Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

...there appear to have been two separate groups for yesterday evening's flash mob...

1. When was the last time you laughed?
At yesterday evening's flash mob, shortly after drplokta drove me mad...

2. Who was the last person you had an argument with?
Not really sure. I know someone I really do want to have an argument with right now, but I know I won't...

3. Who was the last person you emailed?
One of IBM's PR people.

4. When was the last time you bathed?
My usual morning shower.

5. What was the last thing you ate?
A muesli breakfast bar and a cup of red chai.

Yesterday I was passed an amusing promotional T-shirt for a language that is most definitely not Java. It's very clear about that. I mean very clear indeed. It's even got a disclaimer.

"Visual J#.NET: because great java* comes from Seattle.
*Of course, our lawyers would like to add that Visual J# .NET is a development tool for building applications on the .NET Framework using the Java language and is neither approved nor endorsed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. But saying "great java language" comes from Seattle doesn't make for a very good t-shirt, does it?"

(Well, I thought it was funny...)

Noted from The Guardian's RSS feeds.

Books: The existence of a secret stone memorial to Ted Hughes has emerged after being found by walkers on a remote hillside on his beloved Dartmoor.
[Guardian Unlimited]

William Gibson's stories always have lots of hidden musical references. Even the earliest works, like "Fragments Of A Hologram Rose". Here you'll find a rather nice hidden Eno reference, in the shape of a refugee camp called ( Judy's Jungle )

...tomorrow's Saturday Play is The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents.

Now how did I miss that until now?