Articles about technology and human language, pictures, limericks, poems,  and art. Some of it might actually be related to TCP/IP or Unix or Mac OS X, or IT security. Also tips and articles on the unique health and fitness problems facing IT people.

Oct 19 05:17

Pseudo-Shakespearean poem: "End of the Mainframes, Dawn of the Worms"

By: lshep Tags:

 Hark! What fetid flow emitteth from yon poxy boxen?

What foul wormlike connivance walketh from node to node, taking liberties unspeakable?

»
Sep 27 23:46

A Caveman's Final Hours

By: lshep Tags:

Caveman with frozen hands and bloody, broken fingernails. Lips are blue and eyes afraid. He must go on. Raining, windy, very dark, very loud. He is lost in a deep, jagged canyon. Animals follow at a distance, freezing and waiting. There is no shelter, no companion, no moon. Trees shiver with wetness. Nowhere to rest. Nothing to eat. Only must keep moving. Daylight is only colder, more dangerous. His limbs slow and stiffen. More lost than yesterday. No sounds. No smells. Only him, naked, frozen, vulnerable.

Sep 27 22:36

Fictional Prose & Poems

By: lshep
I mostly read nonfiction. But I occasionally read fiction and even poetry on rare occasions. So my attempts at writing reflect these proportions. See the list below.
Sep 27 22:25

Poem: "Those We Lost Along the Way"

By: lshep

The primate's bite is
    deep and dark.
Blue and bloody,
    the baboons bark.
The yelp and whimper
    of Early Man,
drowned in a sea
    of hairy hands.

Sep 27 21:45

News update: "Academia not amused by Neanderthal lawsuit"

By: lshep Tags:

Typical. Academia can't see the forest for the trees: From some Korean news site: The civil class action suit "H. neanderthalensis v. H. sapiens, et al" (where collection from any positive judgment will be held in trust pending DNA verification of co-defendants based on percentages of h. neanderthalensis DNA and mDNA) has gained "pre-litigation" status at the Permanent Court of International Justice, sometimes called the World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands.

»