I was down at Philip Island for the motorbikes on Saturday so I missed this important tid bit. It was 17 years ago that Linus first posted to Usenet.
So happy birthday Linux! I’m certainly happy to have you in my life.
(Via Slash dot)

Because I don’t think the person that caused me to come off my bike even realised what they had done - they just drove off:
The bike is at the mechanics now - not sure what the damage is but it didn’t look too bad.

(via Crikey)

It’s a little too much on the hippy side of things for me, but props to a friend of mine for setting up Firepedia.
He’s very excited about it and hopes it will be of benefit to hippies the world over. Moreover, I suspect it will shit all over Home of Poi.

Well I seem to be getting in trouble for some post I’ve written in the past month or so. In order to keep thinks in order I thought I’d point you to this new U2 film clip which is particularly amazing (I think):

I’ve never been much of a U2 fan (still aren’t) but it must [...]

I had the good fortune to hear Rick Farley speak last year and therefore share Pavlov’s Cat’s sentiments.