Incredible movies that will never get made...

There is occasionally discussion of a movie version of Ender's Game. I don't think that the novel would work well on the big screen, though it might make a cable TV series.

The short story, however, is a different matter. I think it would make an excellent movie...

...if it was produced by Miyazaki.

Unthink Direct Marketing

If you've been following my Google Plus stream, I've been poking around "Unthink", the new social network that claims that they're "not Facebook".

It seems to me that they're being a whole lot more Facebook than Facebook dares to be. With a dash of OKCupid...

 ...and a pinch of LinkedIn...

...and a big heaping spoonful of direct marketing...

... oh maybe there's a reason for that!

More Verbogeny - WASPonym

I've done some more verbogeny...

WASPonym

A whitebread pseudonym chosen to avoid letting a restrictive social networking site such as Facebook know that you're using a pseudonym.

When bitten by a vampire...

It's vitally important that you know what mythos, TV show, or popular fiction series your vampire is from. A vampire bite can be anything from an isolated event that leaves you feeling unsettled for a few days, to the beginning of a nightmare of damnation and unholy cravings.

Something you don't want to see in your kernel source.

_stime()
{
/*
   ifnot (super())
   {
   udata.u_error = EPERM;
   return(-1);
   }
   sttime(tvec);
   return(0);
*/

   udata.u_error = EPERM;
   return(-1);
}

This is the geekiest joke ever

A TCP/IP packet goes into a bar. It says, "I'd like a beer".
The barman asks, "A beer?"
The packet responds, "Yes, a beer."

If you're in the top 1%...

By the way, it's because of this phenomenon—the fact that many of the great people are never on the job market—that we are so aggressive about hiring summer interns. This may be the last time these kids ever show up on the open market. In fact we hunt down the smart CS students and individually beg them to apply for an internship with us, because if you wait around to see who sends you a resume, you're already missing out. -- Joel on Software

If you happen to be one of Joel's Interns, I recommend you go out and look for another job anyway, and seriously look, so you get the skills required to look for a job under your belt and you're comfortable with them. Because you never know. I was one of you, and found myself twenty-something years later looking for a job in the middle of George Bush's economy and had absolutely no clue. And that's a scary place to be.