Archive for October 2003

I've considered having a tattoo for a while, but never with any genuine conviction. The symbol from the Swastika Stone on Ilkley Moor had quite a profound impact on me, and I was contemplating getting that over my heart until I moved to Golders Green and started going swimming a... More »

Just recently I got an email from David Jay Brown about the re-launch of his website, Mavericks of the Mind. I bought the book of the same name (co-authored with Rebecca McClen Novick) around 10 years ago, and it opened up a lot for me. Books of interviews are great... More »

This will be blogged to death before long, but for good reason. Last night I saw a mention on a mailing list about Amazon.com offering a full text search. It didn't really sink in until I used it. Now, when you enter search terms in the standard search box, the... More »

I'd been meaning for a while to get out and photograph some of the amazing spider webs I've been noticing more and more as this autumn's progressed... So of course, when I seized the opportunity, seeing a wonderful sunset taking shape this evening, I opened the door in excitement only... More »

Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, recently left the company. A long-standing luminary in the tech field (Joy was a prime mover in the development of the Java programming language and various Unix operating systems), he became known to a (slightly) wider audience via his April 2000 Wired Magazine article,... More »