IBM is hosting a Free Software and Open Source Event at Tel Aviv University on the 8th of January, with Richard Stallman as a featured speaker. Since I’m not working that day (or that week, or probably that month…), perhaps I should go.
My new C.V. is now up. I’ll probably fiddle with it some more before sending it out, so I’d appreciate comments.
The Contempt Page is a collection of snide and witty quotes and aphorisms about programming languages. It ranges from Zen-like koans to juvenile humor attributed to a toilet graffito at the Technion (!)
A lot of the material comes from Lispers, who apparently have long cultivated an attitude of true eliteness. One of the more interesting of these is Paul Graham, who has an interesting article that explains the history of Lisp, it’s uniqueness and it’s relationship to other languages.
Anyone interested in learning more about Lisp 133tness would probably want to check out the site for the classic/infamous Lisp book Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, which includes the full text of the book online.
You’d think K&R should also be online.
Charles Stross, who previously outlined what his ideal writing machine would be like, tries out the AlphaSmart Dana, which he describes as a Z88 with a good screen, a non-rubber keyboard, 128Mb of non-volatile storage and a wireless ethernet card
. The manufacturer’s site mentions they have an Israeli reseller.
The last time I actually had a “portable” writing tool, it was an electric typewriter which used thermal paper and printed dot-matrix style. The only laptop I had was heavy, and got too hot to actually hold on your lap…