Maybe You Could Use A Little Help
A
very clever ad for a competitor to the 1600-ton gorilla in the Word Processing arena. Enjoy.
Indian Ritual Dance
Theyyam is one of the most popular ritualistic dances India's southern state of
Kerala.
Theyyam is a rare combination of
dance and music and reflects important features of a tribal culture. Pictures of the elaborate costumes and masks can be found
here and
here.
A Little History May Clear Things Up
A tiresome argument claims that the
Mac OS is merely a copy of the work done at
Xerox PARC.
This article examines the history of Apple's Operating Systems in detail.
For stories from people who were involved in the original Macintosh project, see Andy Herzfeld's
Folklore Project.
For information on what Andy's been up to lately, see his paper on
Vista, a prototype for a networked personal information manager.
For information on what Bill Atkinson's been up to lately, see his work at
this site.
Aneurin Bevan?
So, who's Aneurin Bevan? According to Welsh Heroes, the Vote, he's a "firebrand socialist and orator who is regarded as the father of the National Health Service." He also garnered 2,426 votes, making him the greatest Welsh hero, according to the poll. 41,223 persons were nominated and an additional 40,505 votes were received. This constitutes the "biggest online poll ever undertaken in Wales." Finishing second was Owain Glyndwr, who — according to the poll site — was a "Rebel leader and early exponent of guerrilla warfare whose popular uprising against English rule in the early 15th century lasted more than a decade."
Let's get to some people you may have heard of:
- Tom Jones (#3) "twisting tiger Tom from Treforest", not the book;
- Richard Burton (#5) the actor, not the writer and explorer who translated the Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra;
- Dylan Thomas (#7), the "Rimbaud of Cwmdonkin Drive," author of "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" (audio clip of his reading), "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and Under Milk Wood;
- David Lloyd George (#8), minister of munitions for England during World War I ("the man who won the war"), later Prime Minister of Great Britain;
- Bertrand Russell (#12), mathematician, philosopher, and pacifist; and
- Catherine Zeta Jones (#13), actress.
- John Cale, of the Velvet Underground, finished at #93, with 55 votes. (55 is the 10th number in the Fibonacci sequence and the fifth square pyramidal number, according to The Kingdom of Infinite Number: A Field Guide by Bryan Bunch.)
A New Format
As you can tell already, I've instituted a new format, which involves the squiggly line under links. That part of things 'cascades' back through all previous posts. However, the space between the lines will only be widened started with yesterday's post.
Why? You might well ask. Because I wasn't as rigorous as I should be. Now I understand; tag everything.
In case you're interested in web design, the article I got the information from is Custom Underlines from the excellent website A List Apart.
Poetry
I just found this site, English Literature: Early 17th Century. I've spent too much time looking and listening to it to write much about it. A much-abridged list of the poets Robert Herrick, John Donne, John Milton, Margaret Cavendish and on and on and on. Herrick's list of titles (just the poems, mind you) is 10 screens long.
Oooooh! Comics!
OK, I've just spent the last hour reading
comics on the Internet. I could have been perusing the
Great Works of Western Literature. Or I could have been examining
Great Woks of Eastern Cuisine. No, I spent the time reading
comics. Not checking the
latest threat to
Bill's World. Reading
comics.
Aaaaargh!!
