You’ve probably heard of Radiohead’s latest album, In Rainbows. They’re bypassing the record industry, and you can buy it directly from them, either as an audio CD or as downloaded MP3s. For those of you who have downloaded or ripped the album, here’s the album art for your enhanced listening enjoyment!*
Image courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
* May not be the actual album art.
I found this Successories-style inspirational poster on the blog of Lisp programmer (but non-Lisp weenie) John “lemonodor” Wiseman:
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I have to admit that it made me laugh.
(That’s Lisp creator John McCarthy in the photo, by the bye.)
From The Journal of Joe the Peacock, here are some selections from some thoughts that came to him during a conference call with a potential client that was chock full o’ warning signs:
Here’s a video of two guys doing pair programming, purportedly taken with a hidden camera:
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We’ve been told that “Master Chief” from the Halo series of games reveals his face at the end of Halo 3. If you can’t wait to finish the game to find out who he is, the webcomic Godmode has given away the answer:
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Oh, those crazy MIT Guys…
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Here’s what the MIT Hacks gallery has to say:
During the night prior to the release of the heavily advertised Halo 3 video game, MIT hackers transformed the statue of John Harvard into the Master Chief character from the game. In the game, the character’s real name is known only as John. John was wearing the signature helmet from the game and was also holding a gun from the game. The hack was removed by around 8am.
The “Chuck Norris Facts” jokes as applied to computer security guru Bruce Schneier were funny, but geeks, being rather flighty creatures, have moved on. The new hotness is “Paul Graham Facts”, and if you can think of a good one about the Lisp hacker turned venture capitalist (or want to kiss some ass for Y Combinator funding), you can submit it.
My favourite Paul Graham Facts so far: