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The best tribute I got. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex30DYwQlHU

http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=365

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” - Ghandi

It doesn’t always go that way. In some ways Ghandi won, then worked backwards.

Now let me talk about GCC.

Intel has a compiler. Microsoft has a compiler. The world has a complier. Nobody will every start from scratch again. I promise. Its over. The last compiler has been written.

Python is written in C, Java is written in C, PHP is written in C, Unix is written in C. Everything that matters is dependent on C in someway. There won’t be a D. C++ is pointless in comparison.

Software languages don’t improve the way hardware does. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet

I have written software in many languages and aside from nice libraries each one has the same level of difficulty. Given a difficult task (where the major challenges are not already written into libraries) I find that the challenge is communicating with a computer. Relationships are hard regardless of the language.

I think the abstractions defined by C and UNIX are correct for our understanding of the physical world. Until our understanding of the physical world dramatically changes we will use these abstractions.

Other languages and systems have a their benefits. However these benefits come from more temporary places.

http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/synchronized-fireflies/

Nice interface for longer informative video.

http://fora.tv/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsgvhP07BC8

I really like his rational approach to charity.

hulu just showed me an ad for googles browser chrome.

First of all, its not ready yet for my mac.

Second of all….Did google pay a zillion dollars for youtube?

Third….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykkdvYThT_Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co6OHe4KaEc&feature=related

I’m still alive. Maybe I lost my blog password for three month. Maybe I played a little bit too much Castle Crashers. Maybe I disconnected from the internet.

Talk is cheap, silence is golden. Maybe I just didn’t have anything to say.

However something occurred to me. I thought I would share.

First I have to make the argument that advertising costs the customers money. Money in extra money spent on products they don’t need. Money in a higher priced product because of advertising.

Second I have to say that advertising hurts a product. This is partially because your goals shift between satisfying the advertiser and satisfying the customer. Neither party is completely satisfied.

I know these two items are not certainties. However, I feel that fundamentally given a product that is sponsored by ads, I think a better product can be made that is paid for directly by the consumer rather then indirectly through ads. Its simply a matter of taking out the middle man.

Removing the middle man would fundamentally make a better product. However a middle man is sometimes required because of an imperfect system. We need a middle man because we don’t have trivial micro payments. Its very difficult to pay directly for shows that you want to watch.

The next revolution in the internet will be direct trivial micro payments. It will create brand new high quality software and media products.

We shipped our iphone app!

Please try it, if you like it review it. I think at 1$ its a steal. Its called ‘Recorder’ you will find it in the app store or on itunes.

now I leave you with this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yoL8TphmB0