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Today’s news is from Harry Chapin’s “The Was Only One Choice”: There’s a kid out on my corner, hear him strumming like a fool Shivering in his dungerees, but still he’s going to school His cheeks are made of peach fuzz — his hopes may be the same But he’s signed up as a soldier … Read more

The Great Helgiria Goat Bubble This came up in a Slashdot discussion about the economics of buying and selling virtual property in Project Entropia. Hilarious and insightful!

This poem reminds me of my father, who is sick with a brain tumour that makes it difficult for him to speak. I love him so much. Dylan Thomas has the words… Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying … Read more

Waaay back in prehistory, while working on developing graphical video and printer drivers for DRI’s Flex/OS, I chanced upon a really cool UNIX package that would transfer almost any kind of graphic file to any other kind. These packages really helped get test images ready to view in my sample CGA and EGA drivers. I … Read more