A wedding entrance with a difference. Dancing up the aisle. Be happy.

A double installment for you this week. First this classic p4p manoeuvre.

Paul Graham writes on the Maker/Manager Schedule differences. It’s a good read and very true from my experience. At the start of my professional career I was a Research Scientist (Maker) eventually I was “promoted” to Department Head (Manager). I left the corporate world in 2004 and now write code more or less full time (Maker). Guess which I prefer.

Back in the day (OK, the 90s) there was a thing called VMRL. Great things were predicted for 3D content on the web. Meetings were held at SIGGRAPH. Consortiums were formed. Consumers said “Meh!”.

I love books. All kinds of books. Bookity book book books. Piles of books. But have only so many hours, minutes actually, in a day to read. Result: lots of unread books. Books stacked up behind me as I surf the web. Burning into the back of neck. Whispering, “Read me”. Oh, the guilt.

Microsoftie have put up a Silverlight site on which Richard Feynman’s 1964 Messenger Lectures can be viewed. Watch now yes.

The Condescender: constantly looking down his nose