sometimes i try to post things big and worthwhile

"If you follow set blueprints in building a house, you're a builder; if you follow a template and use canned methods in coding, you're a programmer," Ferrell said. "But if you make it up as you go, tailoring each component and technique to meet a specific technical challenge in either field, you're hacking. Hacking is not limited to computers any more than improvisation is restricted to music."
from Wired

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also check out
Wark, a Hacker Manifesto
not to be confused with:
Mentor's Last Words (The Hacker Manifesto)

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unrelated?

interesting concept of the moment

the interesting concept of the moment is
Insanity
this replaces the previous interesting concept of the moment (from Sept 2002), Paradox)
at least, i'm almost certain that's the most recent one. there's no easy way to search my old posts