Virtual Surreality
It’s too real to be true

In response to Dr Nick’s technological feat, Ajey suggested I take on the much more challenging task of running OS X on a PC.

Result!!

Also, Mingle 2.0 is released! Another fantastic effort from the ThoughtWorks Studios crew.

Software intelligence has come of age!

My colleagues at ThoughtWorks Studios have cracked the automation of the software development process. Compuware, IBM and Borland have been trying for years. MDA is the useless love-child of CASE and UML. It takes true genius to solve this problem:

http://studios.thoughtworks.com/mingle-hidden/introducing-mingle-proj-o-matic

My erstwhile colleague, Jon Tirsen, now at Google in Sydney, has also announced a truly amazing feat in blending statistical analysis, complex hypercube maths, and their super clever search engine. I’m proud that Jon, although Swedish, has embraced the Aussie vernacular and called the product “gDay” (which is supposed to be “Google Day” but we all know where he keeps his surfboard). I’m also happy that they put Graham’s number to good use in this truly extraordinary achievement.

http://google.com.au/gday

Naming a framework is like naming a child - you need to be careful because people will find ways to make fun of the name, especially when it becomes surreal in truth. You’re a happy countenance and before you guano it, a tiny dipthong comes along and you’re excrement.

That’s good advice, or my name isn’t Richard “worm pants” Fiddlesbottom.

At a little company dinner last night to welcome our company president to town, we dined at a restaurant serving very nice Chinese and Malaysian food. At the end of the meal, Marijean made sure everyone appended the words “in bed” to their fortune.

With much laughter, we went around the two tables. The best were actually fortunes for the wives of the cookie crunchers in question:

Trevor Mather: “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened — in bed”

Richard McLaren: “Our five senses are incomplete without the sixth - a sense of humour — in bed”

With only Confucious and the Wonton Food Inc of Long Island, the mysteries of the universe unfold to reveal surreal truth.

A very funny site: http://www.waterfall2006.com/

Mike Cohn, you’re a comic genius.

From a friend of mine in the spirit of Bastille Day, and dedicated to Dr Jim…

Be aware that the French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from Run to Hide.

The only two higher levels in France are Surrender and Collaborate.

The rise was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed France’s white flag factory, effectively paralysing their military.
ROFLMAO