Friday, February 25, 2005

A CTA Map for 2055

A CTA Map for 2055. Chicago's trains unified by the Circle Line...in the future! This is the sort of thing a transit geek like me just eats up. Pass the syrup!

[Via Gapers Block Detour.]

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

OS X Tabby

Apple Announces Next Generation Operating System
February 24, 2005
Cupertino, California

With the pending release of Macintosh OS X Tiger, Apple announced today that predevelopment has begun on its next generation of the BSD-based operating system, code named OS X Tabby.

Features of OS X Tabby include:

• Files moved to the trash automatically clump together for easier deletion


• In addition to zip, stuffit, and unix tarball archives, Tabby will support the new multi-threaded "hairball" file archive


• With its improved protected memory framework, OS X Tabby will chew on and torment smaller, weaker applications until they finally crash, and then deliver the dismembered code to the user without disturbing other programs.


• Owners of OS X Tabby can choose to purchase spayed or neutered versions of the operating system that will prevent periodic spawning of new processes under the back porch.

Developer previews of OS X Tabby appear promising, although applications sometimes halt without warning to play with cardboard boxes, objects dangling from strings, and trash. Apple developers also admit that the fact that OS X Tabby defaults to sleep mode 18 hours per day may present a barrier to productivity for some users.

A spokesperson for Apple, who did not want to be identified, warned that the company would be wise to "think different" about feline names for future operating systems releases. Although the market has been tolerant of Apple's unconventional but elegant designs, computers that climb draperies, eat houseplants, and shred upholstery are clearly too far ahead of the curve. Steve Jobs declined to comment.

[via my buddy Will]

Wednesday, July 30, 2003

Jesus WEP

Is it any wonder I love this man? In a conversation about wireless Internet access, my good friend John averred:

If I had a WEP, or knew what a WEP was, I would name it Jesus, so I would have ample opportunity to say "Jesus WEP".

Monday, June 25, 2001

June 25, 2001

Var'aq is an open-source Klingon programming language. Today is a good day to code.

It's really something of a Klingon Basic, a simple, loosely-typed programming language designed mostly just to be used for programming things like command displays and high-level control systems. In its eventual final incarnation, we're looking at concurrency, advanced mathematics, and even native support for distributed programs (try finding that in the C++ standard library).

Unhip: The Socks-Shorts Combo: Ugly at Any Speed. Hey, I just spent a weekend in the park with several thousand homosexuals. You won't get any argument here from me.

The Official Rube Goldberg Website.

(WEB)LOG-ROLLING: I've really been groovin' on Wood s lot — a lot — these past couple of months. Go there. It'll grow on ya.

I'M SO GLAD WE HAD THIS TIME TOGETHER: A brief history of The Carol Burnett Show(s) — now available on video from Columbia House — at TV Party.

JUST MY "TYPE": OK, so maybe the Big Trouble trailer wasn't the only good thing about seeing Swordfish. After all, Hugh Jackman spent at least 10 minutes in the movie with his shirt off, so I suppose that's gotta count for something. Not nearly so naughty is Hugh Jackman in ASCII. (More at ASCII Babes.)

Sunday, July 23, 2000

Thank goodness we’re in a bowling alley.

NON-SEQUITUR DU JOUR: "Well, we're safe for now. Thank goodness we're in a bowling alley."

DOMAIN NAME ROLL CALL (CASTAWAY EDITION): Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic port aboard this tiny ship. The mate was a mighty sailor man, the skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day for a three-hour tour (a three-hour tour). The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed. If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the Minnow would be lost (the Minnow would be lost). The ship's aground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle, with Gilligan, the Skipper too, the millionaire and his wife, the movie star, the professor and Mary Ann, here on Gilligan's Isle.

Friday, July 23, 1999

Sort of an ice cream theme

Peter sez the tangerine iBook reminds him of a creamsicle. So, is it just me or does the color schemes remind anyone else of the old Howard Johnson design concept? (Either way, I have a serious case of iBook lust. Consider that puppy pre-ordered!)