links for 2008-06-22

From the comments: "Most of us would much rather you spilt the beans about the antics of these primadonnas rather than write dull puff pieces which we know you aren't sincere about."

"One of the diseases of this age is the multiplicity of books; they doth so overcharge the world that it is not able to digest the abundance of idle matter that is every day hatched and brought forth into the world"

It has been very quiet over on Lemon Tree, but we recently had some guests over for a week. did some exploring, and I've found five minutes down the back of the sofa to start blogging about Crete again.

By far the most interesting idea buried here in what appears otherwise to be a bit of a rant at the idiosyncratic nature of computer programmers is the 'museum of code'