There’s a whole lot of good stuff out there on the Internet. Here’s just a bit that I discovered recently:

• The Nerd Handbook — “A nerd needs a project because a nerd builds stuff. All the time. Those lulls in the conversation over dinner? That’s the nerd working on his project in his head.”
• Out Loud — “That’s your goal, and you can have a wildly successful presentation without achieving it, but a one-slide presentation represents the ultimate commitment to your audience. It says, ‘This isn’t about slides. This about me telling you a great story…’” (as seen at 43Folders)
• ForTheScience.org : MacOSX Leopard extended ls — The meaning of the “+” and “@” values in the long ls listing. Also working with ACLs and resource forks.
• Stevey’s Blog Rants: Emergency elisp — “Most Lisp introductions try to give you the ‘Tao of Lisp’, complete with incense-burning, chanting, yoga and all that stuff. What I really wanted in the beginning was a simple cookbook for doing my ‘normal’ stuff in Lisp. So that’s what this is. It’s an introduction to how to write C, Java or JavaScript code in Emacs Lisp, more or less.”
• California Photography Galleries and California Gallery Guide

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As seen at The Clutter Museum:

Bold the statements that are true.

1. Father went to college
2. Father finished college (don’t know . . . maybe)
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college (The same year I did, for which we were all very proud.)
5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor.
6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers.
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home. (You really only needed one book.)
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home.
9. Were read children’s books by a parent
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
12. The people who dress and talk like me are portrayed in the media
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs (I don’t think so. It was all very sudden.)
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
16. Went to a private high school
17. Went to summer camp
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18 (after a while)
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them (I loved that ‘63 Dodge Dart.)
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child
23. You and your family lived in a single-family house (about half my childhood)
24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
25. You had your own room as a child
26. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course
27. Had your own TV in your room in high school
28. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college
29. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16 (I won a trip to Chicago, which was exciting.)
30. Went on a cruise with your family
31. Went on more than one cruise with your family
32. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
33. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family

12/34 — Now it’s your turn. Feel free to use the comments if you don’t have your own web log.

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