The Oracle of Starbucks. The Oracle of Starbucks. (via chemaccino) [MetaFilter]

just try to put in any reasonable drink like a red eye or black coffee, or cappuccino, or espresso and see what you get….

Good 'ol Dr. Who. Have you seen the episode of “Dr. Who” written by the late Douglas Adams, that was done completely in Flash animation? [MetaFilter]

i like the good doctor, but not all doctors are equal….

Electronic Literature Organization. The Electronic Literature Organization, of which I have been a director since its foundation, has ceased to make any positive contribution to the field and has, instead, become an active impediment and a continuing embarrassment. [Mark Bernstein]

This is an interesting development. I tend to think that if ELO is locating itself around one set of company interests, then Mark is entirely right. However, I know many of these people and most of them aren't aligned as such, but this doesn't mean that there doesn't seem to be people with such interests, I just don't know of them.

As for other parts of ELO, I've always found it an intriguing organization, and my interest in it comes and goes, but in regards to its pad initiative, in the fall I suspect I will become more involved or at least offer similar services for free through cddc, but i have to get the new archives server up and running, well i have to order it too.

Jeremy Zawodny: E-mailing myself. Quote: “Am I the only one who does this? I get an idea (sometimes via browsing or a suggestion from someone on IM) and don't want to lose it. But I also don't want to be interrupted by taking my hands off the keyboard. So I just send myself a quick e-mail.”

Comment: I do it all the time too.  I also send email to myself when I check my phone messages.  My out box becomes a record of who I interacted with in the past week (I have to write a weekly report on my activity – don't ask). [Serious Instructional Technology]

nope, you are not the only one. I actually have a listserve set up that i send stuff too, so I receive the email back into my inbox and archive it on a password protected website, it is very handy when I'm on the road and need to look something up from webmail or the like.