memories for Oct 17

2011

2011 Oct 17
somehow shifted

Funny how the random function of my iPod can just make my thoughts go "that a way", to steal a turn of phrase. "I See the Light1" from the "Tangled" soundtrack started playing, and I started thinking about fairy tales. There has been much ink spilled and many photons shed about how Disney ruins little girls, but maybe it's not really that gender-specific. While it might be argued that Hollywood in general peddles the pernicious idea of "happily ever after", none of the studios inculcates this idea so universally to people at such a young age.

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2006

2006 Oct 17
mac/intel != win/intel

J Angelo Racoma looks back at the argument that Apple switching to the x86 would be tantamount to the suicide of Apple Computer, Inc.

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2001

2001 Oct 17
Last Night Radiohead Saved My Life (One Thing Leads to Another)

Sleep deprivation and a classic case of flight of ideas. Thank God for Thom Yorke and his merry men.

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