How to argue

When you’re arguing with other people, it’s all too easy to disagree with what you think they are saying. It’s better to base your argument on what they are actually saying. But best of all is to argue with what … Continue reading

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Type a space into Google Scribe…

Type a space into Google Scribe scribe.googlelabs.com/ keep pressing Enter and watch Google free-associate. It’s a whole-web Markov chain!
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Here Comes Science — They Might Be Giants

Here comes science! This is a great CD/DVD for the young people in your life — and that includes you. I gave it to Jay for his 5th birthday recently. TMBG do a nice line in kids’ music and video, … Continue reading

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Break it Down — Lydia Davis

This is a collection of short stories; but mostly they are so short I would call them sketches rather than stories. Some are only a paragraph or two. Quite dense and evocative. Some are quite affecting, such as the title … Continue reading

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Death by meeting. No lunch for me…

Death by meeting. No lunch for me…
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Amalgamated my twitter names into one…

Amalgamated my twitter names into one (@bnnt). Too hard to keep them separate. 100 million others already knew this, now I do too.
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Have to unfollow @TEDxAkl because I am…

Have to unfollow @TEDxAkl because I am sad that I can’t make it on the day.
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For nested beans, Spring MVC generates…

For nested beans, Spring MVC generates IDs with embedded dots, which hides them from jQuery ID selectors. to the rescue!
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What terrible business jargon do you…

What terrible business jargon do you need unsucked? @unsuckit can help. unsuck-it.com/
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Insightful: “jQuery is the PHP of the…

Insightful: “jQuery is the PHP of the JavaScript world, with all the pros and cons that brings.” rmurphey.posterous.com/on-jquery-large-application…
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