stuff

Here's where I plan to post a hodge-podge of stuff (hence the name). Not much rhyme or reason goes into what makes it on this page, but I'm a firm believer that there is a method to my madness (at least, that's my rationalization). So, enjoy the odds and ends of the scraps of my thoughts.

• In a post-election mood are we? Here's a good one from Will Rogers, succinctly putting politicians where they belong, as he said it, "I tell you folks, all politics is apple sauce." Amen to that.
• In the world of multimedia parodies, we have two new farcical takes on Myst. First off, there's Pyst, a game for all who hated Myst, secondly there's Mysty3, a rewriting on the Myst story. Check them out, enjoy.
• Here's a a mindboggling quote for you- "Imagine the disincentive to software development if after months of work another company could come along and copy your work and market it under its own name...without legal restraints to such copying, companies like Apple could not afford to advance the state of the art." - Bill Gates,1983. Bill's been busy lately, hasn't he?
• The word for now is: mot juste: (n) exactly the right word or expression. (now, I don't know about you, but my live isn't overflowing with mot justes-which, methinks, is a good thing).
• OK, I got another question for you, help me if you know the answer: What are some of your favorite web pages and why? Let me know what you think, and I will do the same.
• etc, etc, etc.

If you want to play along, email me at drew.davidson@mail.utexas.edu.

drew.davidson@mail.utexas.edu