"The cult of Ernesto Che Guevara is an episode in the moral callousness of our time. Che was a totalitarian. He achieved nothing but disaster." I found this quite surprising, in light of how many University students you see wearing t-shirts emblazoned with his face.
Monthly Archive for October, 2004
Courtesy of Miguel de Icaza: 100 Facts and 1 Opinion
Well… this afternoon turned out to be very interesting. I was under the impression that Mat, Jane, Lucy and I would be going to Doyle's at Watsons Bay for a nice lunch. Boy was I wrong. Mat had to drive by his house to pick up a shirt, so we walked in to find a surprise birthday party for me! No one's ever done that before… I was very touched. 
Thankyou, thankyou, THANKYOU to Mat and Lucy for organising it all. You guys are the best.
Courtesy of Rich Manalang: Microsoft Watch has an interview with Joel Spolsky on Microsoft and its software.
"OzTiVo - Toys, Tools, Hacks and a Community". It would be nice to get a TiVo box… I just have to find the time and the money. 
Courtesy of Jason Clarke: the top 25 Calvin & Hobbes comic strips. My favourite.
DrunkenBatman has posted a Q&A regarding the "Opener" malware.
Sandy McMurray over at Corante talks about the rise of small application developers.
I think Sandy's quite right. The only real "commercial" software (== big $$$) that I use is Microsoft Office. The other programs I use (that require registration or licensing) are OmniWeb, LaunchBar, M-Beat and OmniOutliner. All of these are small programs. LaunchBar was US$25, OmniWeb is US$30 (haven't bought it yet), M-Beat is $7 (didn't pay for this one either… perks of working for Mat, I guess :)) and OmniOutliner is $30 (came with the PowerBook). All of these are from small developers, as opposed to big corporations.
All of this software is below $30, and I'm prepared to buy apps around that price without wondering whether it's worth it. Spending AU$300 on Microsoft Office 2004, on the other hand, is something I'd have to think about.
Drew McLellan tosses up whether to get AppleCare for his PowerBook. Replacing parts in a PowerBook or iBook is quite expensive, so in case anything goes wrong, I'd get it. My PowerBook has a 3-year warranty on it, as it was an educational purchase, which is reassuring. (Apple has since removed that 'benefit', reducing the warranty period of educational purchases to 1 year. *grumble grumble*)
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