“Emacs itself was one of about half-a-dozen dispatch-vector-driven editors developed circa 1971-1972, and is known to the world at large primarily because it absorbed the functionality of all the others before one of them could successfully absorb it. Emacs has been much like an amoeba from the very beginning.”

— Lum Johnson

Headlines from The Crazy Years


I missed this a few days ago:

Cuba accuses UK of being anti-capitalist over plain packaging plans

Ah, those evil seductive tobacco labels. When this nonsense comes to the US, they will of course insist that colorful cigar boxes must be banned because they appeal to children.

Do. Not. Want.


single-shot pistol in .223 Remington

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Dear intern candidates,


Interviewing you for half an hour does not make you a professional contact on LinkedIn. Stop with the invites.

Dear Hello!Project Costume Designers,


CanCam dresses your girls better. Or, in this case, undresses them better, as Satan shows off a little bit of denim and a whole lot of Satan. Bonus: she’s not singing.

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Fixed


The answer to Pixy’s question is obvious, but I felt that the Hillaryganda poster needed something a little stronger than her name to get the point across:

(moved under the fold, because Hillary)

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Performer Kana


So we did our usual Shinkendo demo at the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, and while it went over well, the crowd was a lot happier to see the followup act, Performer Kana, a street performer from Osaka. Can’t say that I blame them.

Performer Kana

(picture from Oyaji no Hitorigoto blog)

She has some videos up on Youtube, and a blog.

This is not a 3D mousepad


Load Galax mousetrap

If I made an AMV...


…it would mix footage from Re: Cutie Honey with this song:

“Need a clue, take a clue,
 got a clue, leave a clue”