Chipping the web – VIII

Hopefully this precedent will be followed elsewhere, so I only have to mind my own stupid mouth.

Drinking From a Fire Hose. I unsubbed BoingBoing for the same reason. via Bloggers Blog. I hope my blog pressure isn’t knocking anyone down.

Robert Pirsig’s final interview: “‘It is not good to talk about Zen because Zen is nothingness … If you talk about it you are always lying, and if you don’t talk about it no one knows it is there.” via BoingBoing (shrug). Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance had a profound effect on me as a teenager. I’ll have to check out Pirsig’s second book, Lila.

While we’re on the subject: philosophical terms explained (via Rob Marsh)

Journey of a thousand folders: Jeff Atwood on pathologically long paths. IMHO, any path that’s too long to type is too long.

Microsoft will offer a royalty-free license of their Office 2007 UI (via GMSV). I’m tempted to ask, “why would you want to license the face of a monster?”, but I know that some of my customers will definitely want this for their vertical applications on Windows. A smart move by Microsoft, giving a little (software) to get a lot (of lock-in).

Speaking of UI:No soup for you, Joel! Actually, I rather liked Joel’s post, but apotheon serves up one better. Tom makes a good point, too.

A robot with emotions. Open source and a developer’s kit. Any bets on how long until someone develops a paranoid delusional module just for fun?

Larsony: Photoshopped Far Side (via GMSV)

Behind the scenes of Dilbert: strips edited for unacceptable asspect.

Armchair Anarchist on time travel:

I am of the opinion that unless we transcend our physical existence entirely, our species will always be fascinated by the potential possibility of traveling outside the flow of the dimension that most defines our experience of the world.

Recent transcenders(?):
- Autism researcher and advocate Dr. Bernard Rimland (thanks, Lenny)
- Director Robert Altman (thanks, Chris )

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! It’s always good to stop and reflect on the things that make us thankful. Here in America we achieve a mystical state of thankfulness once a year by overdosing on native bird flesh and assorted high-carb side dishes. Then we sleep it off, and get on with our crappy lives.