Giant Gull Threatens to Eat Buddha Worldwide Buddha Defence Teams Scrambled and Buddha Pre-emptive Protection Systems are Activated. The Current Buddha Alert Level is Saffron. [Photo courtesy of Brian Oberquell] Read →

Kudzu There is a lot of interesting stuff happening in Javascript land these days, even to the point of other languages targeting the browser as a runtime, but running on top of Javascript. You can run Scheme right in the browser, and by now everyone has probably heard of Objective-J (open-source coming soon), an Objective-C-like language used by 280 North to create their 280 Slides web application, inspired by Apple’s Keynote. Read →

Daniel Gordon had the first hand-written website that I am aware of, existing unchanged from 1999 to 2007 (via Wayback Machine). The invention of photography and gas stoves in 2007 allowed Miranda July to update the concept. And today, of course, there are handwritten social networks. That is all. Read →