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We constantly argue about the pros/cons of Hungarian notation.

Subscribing to my friends del.icio.us bookmarks has turned out to be a great way of keeping in touch. Seems it might be time to send a condolence card… David just bookmarked the following: Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode Posted on: Tue, May 3 2005 2:49 PM What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X) Posted on: Tue, May 3 2005 2:49 PM Using Disk Utility and fsck for file system maintenance in Mac OS X ...

Going to a Szechwan, Thai or Korean restaurant with my friend, David, frequently turns into a pantomime as we try various tactics to convince the staff that we REALLY DO MEAN IT when we say that we want our food authentically spicy- and not some watered down version designed for American/British palates. I don’t think that we are the stereotypical macho, competitive, chile-death capsicum cowboys that can be so annoying at Indian restaurants, but we do like extremes in flavor. ...

Seems we are all reminiscing. Went to the Tate Modern recently and, embarrassingly, emerged from the gift shop with the following: “Digital Retro: The Evolution and Design of the Personal Computer” (Gordon Laing) I remember lusting after practically every machine in here. Sad geek that I am- I particularly lusted after the Jupiter Ace because it came with FORTH as the built-in language. I must have read some article about FORTH, because I was obsessed with it and eventually used in on my Commodore 64. I was also inexplicably enchanted with the language MUMPS. What was wrong with me? ...

Warning Cafe Orient closed around 2006 If you live in Oxford and have not been to the Cafe Orient, drop what you are doing and go straight there now. ...