dear tim o'reilly

It's not bad enough that you people have badly reinvented Usenet as "Web 2.0", but now you're trying to reinvent netiquette, too.  It's a clever idea that completely ignores the reality of online interaction.

“I take back what I said earlier.  There were a couple of taunting profanities right after my last comment, and I thought, "who needs this?" and deleted them.”  These words are yours, and they immediately show why a "Code of Conduct" is a joke.  PEOPLE OF THE BOGOSPHERE: the Internet is labeled "HERE BE DRAGYNS".  Proceed with caution.  If you control an area of discussion, CONTROL IT.  Codes of conduct are for country clubs and shopping malls.

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I like "bogosphere", because you can read it two ways: "bogo-sphere", which conveys its bogosity; and "bog-o-sphere", which conveys its being a bog (in the English slang sense).

dear tim o'reilly

It's not bad enough that you people have badly reinvented Usenet as "Web 2.0", but now you're trying to reinvent netiquette, too.  It's a clever idea that completely ignores the reality of online interaction.

“I take back what I said earlier.  There were a couple of taunting profanities right after my last comment, and I thought, "who needs this?" and deleted them.”  These words are yours, and they immediately show why a "Code of Conduct" is a joke.  PEOPLE OF THE BOGOSPHERE: the Internet is labeled "HERE BE DRAGYNS".  Proceed with caution.  If you control an area of discussion, CONTROL IT.  Codes of conduct are for country clubs and shopping malls.

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I like "bogosphere", because you can read it two ways: "bogo-sphere", which conveys its bogosity; and "bog-o-sphere", which conveys its being a bog (in the English slang sense).

who likes heavy metal?

Check out this video on MySpace by Jameson; the band's bassist, Jay, is a long-time friend of elmuchacho.

who likes heavy metal?

Check out this video on MySpace by Jameson; the band's bassist, Jay, is a long-time friend of elmuchacho.

evident beauty

I've seen a few people link to the gene_weingarten story about having Joshua Bell play incognito for 44 minutes in a DC Metro station (use bugmenot if you don't want to register).  I'd also like to point you to the subsequent Weingarten chat, and the complete audio of Bell's performance (requires Flash).

Weingarten's also the guy who wrote the story about the Great Zucchini which i mentioned some time ago.  His normal stuff seems to be jokey, Dave Barry-style columns, but he does seem to write some great stuff when he's serious.  It's fascinating to see the variety of reactions he publishes in his chat; i confess getting a little misty-eyed when i read the story, and again when i listened to Bell's work, and then again when someone mentioned the Vedran Smailović story.

evident beauty

I've seen a few people link to the gene_weingarten story about having Joshua Bell play incognito for 44 minutes in a DC Metro station (use bugmenot if you don't want to register).  I'd also like to point you to the subsequent Weingarten chat, and the complete audio of Bell's performance (requires Flash).

Weingarten's also the guy who wrote the story about the Great Zucchini which i mentioned some time ago.  His normal stuff seems to be jokey, Dave Barry-style columns, but he does seem to write some great stuff when he's serious.  It's fascinating to see the variety of reactions he publishes in his chat; i confess getting a little misty-eyed when i read the story, and again when i listened to Bell's work, and then again when someone mentioned the Vedran Smailović story.