links for 2007-12-23
December 24th, 2007 by timelady
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for our mp3 players
Archive for December, 2007
links for 2007-12-22
December 23rd, 2007 by timelady
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Doctor Who has been criticised by Christian groups for insinuating that the Time Lord is a second Messiah. Umm, sorry, where is the problem here?
links for 2007-12-21
December 22nd, 2007 by timelady
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“I’ve included hardware details from processor, memory and hard disk to software details including running kernel, included software, etc. It’s a really impressive little tool. This is one great representation of what Free Software can do!”
Enlightenment can come…
December 21st, 2007 by timelady
…only after humility.
Carl Sagan had it in spades - well, he had both enlightenment AND humility.
Further to the Sagan Blogathon, Nick Sagan has written a wonderful post about his father. Nick is a fantastic writer, and a published author in his own right. I heartily recommend tracking his works down!
Phil over at Bad Astronomy also has a post.
I watched Contact last night with my boyfriend[1]. The pair of us were, as always, touched by the ‘For Carl’ in the credits. We hope he would have loved this movie as much as we do.
[1] My best friend lent it to me, he also is besotted with it. He didn’t realise the date, but he loves the book and movie as much as we do. Carl touched so many lives.
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The brain is like…
December 20th, 2007 by timelady
…a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
The second Carl Sagan Memorial Blogathon is on.I participated last year (a year, already?). As with last year, and probably even more so, the blogosphere will be full of Sagan posts on the 20th. Again, thanks to time differences, I get start earlier than most.
It is odd, a few days ago, I sat down and watched the first two episodes of Cosmos with four of my kidlets, and my dear boyfriend, an equally huge Cosmos fan (actually, it i his boxed set we were enjoying! It is one of the many things I treasure about you, sweetheart:) )
The interest it generated in the kids, all these years later, and the wonder, especially from the smaller two, mirrored my own all those years ago. Carl, Ann, the rest of the team, oh, and PBS, gave us a gift that CANNOT be underestimated [1].
To this day, I can trace my quest for knowledge, and my joy and delight in science and learning, to Carl, and to Cosmos. I am so happy to share that gift with my children again.
We miss you Carl. Thank you, Carl.
[1] Cosmos remains the most watched PBS show in the world, ever.
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links for 2007-12-18
December 19th, 2007 by timelady
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oh, want. abby want. everyone want:)
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a one day thing
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this archive search of mailing lists looks really interesting
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very interesting stuff:)
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more on zfs:)
links for 2007-12-17
December 18th, 2007 by timelady
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i wasnt disappointed. such low expectations to start with
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i have already indicated vista is no 1 - some surprise entries though:)
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Why are geeks the new chic?
They’re smart, sweet and suddenly sexy. What’s not to love?Damn straight:)
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On a roll - given this link when i posted the a similar one to an ubuntu channel in irc:) Oh, we geeks like to boast!
If there is a God…
December 17th, 2007 by timelady
…atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
From a Fark discussion on Ten things Atheists and Christians must agree on[1], comes this great rebuttal to discussions on ‘branches of atheism’.
[1] Summed up best as don’t be a jerk. It’s a bit facile, and pretty well has missed the whole thing of atheists DON’T have beliefs, but hey, I like the don’t be a jerk bit:)Points for intention!
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The truth may be out there…
December 17th, 2007 by timelady
…but the lies are inside your head.
Further to my author’s update the other day, I remembered someone once asked me what is the best order to read Terry Pratchett’s books in.
Naturally,somewhere on the Internet lies the answer.
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Without pain, there would be no suffering…
December 16th, 2007 by timelady
…without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.
Hehehehe, such an apt quote!
This is so totally brilliant. Man upgrades to Windows XP - from Vista:)
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