about Omaha, which is
the game of champions. Poker News's coverage of the 2008 WSOP has
been first rate, and I'm always glad to see Erik Seidel in there.
"John
Ashbery's Optional Apocalypse," by Chris Nealon
Russian hackers
planning attacks agains Baltic countries and Ukraine. Where's
Gadi?
"Watching nonprogrammers trying to run a software company
is like watching someone who doesn't know how to surf trying to surf."
Joel Spolsky taken out of context.
Hacker conference videos for your viewing pleasure.
art: June 2008 Archives
Modern Art and Rubbish
The ever amusing Zed Shaw emerges from the rubble of Bear Sterns to preach the truth about programming, IDEs, the financial market, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and on and on. I look forward to his posts with unhealthy amounts of glee.
It's a SCADA party! More here and here and, of course, here.
An interview with Alan Moore.
The Stuckist Manifesto (I love a good manifesto. Maybe that's what I like about Zed Shaw's writing. It all feels like a manifesto.)
Ultra Large Systems
