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· Naughties
· · 2007
· · · April
· · · · 08 (3 entries)

Any Damn Fool · This is real news: James Clark has a blog, and in it he says “Any damn fool could produce a better data format than XML”. Um, James was designated Technical Lead of the original XML Working Group and is the single largest contributor to the design of XML. Also, perhaps, the finest computer programmer I’ve ever had the privilege of working with ... [2 comments]
FotD: April 8 Massed Daffodils · I found myself quite taken, a couple of weeks ago, by Shelley Powers’ illustrated argument that daffodils are best considered en masse. Here’s my statement in support of that proposition ... [1 comment]
Misirlou · You know, I don’t often post here saying “check out this YouTube clip”, but today I’ve got two, both featuring Dick Dale. The first one I saw was this interview, where Dick offers advice based on bitter experience that illustrates, were that needed, how dysfunctional the music business is. Then serendipity led me to this 1963 video of Dick playing Misirlou. Because, you know, there are many different genres of music stretching back over the decades and centuries, but it seems obvious to me that anyone with taste and intelligence would have to acknowledge that the surf-guitar-instrumental stands head and shoulders above all the rest as the pinnacle of human musical achievement. [4 comments]
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