One Laptop Per Child project and Red

One Laptop Per Child project and Red Hat release their Software Developer Kit. Includes a laptop simulator (since the hardware doesn’t exist yet), and a rich set of compatibility tools. -dj

• One Laptop per Child

“The Art of Whistling” by DJ Papa. -dj

“The Art of Whistling” by DJ Papa. -dj

I like Pictures I Like For A

I like Pictures I Like For A Variety Of Reasons for a variety of reasons. — GK

Another big influence: Maggy Donea’s “Touched”. Even

Another big influence: Maggy Donea’s “Touched”. Even ten years on, this story still astonishes me — a perfect model of writing for (not just on) the Web. — GK

RICHH is dead, killed himself in December 2001.

RICHH is dead, killed himself in December 2001. A USENET legend, from the days before the Web, his writing is amazing: Funny, smart, sweet, rude, and of course infamously obcene (NSFW). RICHH was a huge influence on me. God, what a shame. — GK

I stumbled into an arcade this weekend

I stumbled into an arcade this weekend for the first time in years, and it wasn’t pretty: Lots of untranslated Japanese games, lots of Street Fighter clones (and lots of overlap between the two), only one game with a copyright date later than 2002, most much older than that. Might as well stay home. — GK

Like any good father, I’m trying to

Like any good father, I’m trying to pass my values along to my children — simple moral truths like: DC is better than Marvel. It turns out, that battle has already been fought. Spoiler results. It’s a sick, sad world we live in. — GK

People are still getting AOL CDs. I

People are still getting AOL CDs. I got one recently, included in the box with a new printer, and A) it had Windows 3.1 installation instructions and B) the password was “GUSH-TEEN.” Which pretty much sums up the reason for subscribing to AOL right there. — GK

As part of kottke.org’s efforts towards

As part of kottke.org’s efforts towards the multi-David utopia of Way New Journalism (Note: ghost site), we proudly bring you the kind of original reporting that could only come from the blogosphere: We didn’t find out what happened to TV shows that air at 2:00am during the time change because we fell asleep again. Windows (XP Home) Task scheduler skips tasks set for 2:30, though, while Linux’s (Fedora Core 3) default cron executes them immediately after the adjustment, at the new 3:00. Take that, MSM! — GK

It’s Daylight Saving Time time and early

It’s Daylight Saving Time time and early Sunday morning clocks should be moved forward, from 01:59:59 to 03:00:00. But what happens to all the television shows that start at 2:00? Or to computer tasks scheduled during the missing hour? Tomorrow: The Kottke Investigative Journalism Team reports. Blogs: Asking the questions those cowardly tratiors of the MSM consider far too stupid bother with. — GK

TeeVeePedia. I administer the machine that TeeVee

TeeVeePedia. I administer the machine that TeeVee runs on, and my one job this year was to roll over to the April Fool’s site at midnight. The rest of the staff wrote over 300 articles and my one job was to just throw a switch at a particular time. And so, of course, I fell asleep at about 10pm. I suck. — GK