2002-04-14»
Ah, patents:
Lastly, it should be noted that because pulling alternately on one chain and then the other resembles in some measure the movements one would use to swing from vines in a dense jungle forest, the swinging method of the present invention may be referred to by the present inventor and his sister as "Tarzan" swinging. The user may even choose to produce a Tarzan-type yell while swinging in the manner described, which more accurately replicates swinging on vines in a dense jungle forest. Actual jungle forestry is not required.
I'm tempting to patent my dish-washing
algorithm.
(
via
yusufg)
2002-04-10»
Old, well-known, but still poignant for me. Partly because we found a copy in
a box in the garage as we all set out to move to the next house. Partly
because - I think - the Kurtz referred to is the father of BASIC, and I still
have fond memories of editing BASIC magazine until I went mad.
And partly
because: well, old. Old.
The Love Song of J. Random
Hacker
…
No! I am not Bill Gates, nor would I want to be;
I'd rather parse the fish than own the knife;
(Imagine! Having moby bux but chained
to ninety million lusers, what a life...)
Am a flamer, goateed, pallid, overweight,
Willing to pull two shifts, then (hell) a third,
To save a session from a deadlocked state;
At times, (to put it mildly) unrestrained--
Almost, at times, a nerd.
I grow old...I grow old...
dBase II and Wordstar are no longer sold.
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