OS News has a great article about LaTeX. Definitely a must read if you’ve been wondering what it is and what it does.
Pigs Can Fly, Hell Freezes Over
…in other news Apple annonced they are switching to Intel chips and Debian Sarge was officially released No news on Duke Nukem Forever yet.
Go LFS!
Just happened to notice that slashdot linked to this IBM developerworks article about LFS. Linux From Scratch rocks! =) That reminds me… I need to update my my hints
Spotlight? Dashboard? Speech Recognition!
Ok so everyone loves spotlight. Dashboard is pretty cool too. But how come no one is talking about Speech and Voiceover? I just realized that I had those things, so I might write more later… then again… I might not… yet another mystery…
Update: Ok it’s really annoying. Doesn’t really understand me when I talk most of the time… oh well
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
This book is based in the future (of course) and deals with some serious issues. You see during the mass migration to Mars, certain people were left behind. These people were exposed to radiation, and thus deemed dangerous. The story takes place on Earth, and the main character is a chickenhead. A chickenhead is someone who’s mind was affected by the radiation and is mentally retarded.
I’m not going to tell you more, you’ll have to read it yourself. But if you like books set in a dystopia, you’ll probably enjoy this one 🙂
Oh, on a scale of “eeew” to “oh yeah!”, this book gets a “yeah, it’s pretty hot”.