New articles. Ancient tsunami. Feh on OS wars. Birdscrapers. Primitive computing. Stop: just stop.

Pointers to recent articles elsewhere:

• O’Reilly: The Tell-Tail Heart - The simple tail command can be a powerful monitoring tool. Here are some tricks for getting the most out of your text files.
• b.la: Our murals and their demise
• b.la: The Great Gator Gabble Goes On
• b.la: It’s all over now / Barry blue…
• b.la: Complicated prayers
• b.la: Shelter for Serenity
• b.la: Lords of Creation

AP: Indian Ruins Show Signs of Ancient Tsunami

‘The ruins of an ancient temple built by a long-vanished kingdom in southern India are being excavated by archaeologists who said Wednesday the Hindu sanctum may have been destroyed centuries ago by a tsunami.’

This article by Matt Gemmell, I Heart Microsoft, spawned a good IM convo between the two of us. After decades, you get tired of the OS Wars. Use whatever the hell OS you want, just stop trying to make us use yours.

Skyscrapers dim lights to save birds

‘The city that never sleeps will darken the lights of the famed Manhattan skyline after midnight to help save migrating birds.’

On the Joys of Primitive Computing: The AlphaSmart Neo

‘In which (Kendall Clark wonders) whether intentional simplicity in computing devices is a wave of the future, all while extolling the virtues of AlphaSmart’s Neo — a device so dumb it’s beautiful.’

Online use of the phrase ‘Wow. Just wow.’ needs to stop. Whatever impact the ‘speechlessness’ used to convey has now been driven into the ground like a skydiver with a parachute malfunction by overuse. Stop. Just stop.