A dog that’s earned its bed.

Defensive software patent pool expands at OIN

The Open Innovation Network is a kind of NATO for companies who use Linux. IBM, Red Hat, Sony, and others pool their patents together, and if any one of them is attacked for infringement, they can use all the patents in the pool to defend themselves. Last week, they added 700 projects to the pool, … Continue reading Defensive software patent pool expands at OIN →

The World of Men

The kind of place that would sell a "whisky fix". Cafe with cattle traders, Nijmegen, 1957 Wim K. Steffen [via The Life of a Whiskey Drinker.]

Orwell’s Advice

A classic. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a short one will do. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. Never use the passive where you can use the active. Never … Continue reading Orwell’s Advice →

Stepped Platform Railway (1890)

A moving sidewalk very similar to this was actually built for the 1900 Paris Exposition. You can even watch film of the sidewalk in action, shot by Thomas Edison. [via Paleofuture.]

Himalaya Water Tower

[via The Black Workshop.]

Daily Links for 10 March 2012

What was happening on Twitter for 10 March 2012.

Puppy meets horse. evanrose: What up?

Gonzo

[via kung fu grippe.]

So now I have to walk through walls.

But the best is getting people to believe what you want them to believe, and if people really fundamentally believe what you want them to believe, they will walk through walls. They will do anything. People certainly know what to think at Red Hat. We also believe in our open, transparent culture, and so everybody … Continue reading So now I have to walk through walls. →