Nerd Quote

Clothing is only the most visible battleground in the war against formality. Nerds tend to eschew formality of any sort. They're not impressed by one's job title, for example, or any of the other appurtenances of authority.

Indeed, that's practically the definition of a nerd. I found myself talking recently to someone from Hollywood who was planning a show about nerds. I thought it would be useful if I explained what a nerd was. What I came up with was: someone who doesn't expend any effort on marketing himself.

A nerd, in other words, is someone who concentrates on substance. So what's the connection between nerds and technology? Roughly that you can't fool mother nature. In technical matters, you have to get the right answers. If your software miscalculates the path of a space probe, you can't finesse your way out of trouble by saying that your code is patriotic, or avant-garde, or any of the other dodges people use in nontechnical fields.

From a discussion of what _good_ came out of the dotcom bubble.

Halfe Life 2 details

Details on the bundles which will be available here.

Haven't been this excited since ROTK.

Gah

I have about 2000 words of half-written posts, all in states that would leave me even more open that usual to people point out my idiocy.

I have a headache that's refusing to shift.

It's only 9:30 at night, but I think I'll go to bed.

Tomorrow had better be a better day.