A: listened to this waiting for a girl at midnight at Minneapolis’ airport. She never showed up. Me and a custodian were the only ones there. It was snowing. This was perfect. I will always remember that.

B: sounds like a perfect night, your girl ditched you and you were hanging out with a custodian. Sweet.

A: Son, it’s all a part of life.

The first YouTube comments I’ve ever seen conveying any meaningful human emotion.

Thanks Stella and Keaton for leading me to the music without knowing it.

Furthermore, x86 represents a worst case in the areas where it differs significantly from RISC-style processors…

Paul Barham, et al., Xen and the art of virtualization, SOSP 2003. Emphasis original, deliberately taken out of context.

If the Internet has taught us anything, it is that you can always get people to do what they already want to do.

Lawrence Lessig, NYTimes

I promptly get tickled by six people for a cool minute.

Rushi: “That was probably the worst response possible.”
somebody: “There is no really good response.”
Danny: “Yes: ‘I have diarrhea.’”

I’ve always wanted a Trac for the world. Rwanda: wontfix. China: worksforme.

Successful institutionalization projects often produce a collective amnesia about their recent origins and possible alternatives.

–Elizabeth A. Armstrong

Thanks Ryan!