Zen and the Art of /.*/

Check “Yes” or “No.”

As much as I hate to have to do it, because I know how big of a pain they are, I’ve added a captcha (http://recaptcha.net/) to the comment form. I know they suck and I know you know you’re human, but I’ve started getting 50+ spam comments a day and I don’t have time to deal with it.

A character in Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan, when told the theory of Pythagoras that the earth is round and revolves around the sun, replies:

“What an utter fool! Couldn’t he use his eyes?”

Flat-earth geocentrism is the quintessential modern epithet applied to an opponent who either can’t or refuses to see past the immediately evident phenomena and grasp the larger truth.

Despite its tired, clichéd status, it is still a great metaphor.

The following is in response to a discussion we’ve been having at work lately which was sparked by these two posts:

Why CSS should not be used for layout

CSS and the meaning of life

Which was then followed up by a link to this post:

Recreating the button

A few thoughts:

I just finished ordering tickets for my brother and myself to go see Richard Dawkins’ lecture “The Purpose of Purpose” at the Northrop Auditorium on March 4th. I would encourage anyone else in the area to attend. Dawkins is a great speaker and it is sure to be a good time.

My brother used to work at the Northrop, I’ve been to a number of shows there, and I’ve never had a bad experience. And I’m sure it’s just a third-party product, but their ticket ordering system is a joke. Well, it would be a joke if it weren’t so painful.