There are a collection of poems called The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. I saw references to one of its four liners in a random video clip of a show. That’s unexpected.

Oh, threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!
One thing at least is certain–This Life flies;
One thing is certain and the rest is Lies;
The Flower that once has blown for ever dies.

The translation on the third line is especially spiffy, and the fourth, sufficiently crafty (at least in my opinion).

I’m remembering something kind of amusing. I used to be big on portable documents until I discovered the ultra hard way how cryptic everything was underneath the hood. They’re good enough, but have any of you ever heard of the cracked WWF format (not wrestling)?

It was an encrypted portable document where the defining feature was to make printing technically impossible to save the world. Good thing it was .wwf and not .wwe. This might sound fantastical, but maybe it was really true.

There’s truly nothing more liberating than deleting all of your work by mistake (or having it deleted). That’s why it never hurts to have multiple distribution (and backup) strategies. A newer way is invented every day:

gcc -o delete-this-file.c

I came across an interesting site publishing social media trends. There are many countries in there, but that first link is for The Bahamas.

I run across sites where I wonder if a time travelling comedy bit is happening. Check the dates on those cards.

This article from the year 2057 was actually useful. I was messing around with Python the other day.

I recently heard about the Ladybird Browser. Those of you who are slightly younger or older may not have realized this.

But, the (secret) final step in making your browser boat float upright on the mainstream (after keeping up to spec speed) is crafting your very own anime. I wish I were joking, kind of (these are real):

• Internet Explorer
• Google Chrome

And, that’s how they got us in high school. Take and do note that Firefox and Safari are missing.

One of my favourite satirical scenes comes from My Fair Lady (Pygmalion). The Ascot Gavotte. What a frenzied moment that was.

Spoilers? In passing, I keep hearing about anime bans. I’ve been out the loop for years and glanced at some of what’s trending today.

Have any of you ever heard of Reader Rabbit (embed)? I’ve been going through some old physical media. It was a simpler time.

Turns out (rather gleefully) that I was proven wrong. Spooky competition did its thing and now I have two fiber links. One is symmetrical.

I think ISPs should compete more strategically with Starlink by looking into WISPs (fixed wireless + WiGig). Many of the out islands have limited to no banking. At home, everyone’s best friends with Starlink.