Science Tatoos
From Discover Magazine: The Science Tatoo Emporium. Cool stuff.
Dr. Who Fan Buried In Tardis
From The Mirror: Dr. Who Fan Buried In Tardis. The article says he bore a striking likeness to David Tennant, and was buried in a copy of David’s suit, with a sonic screwdriver in his hand. The coffin even had the blue light on top. What a way to go…
Timeline: 40 years of Unix
This is the 40th anniversary of UNIX. ComputerWorld did a nice timeline of the history of UNIX. As with anything (or anyone) with a 40-year history, there are going to be fuzzy spots and disagreements about what actually happened, but this accounting looks mostly sound to my eyes. And I have been using UNIX/Linux for about 20 years.